International political economy

South Africa re-joined the scene of international economies in the 1990’s during which time globalisation had begun to gain prominence. Its move from a socialist socialist movement to a democratic system in 1994 has been a major key towards its gain in economic performance during the globalisation period. This is as the first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela moved away from the previous Apartheid governments acts towards South Africa’s economy. Mandela used the gains for the…

resources a country has, and trading partners have the biggest effect on changing economic progress. Therefore, money should be spent on education, multiple resources should be used for income, and picking smart trade partners will lead to a better economy. Some of the strengths that the country has economically is their petroleum supply and minerals such as zinc, copper, and uranium. The weakness of this country is the job market with the astonishing unemployment rate of 53%. With knowledge…

informal economy interestingly can be known as the black economy, shadow economy, informal sector or gray economy due to its diverse activities and driven motives . Scholars argue that the informal economy is hard to measure because of the difficulty in defining the activities. Layman’s term the informal economy is the set of activities purposely done to escape from government reach or regulations, and this includes criminal activities. Ukranian Ministry of Economy, define the informal…

My interest in economics was developed since I was a child. I was given birth in a “financial family”; my parents’ works were all related to economics. Therefore, since I was young, I had the opportunity to observe and understand the financial work. In middle school, when my parents discussed economic events, I did not feel bored. To the contrary, I listened carefully and even made efforts to express personal opinions. Undoubtedly, sometimes my opinions were infantile and funny. However, my…

The present thesis, is aimed to analyze the social behavior of transnational corporations during the economic crisis of late 2000s. While the growth of world´s GDP was negative in 2009 (-2.1%) and many corporations experienced cuts in employment, limited access to credit, and reductions in capital and technological spending (Campello et al., 2010: 1), the social investment of many firms followed a counter-intuitive move by increasing their social contributions in more than 228%. Between 2004…

potentially dismantle the operating environment which these enterprises function within. These issues that we learn about, and the company profiles that were presented gave us an insight into some of the biggest macro challenges present in the world’s economy. These conglomerates are potentially disastrous macro-economic structures who have attained a status where it is necessary to be educated about them and understand how a seemingly unrelated event may have a profound impact on another.…

their bodies or in the courts. And as she said these peoples are not particularly looking for some sort of deal that make them financially beneficial, but they are fighting for their regular lives. Unfortunately, many of them are people that have no political power, such as indigenous people and First Nation people. Massive corporations threatened these people’s regular lives while they are simply asking for…

Thrace, from where the coin hails, is chock full of silver and gold mines. The people of Thrace weren’t going to just hoard these precious metals, they extracted them, created things with them, and of course traded them; showing yet more ties to their economy an interdependence. The most obvious connection to the economic system is that the artifact is a coin. If there is actual currency in the Classical World, then there was indubiously some sort of structured economic…

investment on human capital. Education will provide better and more prepared workers. These workers will represent a good attractive for foreign investor to put their money on Lisavia. Foreign inversion is one the most powerful tool with which an economy can grow. As one last important suggestion, I would say that it is of high importance to guarantee those foreign investors an environment of security. It would be highly beneficial to eliminate all radicals groups that can be a threat to foreign…

investments in residential building increases housing supply responsiveness better matching workers with job places. There is a high link between the housing stock, workers mobility and the labour market. To achieve the high level of employment in the economy it is crucial to allow people to relocate to sectors and regions where there is higher demand for their labour. The research made by Flatau et al. (2003) provides surprising evidence that the homeowners with the mortgage are more likely to…