Macroeconomics

International investment law as an instrument for sustainable development The relation between international investment law and sustainable development is ?two sided?.[footnoteRef:2] This statement is also supported by Newcombe, he states sustainable development is indeed needed in the future, thus, foreign direct investment (FDI) could be the main instrument to ensure any development agenda.[footnoteRef:3] Furthermore, Foreign direct investment also contributes toward financing sustained…

In 1991 India adopted a pro market strategy that liberalised its internal regulatory framework, reduced tariffs, adopted appropriate exchange rate policies, and allowed foreign investors to play a significant role in the economy (kohli, 2006). Atul Kohli argues that the growth witnessed in 1990s is due to the reforms and policies taken in the 1980s and cannot be solely attributed to the 1991 reforms. Thus the neo liberal cum pro market interpretation of the growth in 1990s clearly ignores the…

Fiscal policy is the federal government’s plan for funding and running federal programs. The goals of fiscal policy are to make it possible for government programs to run so that they can help struggling Americans. The tools that are used for fiscal policy are taxing US residents to fund government help programs and spending the money from taxes for the year in the aid programs. The federal government uses fiscal policy to help stabilize and promote growth in the economy by focusing parts of the…

The following list delineates seven metrics used in Nano-economic theory, how they operate in the economy, and how they challenge other conventional economic models. • New Business Formation (slides 12, 15, 19): When examining the regional recession in Dallas from 1986 to 1988, the Neo-classical economic model turns to job loss as a measure of economic downturn or recession. The Nano-economic model instead looks at gross change rather than net change; that is to say, instead of focusing only on…

International business provides Fonterra opportunity to conduct its business across borders by using different strategies. Both strategies of cost leadership and product differentiation are strengths of Fonterra to be used in order to expand the market share and sustain a dominant market position. Nilsson and Ohlsson (2007) confirmed that capabilities to low average of milk production cost, efficient logistic operations and sales network are main factor for Fonterra to maintain a low-cost…

This, in essence, is the period in an economy that experienced a recessed kind of growth, followed by stagnation. The US experienced this situational change in business in December 2007 and was not a good sight to behold. The economy downturn was followed by high-end unemployment rates whereby; most people became jobless since the business cycle was completely retrogressive (Baker & Bernstein, 2014). The output factor in the market system also fell, and the government tried ways by which it…

1. We are advisors to the president. The nation is experiencing the following: a) It has a high unemployment which stems from an insufficient use of resources. The issue of unemployment is a big challenge in the world because it affects both the developing, underdeveloped and developed nations. One of the reasons why there is high unemployment is because of the nation’s resources are not comprehensively utilized. To solve the issue of high unemployment level, we offer some policy…

How important has government direction and policy been in the economic development and export success in countries of the Asia-Pacific region? The level of economic development and export success in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region is a phenomenon which many theorists have attempted to explain. Concerning whether or not there exist a significant relationship between government policies and such regional economic success, I argue that government direction and policy has been critically…

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services produces within a country in a given period of time (Mankiw,2015). It looks at how the economy is doing. Author N. Gregory Mankiw uses an example of judging a person by seeing how a person lives. What kind of home he/she has, how much money is he/she making? This is similar to what GDP does for the economy. It judges how well the economy is doing. GDP is divided into four…

Discuss the Malthus theorem and the likelihood that it will result in world crisis as predicted. Please also include both New Malthusian and Anti-Malthusian points of view. The Malthus Theorem is a prediction that was created by an English economist named Thomas Malthus. He is known for his world acclaimed book, “An Essay on the Principle of Population”. He believed that population is geometrically doubling as it grows, while the food supply is increasing arithmetically. This eerie thought…