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A Murky Situation: The Flint Water Crisis Most Americans would readily agree that all people deserve the right to clean water, but the when they realize the large monetary commitment this requires, the water becomes murky, both literally and figuratively. This phenomenon is pronounced in Flint, Michigan. The downturns of the auto industry in the 1980s wrecked havoc in this prominently black city to the extent that today about 40% of its citizens live under the poverty line. In 2014, Flint sought…

in the quantity of labor demanded. This means that there was a decrease in the amount of jobs available. There would be an excess amount of workers available causing unemployment. There will be too many workers available and not enough jobs for the supply of workers. This shows a negative impact that raising the minimum wage would cause to the…

The third Japanese water issue is that the price for tap water has risen up in recent years. The main cause is the decline of population in Japan. The infrastructures in Japan that delivers drinking water to homes and processes the drinking water are superannuated in many places. However, local water supply agents do not have enough money to maintain and repair these water facilities and water treatment facilities because revenues have been dropping in recent years due to loss of water users.…

Disaster Mitigation California is facing its fifth year in drought. (Center, 2016) The drought is estimated to cost the state of California $600 million dollars and 4,700 jobs this year. This is better compared to last year’s cost but still a significant amount. What could help California during this time and in the future would be to incorporate disaster mitigation strategies during recovery phase and to find methods to help reduce the impact or occurrences of droughts. Mitigation includes risk…

I am originally from a small rural community in Ohio which has poor regulation on the air and water quality which humans depend on to sustain life. Throughout the city, hydraulic fracking has become a common method to obtain energy. This method of obtaining energy is misconceptualized to be a cleaner alternative to oil and coal, however, with a first hand on experience with living in this area allows me to witness otherwise. This city is known as Youngstown, Ohio. Hydraulic fracking is a…

Seven O’clock rolls around and I am slapping my alarm clock for that eight extra minutes. I get up and grab a cup of coffee, throw some clothes on and slam the door shut behind me hoping that I am not late to work for the second time this week. Work starts as usual, slow and unimportant, listening to people complain and waiting for orders to come so I can get my day started. I finally get the word and the day is underway, the only thing missing are the customers. It is often hard for me to…

each time are actually important features of the world economy. This is because when the world economy is working on increasing the productivity, the current production process is getting old and the supplies is rather increased. Although we believe that the free market will provide a balanced supply and demand, the massive industrial process need to be designed on a lagged basis in reaction to the market change. This is because through the massive national or even international distribution,…

nfluence of Annual Household Income on Going to College Introduction: There comes a time when some families must make the decision of whether or not to send a child to college. There are many benefits to a college education that become noticeable throughout a person’s life such as a higher salary than those of an individual without a college degree. College may also produces a multitude of long term setbacks to overcome with the largest being debt. Therefore the family must consider a…

Government Regulation Versus Government Regulation on Free Markets By: Jonathan Reams Macroeconomics 210-007 April 2, 2015 Abstract A free market economy is a market-based economy in which the prices of the goods are created by supply and demand without the interviewing of the government. America was founded on this type of economy and has been thriving ever since, with the exception of a couple of misfortunes. In this article, Free Markets: What’s the cost? , Chris…

Global Health Resource Allocation The water supply, personal and community hygiene, and sanitation factors are vital components that determine the overall health status of individual countries. These three elements have the ability to affect the worldwide disease burden by 9.1% and universal morbidity rates by 6.3%. According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, Nigeria is an underdeveloped country that has one of the highest population and poverty levels in Africa. The poor hygiene,…