Tracking a countries macroeconomic performance is critical to any and all countries willing to start up an economy, or trying to improve their economy. Countries seeking a solid performance report should primarily use income as their start up to finding the best possible economic route towards climbing out of economic drought. Income is the single most important factor in measuring economic performance. Gross domestic product otherwise known as “GDP” is the most frequently used measure of a country’s economic activity. GDP shows the total value of all final goods and services legally produced in an economy in any given period of time. There are four key elements in GDP that need to be watched to compute the country’s standing GDP, including…
indicator of economic welfare but that is how it is used today, not only in the US but in countries around the globe. At first glance it may seem like a good way to sum up the economic welfare of a country, but upon digging a little deeper some problems are uncovered.…
any five microeconomic drivers of economic growth. Efficiency This is when available resources are used to a maximum potential and wasting is not an option. This occurs when they are skilled and resource conscious people are involved in manufacturing process. Equity This takes places when resources, income and wealth are sincerely and equally distributed within a community or state. This is a result of fair and followed principles, regulations, stable political issues and a healthy…
Discuss Question 1 1.Discuss why does economic growth not include spending for social welfare payments and unemployment programs. 1) The economic growth is the increase in the inflation-adjusted market value of goods and services produced by an economy over time. Economic growth represents a positive or negative economic situation over a period of time. When we adjust the economic growth, usually look at the total income that everyone in the economy is earning. There are usually two ways to…
satisfaction or the usefulness a consumer acquires or obtains after using a good or service (Boundless, 2016) If a consumer continues to consume said good or product the level of satisfaction they get from that product starts to reduce or diminish which is known as diminishing marginal utility. It can be said that a consumer makes decisions based on the utility gained based on one option or the other, consumer behavior on the other hand is a phrase much used in economics and it can be explained…
Additionally, everyone in Smoke Valley is afflicted by the pollution regardless of social status, race, ethnicity, or gender. Political philosophy, through the Kantian tradition, is the only frame with the appropriate characteristics to address all facets of the problem and reach a common agreement on policy goals. Since a Kantian addresses “the intrinsic moral standing of actions and arrangements,” pollution cannot be justified through economic rationale or by government regulations (Bobrow and…
George Alvin Wiley (1931-1973) Background Information George Alvin Wiley is best known for creating the first national organization of welfare recipients. He was born on February 26, 1931, Bayonne, New Jersey. One of six children to William Daniel Wiley and Olive (Thomas) Wiley. Shortly the family moved to Warwick, Rhode Island, a white suburb of Providence. Wiley’s, father was working to support his family, but he was a political activist by running a newspaper for the black communities and…
deficiency in Britain’s economic system, the welfare system was deeply affected and left in turmoil. The five giant, were issues that were raised by William Beveridge (1942), a social reformer. The reforms included were education, health, housing, poverty and employment (Ignorance, Disease, Squalor, Want and idleness. Beveridge was appointed in 1941, was fully aware of the impact the war had on the economic system. (Alcock; 2000, Rowlingson; 2008, Frazer; 2009). Although the Benefit System in…
Introduction From the 1970s, the US has been suffering from a huge increase in the economic inequality, yet it stands amongst the richest economies in the world. The issue of inequality is the US as has been rife since time immemorial with the assertion; in this case, being that the problem has been in existence for decades. The consequent feeling among the Americans is that the problem of inequality still exists, with the majority of the people holding this impression being the uneducated…
Strategy and criteria for measuring recent changes in health and social care. Measurement is critical part of testing and implementing changes, measure tell a team whether the changes they are making lead to improvement. This should not be confused with measurement. Changes do not lead to improvement, but all improvement require change. The ability to develop, test and implement changes is essential for any individual, group or organisation that wants improve continuously. Regulatory bodies…