periods of the recession and the slow recovery, economic instability has more than tripled according to a common measure of performance used by macroeconomists: The standard deviation of the percentage gap between real GDP and potential GDP rose from 1½ percent during 1984-2006 to 5½ percent during 2007-2012 (Taylor, 2013). In this paper I consider the role of economic policy in this poor economic performance. I. The Shift in Policy In evaluating the role of policy it is important to consider actions
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www.the-criterion.com The Criterion: An International Journal in English ISSN 0976-8165 Empire and Excess: Kipling and the Critique of Said’s Orientalism Sourit Bhattacharya Edward Said’s Orientalism remains one of the most influential books of the last quarter of twentieth century. In an informative manner, Said locates the seeds of Orientalism right in the medieval European imagination that solidifies itself in the nineteenth century. It is through knowledge, power, reason, scientific
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Trimester One, 2013 Copyright Notice: This course material is protected by copyright and has been copied by and solely for educational purposes of Whitireia New Zealand under license. You may not sell, alter or further reproduce or distribute any part of this material to any other person. Where provided to you in electronic format, you may only print from it for your own use in the relevant course of instruction. Failure to comply with the terms of this warning may expose you to legal action for
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ENT 3320: Entrepreneurial Process – Fall 2015 Meeting Time: Tuesday & Thursday 11:00 – 12:15 (section 01) Class Location: Foster - 429 12:30 – 1:45 (section 02) Professor: Dr. Matthew Wood Email: ms_wood@baylor.edu Office Phone: 254-710-6640 Office Location: Foster, 210.36 Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 9:00am – 11:00am. Additional times by appointment. Course Description and Objectives: Introductory course in entrepreneurship designed to explore the development of
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The Federal Prison Industries (FPI) was incorporated in 1934 (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). It is important to define what the FPI actually is. According to Schmalleger & Smykla (2015), the Federal Prison Industries was a federal program and self-supporting corporation that paid inmates to produce products. Not only did the FPI aid the US during World War II by producing military supplies but it also trained inmates to pursue jobs in defense industries upon prison release (Schmalleger & Smykla
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audience, there are certain things that must be considered to prevent from offending anyone’s age, religion, race, sex, and culture. Beware of the different cultural groups within the organization. To help the presentation move along smoothly conduct research to identify values, attitudes, and philosophies. When a speaker has to deliver a powerful and important message to an audience, the speaker should first consider the characteristics of the audience. Analyzing the audience before a presentation will
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Political climate. 3.1.2 | Culture and Social climate. 3.1.3 | Financial and Economic climate. 3.2.1 | Nature of the research 3.2.2 | Data Collection. 4.0 | Discussion. 4.1 | Analysis the questionnaire of section (A). 4.2 | Analysis the questionnaire of section (B). 5.0 | Conclusion. 6.0 | Improving individual personality. 7.0 | References. 8.0 | Appendix 1 1.0. Introduction: According to Gumsluogu and IIsev, (2009) stated that, in an attempt to responsive and adaptive
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advanced practice nurses in developing interventions and clinical protocols because they are said to be stable and reliable components of the practical nursing experience (McEwin & Willis, 2011, p. 47). The observed phenomena may or may not have had research studies associated with them in the past to concretely define them, and therefore the notion of concept development and analysis arose to clarify the meanings of the phenomena encountered in one’s practical setting. McEwin and Ellis define concepts
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National University students with an example of what features of APA style they are expected to use when writing student papers. The required features do not require several features required by APA style for papers that report original research or that propose a research project. Students who follow the guidelines embodied in this sample paper are much more likely to receive better grades from National University professors than those who ignore the guidelines. The guidelines in this example are based
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More and more, companies are faced with the need to control an ever larger and rapidly changing marketing environment. The information processing requirements of companies are expanding as their competitive environments become more dynamic and volatile[1]. To handle the increasing external and internal information flow and to improve its quality, companies will need to take advantage of the opportunities offered by modern information technology (IT) and information systems (IS). Managing marketing information
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