Social Changes In Modern Turkey

Modern Turkey has greatly been influenced by the Western world. However, it has still remained some unique samples of social changes which can be referred to the Turkish society only.

A Debt-Driven Society

Sometimes I wonder, if we are a society that is driven by monetary debts. In this world where Capitalism has conquered a large part of, money has become a need rather than a luxury or a tool for achieving other feats.

Animal Poverty and Human Poverty

A new look at The Principle of Population of Thomas Malthus and its claim that poverty is necessary and is good. Must the world human population always press on the food supply and maintain poverty like wild animal populations ?

Contract Farming: The New Face of Traditional Farming

Contract farming encourages farmers to safeguard themselves from market volatility (abnormal price crash due to over-production). The is a step towards achieving assured income by providing the farmers improved marketing channels with or without better seeds, other inputs, financial support and technical know-how.

Addressing Educational and Safety Needs through Direct Intervention

Quality of services provided in the child care sector is far from perfect. Guess what the solution to the problem is...

Why Unemployment Has Fallen in UK Economy

Why Unemployment has fallen in the UK in the past 13 years. Looking at both demand and supply side factors and the role if any played by the UK goverment

Race and Social Class

In American society, issues of race and social class are entwined together like a chain of DNA. One cannot have an honest discussion about race without looking at the equally important issue of class since the two are closely linked.

Super Bowl Bets Beat Many Nations Gross Domestic Product

The figures are finally in for the amount of betting that occurred during the Super Bowl. The 41st Super Bowl had more betting than the gross national domestic product of the bottom 100 nations. Are we at the height of decadence as the Romans were at the height of their civilization? Does that mean we are at the top of the Bell Curve and ready to go down and decline as a nation. One would hope not and yet those are the facts.

Can America Afford Free Health Care?

Many folks in the United States want the government to provide health care universally to all citizens and they expect the World Organizations to do this for the third world nations as well. Unfortunately, this is a huge cost and probably currently out of the realm of reality.

Economics and CEO Type Leaders in Government; Some Thoughts

Currently we have an MBA President and our economy is cooking along find, actually better than anyone could ever expect. Should we continue to have MBA Presidents? How about CEO Type Leaders in Government, many believe we should, even as they also say that government is not a for profit business.

Workers in Developed Countries are Not Creating Wealth

The vast majority of people in emerging economies work hard and honestly and they try to get something out of their hard work. It is a bit of exaggeration to say that most people in developed countries do not work hard or honestly, but too many people work in such ways that they do not exactly contribute to the development of their economies.

Deflation And Its Effects On The Economy

Deflation means the value of your money increases over time, as opposed to inflation. Why is that bad for the economy? Read on - and put on your thinking caps!

Malaysian Gasoline Subsidies Are Unwarranted

Over the past two years, the Malaysian government has been cutting its subsidies of gasoline, causing much uproar amongst the public. However, these subsidies are a distortion of the market, and ending them is a wise thing to do.

Ruined Rural Economy - India Had We Part -1

The article deal with detailed analysis of Indian economy and its effect on farmers. How badly new liberal policies have ruined Indian agro sector is discussed. Hope people of India will find benefited to discuss the issues affecting their economy.

Why Folks Should Not Be Surprised of Big Stock Market Corrections

The huge market correction on February 27, 2007 should not come as any surprise to investors. If we look back at the events that led up to this market correction we see all kinds of overregulation from government regulatory bodies. The Starbase Oxley act stifled and our economy and the added cost to our corporations who were then unable to compete with foreign companies.