Category: Economics

Instructions:
1. Using the textbook sources or other credible sources explain one of the following in your own words, making use of quotes from the sources:
Solow Growth Model
Cobb-Douglas Production Function
Depreciation of Capital
Relationship between Savings and Investment
Notes:
avoid using AI to do your writing for you.  You can use AI for research (I think most AI is still shoddy for research and oftentimes incorrect, but the choice is up to you).  Do your own interpreting and writing, and make use of quotes
probably use more than one source to fully explain the concept
include any graphs you might like.  
content is graded on thoroughness and completeness of explanation, comment, clarity of writing, organization, and structure 

You are responsible for writing a mutual fund report containing all of the mutual funds that you are interested in.  You must report the following in your report. You must choose 3 to 4 different mutual funds to invest in……  Some funds you might explore are…..American Funds, Vanguard Funds, Oppenheimer Funds, etc.  Paper must be 4 pages in length- 12 pt, Double Spaced.
Mutual Funds- Companies that make up the fund with the percentage attached.  Example:  XYZ Fund, Apple-9%, Facebook, 10%, Google 12%, etc.
Description of the entire fund, what type of fund is it?  (Stock Fund, Bond Fund, Index fund etc.,  along with the Risk Tolerance Level.
Mutual Fund prices for each fund
Price change for the entire 5 weeks.  +/-
Company news regarding  each mutual fund
Experts advice regarding your mutual fund
Your analysis regarding each fund and its current price.  Why is the price going up/down?  Your reasoning is the critical piece of the entire report.
Buy/Sell/Hold- for each fund going forward.  
Overall mutual fund portfolio gain/loss for the entire 5 week period week 

Poverty is measured by the number of people who fall below a certain level of income—called the poverty line—that defines the income one needs for a basic standard of living. Income inequality compares the share of the total income (or wealth) in society that different groups receive.
(i) Is one’s standard of living the same as one’s quality of life? Explain (cite appropriate examples).
(ii) Can a person be materially well-off (high standard of living), but unhappy (low quality of life)? Explain (cite appropriate examples).
[Hint: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/08/standard-of-living-quality-of-life.asp (Links to an external site.)]

Investigation task, to choose between the following topics.
• The Wall Street Financial crises of 2008. Causes. Effects on the different macro-economic. Preventive role of the economic institutions.
• Crisis at the Eurozone. Causes. Effects. Institutions with a main regulatory role. New regulations. How to prevent a new financial crisis?
• Argentina 2024: stopping debt and inflation. Milei’s economic policy effects on macro-economic indicators. Links with IMF/WB loans.
• Economic slowdowns after pandemics. Effects from Pandemics on the global economics. Strong and weak points from a global supply chain.
• Slowbalization. Causes and effects of a possible contraction for the global economy.

Why is BRICS important despite possible weaknesses? A perspective from Russia. Global Policy, 12(4), 514-518.
Bratersky, M., & Kutyrev, G. (2019). BRICS and the evolving Russia-India-China security agenda. Strategic Analysis, 43(6), 597-619.
Bindu, S., Sridharan, P., Swain, R. K., & Das, C. P. (2022). Causal linkage between remittances and financial development: Evidence from the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). Journal of East-West Business, 28(2), 117-149.
Verlaine, M., Shashkova, A., & Kudryashova, E. (2021). Amendments of Russian constitution concerning international law and the BRICS. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, 7, 337-353.
da SILVA, G. G. (2020). BRICS Development (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in Global Political Economic Rules. International Journal of Science and Society, 2(2), 168-175.
Tkachenko, S. L. (2020). brics and Development Alternatives: Russia and China. In Rekindling the Strong State in Russia and China (pp. 271-297). Brill.
Novikov, D., & Skriba, A. (2019). The evolution of Russian strategy towards BRICS. Strategic Analysis, 43(6), 585-596.
Tatuzov, V. (2020). Contemporary global economic crisis: Some conclusions for Russia and BRICS (taking into account Kondratieff long waves). BRICS Journal of Economics, 1(2), 25-40.
Patel, R. J. (2019). BRICS emerging markets linkages: Evidence from the 2008 global financial crisis. The Journal of Private Equity, 22(4), 42-59.

Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) are “decision tools” that are used as part of a broader political process. As such, they may be used in concert with other sources of information to guide decision making. You have read materials that support CBA or other cost techniques as decisionmaking tools as well as several critiques of CBA. Positive aspects include:
Using cost as a measure provides a basis of comparison across projects.
If CBAs are designed well, they can incorporate effects on different political actors
CBAs can provide a mechanism for weighing tradeoffs between the present and the future and for helping governments ascertain the impact of policies and programs on their budgets
Critiques of and limitations to CBA
Efficiency as the dominant value driving CBA, versus equity or procedural justice;
The difficulty and ethics in quantifying some costs and benefits;
Missing or poor data;
Political issues: CBA’s being misused, misrepresented, subject to political pressure and influence, or used to drive a particular political perspective.
Review the attachment and drawing on CBA readings including those offering a positive view of CBA and concerning critiques or limitations to CBA, write a 2 page single-spaced memo addressed to the head of an agency or organization who would be drawing on this CBA to make a policy decision to either keep or change current policy or adopt a similar policy in another state. You don’t need to consult any sources not provided or any information about the current status of these policies. Your memo will do the following:
Adopt a role that would correspond to one perspective: that is you will pretend to write on behalf of an organization of people that is affected by the policy: e.g., commuters or economic development officials in a city agency, or another party. Acknowledge your policy perspective in the memo and briefly introduce your organization in the memo so your perspective is clearly framed.
Provide a two- to three-paragraph summary of the findings (you can focus on the sections with numbers and the executive summaries). Talk about PERSPECTIVES as per our readings – which groups are affected and how; whose costs and benefits are taken into account?
Comment on the strong aspects of and limitations of the cost analysis (refer to the Vera reading on how to read a report). What costs or benefits seem appropriate or inappropriate? Why is the analysis helpful/not helpful to policymakers thinking about policy change in this jurisdiction or another one? What is missing?
Think about the politics of cost-benefit analysis (see for example the Friedman and Davis article in the NY Times on changes in EPA regulations and the comments on changes in Executive Orders in my video presentation). How do these politics relate to the report you are reading?
Consider the videos on NYC’s racial impact analysis and equitable development tool. If such an analysis were done related to the rail project, how would that seem different? Which method do you recommend as more useful for the memo reader’s decisionmaking?
Your memo format includes a heading, 1-inch margins, 12-point font, and professional and concise language. You can use footnotes to cite any additional background or evidence for your argument. There is no specific word limit but you should be writing for a busy policymaker who barely has time to read three pages; therefore, I will be looking for your ability to make a concise, logical argument.

write an essay on the topic provided below, plz make it good, it is a final paper. the paper should be based on the literature review provided in the drop file. Make sure the in-text citations are proper and are in APA form. The sources/citations are already provided in the literature review that will be provided below. you can use additional sources if needed for the paper, just plz make sure to cite it. I will provide both literature reviews in the drop box, ” the one without the citation” and the “one with citation” The whole essay is in the APA format. Also, the paper has to follow the guidelines provided in the structure presentation plz. Thank you.
Topic: Food Accessibility in Bangladesh

Your papers should run about 5-6 pages, including tables and charts.  They should be structured as what are called policy-briefs or issue-briefs.  These are short, succinct issue-centered papers that maintain a strong focus on providing factual information and advocating policy positions.  They are written by legislative staff, non-profit advocacy groups, think tanks and lobbyists and are intended to be useful to busy policy-makers trying to understand a topic and make a decision.  
Papers are due on May 10.  You are welcome to hand in an earlier draft for feedback and comments.  Note that it is sometimes harder to write a short paper than a long paper.  You might start by writing something longer, submitting a draft, then paring it down and editing for succinctness.  
Papers must include a bibliography.  You must have at least three sources besides those assigned for the class.  If you have questions about where to find information, please ask.  There are extensive resources on historical and current state and local revenues and spending 
topic Should MA provide free college education (for everyone/every students )?

It is generated also with the use of AI, so you need to change the sentences so that is not AI generated anymore 

Below is the final assignment. I also attached a few of my milestone assignments to get a feel for how my writing style is. Thank you!
King Fruits is farming company that sells fruits such as bananas, mangoes, grapes, kiwi, and oranges nationally. The company has been growing in recent years and the owner is looking to move into the international market. You have been hired as an economic consultant to advise the owner on whether he/she is making the right economic choice?
What factors of production should the owner consider before making the expansion?
Should the owner draft a production possibilities curve to decide how much to sell internationally?
How will their expansion to the international market affect local demand?
Are there any government regulations to consider before going to the international market?
Does the decision to sell domestic products internationally help or harm the local economy? Explain
Where does scarcity fit in this problem?
What is the price elasticity of the products being offered by King Fruits?
Do you think the elasticity of the goods will change based on the market?
Do you think consumer behavior will be different in the international market?
How does moving to the international market affect the local demand schedule?
Construct a 4 to 6 page APA paper (Times New Roman font, 12) answer the ten questions listed above. After completing the paper, create a 5 to 10 video presentation explaining the answers outlined in your paper.