Essays and Research Papers on Economics

A five page paper which sets out Milton Friedman’s recommendations for the reduction in State intervention in such issues as minimum wage regulation, social security and educational provision. The writer considers Friedman’s assertion that government intervention and regulation often has a negative impact on those which the policies are intended to benefit, and describes the ...

This 2 page paper uses official and recent government reports to make projections about the economy. The GDP and unemployment are two items discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper looks at when John Maynard Keynes believed that the model of laisez faire capital would not work and when the free market would benefit from government intervention. The paper includes issues such as unemployment and the presence of surplus in an economy and the use of the multiplier effect. The bibliography ...

A 5 page paper. In 1936, John Maynard Keynes presented to the world a new theory of economics that argued the Classical laissez-faire theories worsened a recession. Keynes argued that governments needed to intervene to stimulate the economy. This paper discusses Keynes theories and how they contradict Classical theories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page report discusses the fact that population growth is influenced by factors as diverse as government control to nutrition. This report considers three primary areas in which capitalism and population growth are related -- cultural and social factors, food production, and the example provided by the sugar industry of how a single good determines and economic structure of production and ...

This 4 page paper examines the governmental policies that served to improve the standard of living for both union and non-union workers. This paper is based upon the governmental policies detailed in Metzgar's analysis of the means by which the government intervened in the free market to manipulate the laws of supply and demand. ...

This 5-page economics paper discusses the impact of government-sanctioned price ceilings on Sri Lankan rice. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper considers a scenario where the DP is growing at 1.5%, the inflation rate is between 1% and 2% and unemployment is increasing. The different options for stimulating the economy are considered along with the potential polices side effects. Measures considered include the reduction of interest rates, the reduction of tax rates ...

A 3 page paper that comments on the current financial crisis and how the government's regulations were a contributing factor. The wrier also comments on which is worse, inflation or recession and why. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper reviewing economic influences on home health, including increasing fuel costs and the ongoing nursing shortage. The healthcare industry is hampered by its history of trying to operate separate from economic realities and laws, creating several hurdles that it will need to negotiate simultaneously. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5-page paper provides a study of cancer in an economic context. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper considers the way in which healthcare economics helps with the understanding and determination of the way healthcare is provided and organized and regulated. The bibliography cites 20 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses the Affordable Health Care Act in economic terms. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper provides definitions for eight basic concepts in economics and applies them to the health care industry. Each concept is fully defined. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7-page paper applies supply and demand, diminishing marginal utility and price elasticity of demand to healthcare. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 8 page paper answers three questions posed by a student all related to the economics of health care. Several concepts are defined and explored. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3-page paper answers questions about healthcare economics and changes in spending in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 9 page paper discussing the economic effects of policy makers’ decisions, both on healthcare and on the larger economy. The presence of the third-party payer masks the effect of elasticity of demand for health care, as it does its microeconomic effects. It does not mask the results, however. As politicians continue ...

This 7-page paper provides an overview of healthcare economics, and how increasing inputs provides more cost benefits. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 12 page paper focusses on this topic by exploring the Federal Reserve Bank as well as The Bank of England. The histories of each of the organizations are provided. The Fed and the Bank of England are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts the presence of supply and demand factors and shifters as well as barriers within the healthcare industry with other mainstream industries to identify similarities and differences. The bibliography cites 1 source.

A 5 page paper discussing two issues in microeconomics: Medicare affecting the incentives to consume medical services and the structure of US income tax system. Medicare controls all of US health care by virtue of its automatic price increases and control over care providers’ ability to deviate from the Medicare price structure. ...

A 5 page paper discussing construction's worth as an economic indicator and how it can be used as an indirect link of a nation to the global economy. The paper focuses on Australia, but uses July 2000 data reporting industrial construction completions in the US as example. The data indicates US manufacturers are confident that their business ...

A 6 page outline of a presentation of the effect that health care costs have on the larger economy. The issue is whether basic economic principles such as supply and demand and price elasticity apply to health care. The superficial view is that health care is above the law of economic principles, but ...

A 9 page paper discussing the microeconomic effects of spiraling health care costs. The presence of the third-party payer masks the effect of elasticity of demand for health care, as it does its microeconomic effects. It does not mask the results, however. As politicians continue to haggle over the future of Medicare ...