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The main problem with your calculation is that you are using as "G" the French government's budgetary expenditure, which most likely includes large transfer payments. Transfer payments are not part of GDP.

This question is in two parts: 1) How prevalent is the requirement for 100% giving of any amount; and 2) Do organizations raise more money if there is a 100% giving expectation?

The answer is no. It is not correct to conclude that Bukina Faso’s economy is supported by only 15% of the population.

Effectively, you are asking: how can there be different prices across countries within the same currency zone?

In the strictest (or standard) sense of the word, you would be correct that game A is “rarer,” given that there are fewer of these in existence than game B.

The American Communities Survey provides information on median household income

This is before taxes and transfers

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If your company is based in the U.S., the valuation should be based on the standard CAPM.

Let me start by reminding you that GDP is a measure of the total amount of goods and services produced in an economy, say the USA, in a year.

Let me start by saying that I have expertise in the economics of commercial fishing. I cannot speak to whether GDP will increase next year.

GDP is the final $ value of all final goods and services produced in a year.

Social welfare maximization in economics typically refers to the correct allocation of scare resources to agents (firms, individuals) so as to generate the maximum possible utility (or other criterion) for the agents.

Minimum wages are wage floors set by law, not by the market. They, however, are subject to political pressure from citizens.

The question of how demographics relate to economic issues (e.g., poverty, economic growth) has been at the forefront of economics ever since its infancy as a science. For instance, Rev.

If I understand your question correctly, you are asking about factors that will determine the success or failure of the Arena Football League.  As with any firm or industry, ‘economic’ success or failure depends on the ability of the firm or

None of us here have direct expertise on this issue. You may look at the Long Island Index for more information.

Medieval cathedrals and other structures are indeed impressive works of construction, and to look at them is to marvel at human ingenuity.  Medieval societies were in fact technological quite progressive, a fact documented for example in Joel

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