Understanding the Economics Standards for teachers in grades 6–8Year
By Robert Lawrence Kuhn, a public intellectual, political/economics commentator, and international corporate strategist, also the host of Closer To China with R.L. Kuhn on CCTV News produced by Adam Zhu How best to understand what is going on with China’s economy? Most people think China’s...
Fiscal Policy:When the U.S. government runs a budget deficit, it borrows money by issuing Treasury debt. The more the government spends keeping revenue constant, the higher the supply of Treasury securities. At some point, as the borrowing increases, the U.S. government must increase the inte...
positions.If employees perceive they are under-rewarded, they will either reduce theireffort or rationalize that it isn't important. If they perceive that they are overrewarded,they will either increase their effort to justify the higher reward inthe future or rationalize by saying, “I'm worth...
So, while it's not a perfect measure, understanding this critical economic indicator is essential for anyone interested in global economics or the economic development of specific nations. It gives us a broad view of comparative economic prosperity, prompting deeper investigation i...
In short, the possibility of farmland abandonment is higher due to the presence of various conditions in mountainous areas that are adverse to farmland production (Khanal et al., 2006), and the probability of their reuse after abandonment is lower. 4.2 The distribution of abandonment is ...
These cohorts consisted of, 1) PSTs whose higher TSE is related to mastery and vicarious experiences in schools; 2) PSTs whose TSE is lowered by limited opportunities in schools; and 3) PSTs whose negative emotional arousal lowered TSE. Notably, the findings highlight a dearth of ...
From 2000 to 2018, the urbanization rate of the basin increased from 30.9% to 49.6%, higher than the average level of the Tibetan Plateau (44.0%). Moreover, the basin is highly sensitive to human activities and climate change. Under the pressure of human activities and climate change, the...
(0.558), exhibit markedly higher levels of spatial inequality, as evidenced by their elevated Gini index values exceeding 0.5. Conversely, Elementary demonstrates the lowest Gini index value (0.384), indicating relatively lower spatial inequality within South Korea for this particular SI. Collectively, ...
Our culture has made a profound error – it has mistaken education with business, and tries to run higher ed along the lines of corporate America. The emphasis is on doing things quickly and cheaply, and on some sort of “giving the customer what s/he wants.” What the customer wants ...