Panel (b) of Exhibit 8 shows the distribution and
efflciency eifects of the quota'As a result of.the
quota'
U.5. consumer surplus declines by the combined
biue
and pink areas. Area a becomes producer surplus
and
thus invoives no loss of U.S' welfare' Area c shows
the
increased economic profit to those permitted by the-q,ro,u
,o sell Americins 3o miliion pounds for $o'r5
pu, pouna, or $o.o5 above the world price' If foreign
"*por,"r,
rather than U.S. importers reap this profit'
area c reflects a net loss in U'S' welfare'
Areab shows a welfare loss to the U'S' economy'
because sugar could have been purchased abroad
for
io.ro p"t iorrnd, and the U'S' resources employed
to increase sugar production could have been used
more efficientt-y proaucing other goods' Area d is
also a welfare loss because it reflects a reduction in
consumer surplus with no offsetting gain to anyone'
Thus, areas b and d in panei (b) of Exhibit 8 measure
the minimum U.S' welfare loss from the quota' If the
frofit from quota dghts (area c) accrues-to
foreign
prodrr.err, this increases the U'S' welfare loss'
Quotas *m Practsee
The United States has granted quotas to specific
countries. These countries, in turn' distribute these
q"o," tignO to their exporters tfrro.uSh a variety of
i-,u"r,t. iy rew ar ding domestic and foreign producers with
higher prices, the quota system creotes two -groups
inlent
oi rrriring and'perpetuating these quotas' Lobbyists for
foreign producers work the halls of Congress'
seeking
tf,e rlghl to export to the United States' This strong
r"pp"t, from pioducers, coupled with a lack ofoppo-
sition from consumers (who remain rationally
igno-
rant for the most part), has resulted in quotas that
have lasted decades. For example, sugar
quotas have
been around more than 50 years' In January
zoog' the
world price of sugar was about $o'rz a pound' but
U.S. businesses that need sugar to make
products'
su.h u, candy, paid more than $o'zo a pound' costing
consumers an extra $z billion annualiy' Sugar grow-
"rr,
*ho account for only r percent of-U,S' farm sales'
have accounted for r7 percent of political contribu-
tions from agriculture since r99o'1
Some economists have argued that if quotas are
to be used, the United States should auction
them off
to foreign producers, thereby capturing at
}east some
of the dlfference between the world price
and the U'S'
pri.". A.t.tioning off quotas would not only increase
federai revenue Uut would reduce the
profitability of
qrro,"r, which would reduce pressure on
V/ashington
i'.'fvfoLurf Schroeder, "Sugar Growers Hold Up
Push for Free Trade"'
Wall Street Journal 3 February 2004'
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GBY EDITH OSTAPIK AND KEI-MU YIEdith Ostapik is a rese.docxbudbarber38650
G
BY EDITH OSTAPIK AND KEI-MU YI
Edith Ostapik
is a research
associate in the
Philadelphia
Fed’s Research
Department.
This article is
available free of
charge at www.
philadelphiafed.org/econ/br/index.
International Trade:
Why We Don’t Have More of It
Kei-Mu Yi is a
vice president
and economist
in the Research
Department of
the Philadelphia
Fed. He is also
head of the
department’s
Macroeconomics section.
1 Source: The World Bank’s World
Development Indicators (we use the world
export share of world GDP). Since world
exports = world imports, imports have risen by
the same amount.
2 Previous Business Review articles have
questioned the extent to which globalization
has taken place. The article by Janet Ceglowski
reviews research on barriers to international
trade. Examining another dimension of
globalization, Sylvain Leduc explores the lack
of international diversification of investment
portfolios.
3 They estimate an overall average increase
of 74 percent in the prices of goods in these
countries.
Globalization has many facets.
One of the most important is the enor-
mous increase in international trade.
Over the past 40 years, world exports
as a share of output have doubled to
almost 25 percent of world output.1
However, despite globalization and
the increasing share of output that is
exported and imported internationally,
economic evidence suggests that sig-
nificant barriers to international trade
still exist.2 We will summarize the lat-
est developments in the measurement
of international trade barriers, drawing
mainly from a recent comprehensive
survey on the subject by James Ander-
son and Eric van Wincoop. In their
lobalization has led to an enormous increase
in international trade. Over the past 40
years, world exports as a share of output have
doubled to almost 25 percent of world output.
However, despite this enormous increase, economic
evidence suggests that significant barriers to international
trade still exist. In this article, Edith Ostapik and Kei-Mu
Yi summarize the latest developments in the measurement
of international trade barriers.
survey, these authors report estimates
of the magnitudes of different catego-
ries of international trade costs. They
find that, on average, international
trade costs almost double the price of
goods in developed countries.3
The primary policy implication of
the existing research is that globaliza-
tion still has a long way to go, so that
there is still plenty of room for trade
to grow. Growth in trade will likely
occur primarily through technological
changes that reduce transportation or
communication costs or from long-
run policy choices, such as a national
currency or language. Reduction in
policy-related barriers, such as tariffs,
will also play a role.
WHY AND HOW TRADE COSTS
REDUCE TRADE
The core idea underlying the
benefits of international trade goes
back to Adam Smith and his famous
pin factory para.
A wide-ranging presentation assessing the impacts of trade liberalisation on national economies and the international trend towards greater trade in services.
Another institution in the news is the G20. Established in 1999, the.docxmelvinjrobinson2199
Another institution in the news is the G20. Established in 1999, the G20 comprises the finance ministers and central bank governors of the 19 largest economies in the world, plus representatives from the European Union and the European Central Bank. Originally established to formulate a coordinated policy response to financial crises in developing nations, in 2008 and 2009 it became the forum though which major nations attempted to launch a coordinated policy response to the global financial crisis that started in America and then rapidly spread around the world, ushering in the first serious global economic recession since 1981. G20 Established in 1999, the G20 comprises the finance ministers and central bank governors of the 19 largest economies in the world, plus representatives from the European Union and the European Central Bank. ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE G20 Relevant Statistics There have been six G20 Leaders’ Summits (Washington, London, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Seoul, and Cannes). At the Leaders’ level, this is the second time, following the Republic of Korea, that an emerging country holds the presidency of the Group. Mexico will become the first Latin American country to chair the annual presidency of the Group. According to estimates by the International Labor Organization, the G20 has created or preserved between 7 and 11 million jobs by end of 2009. G20 members represent almost 90 percent of global GDP and 80 percent of international global trade; 64 percent of the world’s population lives in G20 member countries, and 84 percent of all fossil-fuel emissions are produced by G20 countries. Source: www.g20.org/index.php/en/numeralia. QUICK STUDY 1. What is meant by the globalization of markets? Which product markets tend to be the most global? 2. What is meant by the globalization of production? Why are production systems being globalized? 3. What is the main purpose of global institutions such as the WTO, IMF, and World Bank? LEARNING OBJECTIVE 2 Recognize the main drivers of globalization. Drivers of Globalization Two macro factors underlie the trend toward greater globalization.14 The first is the decline in barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and capital that has occurred since the end of World War II. The second factor is technological change, particularly the dramatic developments in recent decades in communication, information processing, and transportation technologies. DECLINING TRADE AND INVESTMENT BARRIERS During the 1920s and 1930s, many of the world’s nation-states erected formidable barriers to international trade and foreign direct investment. International trade occurs when a firm exports goods or services to consumers in another country. Foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs when a firm invests resources in business activities outside its home country. Many of the barriers to international trade took the form of high tariffs on imports of manufactured goods. The typical aim of such tariffs was to protect domes.
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ig$st economisrs far,or ietting nalions tr"ade freeiy', with few larifit or oiher barriers tc
trade. Indee{ economists have tended to ire even more critical of trade barriers than
har.e other€roups in society, even though economists have taken great care to lisi tlie
e.x*eptionai"cases in wilifli they feel trade liarriers caii be justified. Such agreernent
among eccnomists is rare. Why should ihey agree on this one issue l
. T'he srriking consensus in favor of free trade is based primarily on a body of eco-
nomic analysii cleffionstraiing that iheie are usually net gains fu'om fieer trade. both
f*r naiions alel lbr the world. Chaptel2 shorvec!- with detnand and suppil' ctrves. ihat
free trade brings greater aggregate well-being than no trade, The maill task of this
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wide range offrade barriers. barriers that do not necessarily shut out all international
trade. It ii mainly on this more detailed analysis of trade policies lhat economists have
based their view ihat liee trade is generally better rhan parlial restrictjotts on ffade,
with a list of exceptions. This analysis makes it easier to understand what divides the
malonr-1'- of economists frcm grcups cailirig lbr resiricficfis oii f,"8de.
T'o see what is lost or gained try putr.ing up barriels to international trade. let us take
a close look at the eftects of the classic kind of trade barrier, a lariff on an imported
prodnct. This chapter spelis out $'ho is 1ike1y to gain and who is likely to lose {ion]
i tarift-, r"nil explains conditions *nder ..^:ltich a rtalion eouLl end up better ofT fronr a
tarifl Chapfers 9 through I I wiil exlend tlie basic slory lold here.
A ?*riff, as the terrn is used in intelnational trade. is a tax on importing a good
n! \{r!'\ ire irrtn n {-{rulltv. rrsrrallr' collctrtcd bv eustonls oflicials at the place of'etttrv.
'farills come in two main types. A sfi*{*f;{ Xari'ff is stipulated as a money fiIilounl
per unit oi iinpr:rt, such as clollars per ton of steei bars, or dollars per eigirlcylinrier
rw.o-door sporr,s car. A-n eq-i v***r-er:: (on the velue) t*nlff is a percentage of the esti-
mated market value of tire goods *'hen they reach the importing counfry. \Are will not
pav much attention to this distinction, because it nrakes alnrost no difl-erence ic our
conc,lusirrls.
-iariffrates ilave treen cleclining, but they'are stiii intportant. Indeed" only one coun-
rry in the r.','orl4 Singapore, has na tariff.q. {ln adclition, two aufonomolls custoffis arsas,
l-{ong Kong and Macau, harre no tarilli}.
Iior th* ililustrialized eoLlntries. averagr tariff rales in the 1930s were about 60
p*r'ceni. in the aJtennath r:f the infarnous Smoot-Ffawley tarifli lhat fhe United States
enacie{ in 1930 and the i ...
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Excerpt from BBC World News article on Venezuela
Venezuela's black economic magic
By John Sweeney BBC, Caracas
17 February 2016
“Statistics of any kind in Venezuela should be taken with a swig of the local rum - like beer, unavailable in a restaurant we visited in Caracas - but under Maduro the Bolivar is currently suffering from inflation of 141%, according to the government's own figures. The IMF predicts it will hit 720% later this year.
One number is that the country is $120 billion in the red, with oil revenue - responsible for nine-tenths of the state's export revenue - collapsing. Without the oil money, the country can't feed itself.
There are $10bn in debt payments due later this year and Venezuela can't borrow easily because the international market suspects it will default. Investors are already spooked because it has expropriated billions of dollars worth of foreign-owned companies.
Governing party MP Ramon Lobo told Newsnight: "The economic war has become even more vicious. It's an attack on the real economy. The oligarchs who still dominate food production are looking for a way to hang us by cutting production on purp
Murder numbers are notoriously dodgy in South American, but Caracas, by some estimates, suffered nearly 4,000 murders last year, making it one of the most dangerous cities in the world. “
And then there is the Zika plague - the mosquito-borne virus that some doctors believe is responsible for a spike in cases of creeping paralysis, Gillain-Barré syndrome, and, in Brazil, deformed babies. (The World Health Organisation has urged caution because the science on Zika is not yet proven.)
Maduro recently raised the number of suspected Zika cases from 4,700 to 5,221 with three deaths. Dr Jorge Luis Hernandez-Rojas, of the Chacao Health Agency in Caracas is part of a group of doctors who are close to the opposition. He told Newsnight: "We fear the true number of Zika cases is not 4,000 but 400,000." No-one knows for sure.
…..
The eyes of Hugo Chavez stare down at you from sites across the capital. But what they look down on is a nation gone to seed: grungy high-rise buildings, the concrete crumbling, stray dogs pecking at the rubbish, heavily armed police toting shotguns at checkpoints and traffic jams.
Petrol here is the cheapest in the world - our driver could fill up his tank for pennies - an absurdity that Maduro dare not address lest he trigger riots, like the "Caracazo" chaos in 1989 in which hundreds died.
Financial meltdown, political stalemate: it might not come to it but some people fear this could lead to violence and even a military coup.”
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is a research
associate in the
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Fed’s Research
Department.
This article is
available free of
charge at www.
philadelphiafed.org/econ/br/index.
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Why We Don’t Have More of It
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vice president
and economist
in the Research
Department of
the Philadelphia
Fed. He is also
head of the
department’s
Macroeconomics section.
1 Source: The World Bank’s World
Development Indicators (we use the world
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exports = world imports, imports have risen by
the same amount.
2 Previous Business Review articles have
questioned the extent to which globalization
has taken place. The article by Janet Ceglowski
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trade. Examining another dimension of
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portfolios.
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countries.
Globalization has many facets.
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as a share of output have doubled to
almost 25 percent of world output.1
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still exist.2 We will summarize the lat-
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mainly from a recent comprehensive
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son and Eric van Wincoop. In their
lobalization has led to an enormous increase
in international trade. Over the past 40
years, world exports as a share of output have
doubled to almost 25 percent of world output.
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trade still exist. In this article, Edith Ostapik and Kei-Mu
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of international trade barriers.
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of the magnitudes of different catego-
ries of international trade costs. They
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The primary policy implication of
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there is still plenty of room for trade
to grow. Growth in trade will likely
occur primarily through technological
changes that reduce transportation or
communication costs or from long-
run policy choices, such as a national
currency or language. Reduction in
policy-related barriers, such as tariffs,
will also play a role.
WHY AND HOW TRADE COSTS
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benefits of international trade goes
back to Adam Smith and his famous
pin factory para.
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trade. Indee{ economists have tended to ire even more critical of trade barriers than
har.e other€roups in society, even though economists have taken great care to lisi tlie
e.x*eptionai"cases in wilifli they feel trade liarriers caii be justified. Such agreernent
among eccnomists is rare. Why should ihey agree on this one issue l
. T'he srriking consensus in favor of free trade is based primarily on a body of eco-
nomic analysii cleffionstraiing that iheie are usually net gains fu'om fieer trade. both
f*r naiions alel lbr the world. Chaptel2 shorvec!- with detnand and suppil' ctrves. ihat
free trade brings greater aggregate well-being than no trade, The maill task of this
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wide range offrade barriers. barriers that do not necessarily shut out all international
trade. It ii mainly on this more detailed analysis of trade policies lhat economists have
based their view ihat liee trade is generally better rhan parlial restrictjotts on ffade,
with a list of exceptions. This analysis makes it easier to understand what divides the
malonr-1'- of economists frcm grcups cailirig lbr resiricficfis oii f,"8de.
T'o see what is lost or gained try putr.ing up barriels to international trade. let us take
a close look at the eftects of the classic kind of trade barrier, a lariff on an imported
prodnct. This chapter spelis out $'ho is 1ike1y to gain and who is likely to lose {ion]
i tarift-, r"nil explains conditions *nder ..^:ltich a rtalion eouLl end up better ofT fronr a
tarifl Chapfers 9 through I I wiil exlend tlie basic slory lold here.
A ?*riff, as the terrn is used in intelnational trade. is a tax on importing a good
n! \{r!'\ ire irrtn n {-{rulltv. rrsrrallr' collctrtcd bv eustonls oflicials at the place of'etttrv.
'farills come in two main types. A sfi*{*f;{ Xari'ff is stipulated as a money fiIilounl
per unit oi iinpr:rt, such as clollars per ton of steei bars, or dollars per eigirlcylinrier
rw.o-door sporr,s car. A-n eq-i v***r-er:: (on the velue) t*nlff is a percentage of the esti-
mated market value of tire goods *'hen they reach the importing counfry. \Are will not
pav much attention to this distinction, because it nrakes alnrost no difl-erence ic our
conc,lusirrls.
-iariffrates ilave treen cleclining, but they'are stiii intportant. Indeed" only one coun-
rry in the r.','orl4 Singapore, has na tariff.q. {ln adclition, two aufonomolls custoffis arsas,
l-{ong Kong and Macau, harre no tarilli}.
Iior th* ililustrialized eoLlntries. averagr tariff rales in the 1930s were about 60
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Venezuela's black economic magic
By John Sweeney BBC, Caracas
17 February 2016
“Statistics of any kind in Venezuela should be taken with a swig of the local rum - like beer, unavailable in a restaurant we visited in Caracas - but under Maduro the Bolivar is currently suffering from inflation of 141%, according to the government's own figures. The IMF predicts it will hit 720% later this year.
One number is that the country is $120 billion in the red, with oil revenue - responsible for nine-tenths of the state's export revenue - collapsing. Without the oil money, the country can't feed itself.
There are $10bn in debt payments due later this year and Venezuela can't borrow easily because the international market suspects it will default. Investors are already spooked because it has expropriated billions of dollars worth of foreign-owned companies.
Governing party MP Ramon Lobo told Newsnight: "The economic war has become even more vicious. It's an attack on the real economy. The oligarchs who still dominate food production are looking for a way to hang us by cutting production on purp
Murder numbers are notoriously dodgy in South American, but Caracas, by some estimates, suffered nearly 4,000 murders last year, making it one of the most dangerous cities in the world. “
And then there is the Zika plague - the mosquito-borne virus that some doctors believe is responsible for a spike in cases of creeping paralysis, Gillain-Barré syndrome, and, in Brazil, deformed babies. (The World Health Organisation has urged caution because the science on Zika is not yet proven.)
Maduro recently raised the number of suspected Zika cases from 4,700 to 5,221 with three deaths. Dr Jorge Luis Hernandez-Rojas, of the Chacao Health Agency in Caracas is part of a group of doctors who are close to the opposition. He told Newsnight: "We fear the true number of Zika cases is not 4,000 but 400,000." No-one knows for sure.
…..
The eyes of Hugo Chavez stare down at you from sites across the capital. But what they look down on is a nation gone to seed: grungy high-rise buildings, the concrete crumbling, stray dogs pecking at the rubbish, heavily armed police toting shotguns at checkpoints and traffic jams.
Petrol here is the cheapest in the world - our driver could fill up his tank for pennies - an absurdity that Maduro dare not address lest he trigger riots, like the "Caracazo" chaos in 1989 in which hundreds died.
Financial meltdown, political stalemate: it might not come to it but some people fear this could lead to violence and even a military coup.”
TTIP trade deal: Germans rally in Hannover against US-EU talks
April 23, 2016
BBC News from the section Europe
Thousands of people have marched in the German city of Hannover against a proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal.
They say the deal would drive down wages, and weaken environmental protection and labour rights.
US President Bar ...
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For this assignment, students will need to observe the activities th.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, students will need to observe the activities that take place in a courtroom setting. Find a video on YouTube... Pay attention to the courtroom actors including the judge, jury, attorneys, and defendant. Complete a one page reflection of your experience. Provide details about the case/cases you heard and note if anything surprised you during your observation.
Use APA format for this assignment.
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For this assignment, select a human service organization from .docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, select a human service organization from a public, nonprofit, or government sector that you are familiar with, or one that you find interesting. You will use this organization to complete all of the course assignments. You must be able to access information about the organization’s governance, financial sources and practices, mission, population served, and its political and social landscape. Review all the assignments now to verify the types of information you will need about the organization in order to complete them.
The following list provides examples of acceptable types of organizations. You can select an organization of the types included on this list or propose another type of organization to your instructor. The organization must provide human service program services. The selected organization will be included in all your assignments, so you will look at leadership and collaboration practices for that organization through several areas of focus.
Possible Organization Types
City, county, or state human services or mental health programs.
State hospitals (Western State Hospital, Milwaukee County Hospital, or another state or county hospital in your area).
School-based human services or case management programs.
Private mental health organizations.
Employee assistance programs.
For-profit hospital or health care organizations (Humana, Kaiser-Permanente, Aurora, etcetera).
Catholic community services.
Lutheran Social Services.
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For this Assignment, read the case study for Claudia and find tw.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this Assignment, read the case study for Claudia and find two to three scholarly articles on social issues surrounding immigrant families.
By Day 7
In a 2- to 4-page paper, explain how the literature informs you about Claudia and her family when assessing her situation.
Describe two social issues related to the course-specific case study for Claudia that inform a culturally competent social worker.
Describe culturally competent strategies you might use to assess the needs of children.
Describe the types of data you would collect from Claudia and her family in order to best serve them.
Identify other resources that may offer you further information about Claudia’s case.
Create an eco-map to represent Claudia’s situation. Describe how the ecological perspective of assessment influenced how the social worker interacted with Claudia.
Describe how the social worker in the case used a strengths perspective and multiple tools in her assessment of Claudia. Explain how those factors contributed to the therapeutic relationship with Claudia and her family.
Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
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For this assignment, download the A6 code pack. This zip fil.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, download the
A6 code pack
. This zip file contains several files:
main.cpp
- the predetermined main.cpp. This file shows the usage and functionality that is expected of your program. You are not allowed to edit this file. You will not be submitting this file with your assignment.
CMakeLists.txt
- the preset CMake file to build with your functions files.
input/greeneggsandham.txt
- the contents of Green Eggs and Ham in text format.
input/aliceChapter1.txt
- the first chapter of Alice in Wonderland in text format.
output/greeneggsandham.out
- the expected output when running your program against the
greeneggsandham.txt
file
output/aliceChapter1.out
- the expected output when running your program against the
aliceChapter1.txt
file
Your task is to provide the implementations for all of the referenced functions. You will need to create two files:
functions.h
and
functions.cpp
to make the program work as intended.
You will want to make your program as general as possible by not having any assumptions about the data hardcoded in. Two public input files have been supplied with the starter pack. We will run your program against a third private input file.
Function Requirements
The requirements of each function are given below. The input, output, and task of each function is described. The functions are:
promptUserForFilename()
openFile()
readWordsFromFile()
removePunctuation()
capitalizeWords()
filterUniqueWords()
alphabetizeWords()
countUniqueWords()
printWordsAndCounts()
countLetters()
printLetterCounts()
printMaxMinWord()
printMaxMinLetter()
promptUserForFilename()
Input
: None
Output
: A string
Task
: Prompt the user to enter a filename.
openFile()
Input
: (1) The input file stream (2) The string filename to open
Output
: True if the file successfully opened, False if the file could not be opened
Task
: Open the input file stream for the corresponding filename. Check that the file opened correctly. The string filename will remain unchanged.
readWordsFromFile()
Input
: The input file stream
Output
: A vector of strings
Task
: Read all of the words that are in the filestream and return a list of all the words in the order present in the file.
removePunctuation()
Input
: (1) A vector of strings (2) A string of all the punctuation characters to remove
Output
: None
Task
: For each word in the vector, remove all occurrences of all the punctuation characters denoted by the punctuation string. When complete, the input vector will now hold all the words with punctuation removed. The punctuation string will remain unchanged.
capitalizeWords()
Input
: A vector of strings
Output
: None
Task
: For each word in the vector, convert each character to its upper case equivalent. When complete, the input vector will now hold all the words capitalized.
filterUniqueWords()
Input
: A vector of strings
Output
: A vector of strings
Task
: The function will return only th.
For this assignment, create infographic using the Canva website..docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, create infographic using the Canva website. Pictorially and using short phrases, depict the way in which an organization you are affiliated (Charter School) with celebrates its achievements.
Next, identify research conducted that supports and emphasizes the importance of leaders’ taking the time to celebrate. How does a leader’s taking the time to recognize victories and reinforce shared values enhance the culture and climate of an organization?
Then, explain how leaders could build upon or improve purposeful celebrations within the organization. Make sure that you utilize scholarly literature and document supportive research for the short phrases identified and used in your Canva infographic.
Length: 1 infographic and 2–3 page essay, not including references or title page.
References: Minimum of five scholarly resources
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For this assignment, compare California during the Great Depression.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, compare California during the Great Depression and Great Recession. Provide historical details about California during the Great Depression. What did Californians go through? Think economic, social, political, etc., for the historical details. Describe (at least) one similarity and one difference between the two eras.
You may also compare the Great Depression to the economic problems caused by Covid-19 in 2020. Focus on California, not the United States.
Requirements: 500 words
Plagiarism check
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For this assignment, create a 10- to 12-slide presentation in Mi.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, create a 10- to 12-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint that addresses the following points:
What are the points of conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims? Where do their interpretations of Islam differ significantly?
How and when did these conflicts come into existence?
In what ways do they share the same beliefs? Is antipathy toward the West an automatic position?
Identify which nations are predominantly Sunni and which are Shia. Illustrate with a map.
Provide an example of at least one significant terrorist action by each branch of Islam.
Discuss whether counterterrorism authorities should prepare differently for Sunni terrorism than they would for Shia terrorism.
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For this assignment, begin by reading chapters 12-15 in Dr. Bells t.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, begin by reading chapters 12-15 in Dr. Bell's text. Then, consider and respond to the following questions.
The SALT talks accomplished little, but it was important to keep both parties talking. Does the evidence of the 1970s and 1980s support this thesis? Support your opinion with at least three examples.
Critics of "Star Wars" argued that an effective nuclear defense shield would have increased the dangers of nuclear war. How so?
During much of the 1970s, the Soviets became increasingly dependent on US grain in order to feed their people. These exports were popular with American farmers, but played a more ambiguous role in American efforts to control the Soviets. If you had been a presidential advisor for Presidents Ford and Carter, what economic strategy would you have recommended?
The Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan has been described as the Soviets’ Vietnam. Discuss at least three similarities and one dissimilarity between these conflicts.
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For this assignment, assume you are the new Secretary of Homelan.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, assume you are the new Secretary of Homeland Security. You are drafting a Policy Document referred to as a “White Paper” for the Biden Administration to highlight the impact of open/closed borders in the age of COVID-19 on migration, asylum seekers, and economic recovery. In this white paper, consider the following to frame your paper.
Define what YOU believe an “OPEN” vs “CLOSED” border means especially when dealing with those seeking asylum. Reminder that you can provide your opinion without using “I think” or something similar.
How do you believe illegal migrants can be treated humanely and with dignity/inclusion?
How does an “open” vs a “closed” border impact the United States economy?
What are your recommendations for the next 12-24 months on specific steps that the new administration needs to take?
DO NOT answer this as if it is a four Question Exam. This is a WHITE PAPER and is a single narrative framed by these questions, but do NOT use first person (I statements).
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For this assignment, address the following promptsIntroductor.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, address the following prompts:
Introductory paragraph to topic about unemployment.
Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
My thesis statement:
Unemployment and lack of economic opportunity have social consequences creating anxiety and added stress because it allows for reduced economic growth and directly influences our society's mental, physical, and emotional well-being
(A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)
Annotated bibliography.
Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more.
Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.
Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.
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For this assignment, analyze the play by focusing on one of the .docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment, analyze the play by focusing on
one
of the following characters: Cassio, Desdemona, Othello, or Iago. Explore the motives, emotions and circumstances of the character you choose, and his or her relationships with all the other significant characters in the play. Try to give your reader a good sense of why things play out as they do. Each of these characters has significant interactions with all the others, and you will end up discussing them all no matter which one you choose to focus on. But try to explain what happens in
Othello
by following the trajectory of a single character throughout the entire play. As always, use short but effective quotations from the play to point out significant words and actions, but focus mainly on your explanations of what the words and deeds mean and why we should agree with your analysis.
To cite the text, place
A
ct,
S
cene, and
L
ine numbers in parentheses at the end of your quotation. Example: “Your quotation here” (1.3.5).
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For this assignment I would like you to answer these questions.docxalfred4lewis58146
For this assignment I would like you to answer these questions
1. Explain what a black hole is, describe its characteristics (size, mass), and give a detailed explanation on how they form. Make sure to explain what the Schwarzschild radius and event horizon are. Describe the two types of black holes.
2. Describe the observational evidence for black holes that are discussed in Chapter 15.
Bonues: Do a little research on the Internet (read a few articles) and summarize how astronomers were able to make this image of a black hole. This came out in April 2019.
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For the Weekly Reports I need 2 reports. For the First two weeks the.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the Weekly Reports I need 2 reports. For the First two weeks they need to do the weekly report and each report must be a minimum of one page.
For the Final Report Its only 1, But it's pretty much putting all the weeks together to do one final report. It needs to be minimum 2 pages
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For the shortanswer questions,you will need to respo.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the
short
answer questions,
y
ou will need to respond to 7
of the questions
provided (bellow). Each answer should be around
200 words
. Your answers should provide evidence of engagement with and understanding of the key concepts about identity, alienation, rationality, and power.
Your answers should be expressed in academic English.
You will not be able to use direct quotations from the readings or lecture material.
Explain concepts in your own words; if you cannot clearly explain an idea/concept in your own words, you probably haven’t yet fully grasped its meaning.
To what extent can identities be said to be "integral" to a person (i.e. is a particular identity an essential feature of who you are)?
When thinking sociologically about identity, subject positions are associated with roles learned through socialisation. Explain how individuals learn those roles through socialisation?
According to Benedict Andersen the nation is a cultural artefact and an imagined community. What did he mean by this and what are key means through which the nation is imagined?
Marx described “alienation” as an outcome of capitalist economic relations. Sociologists have since expanded the concept to think about how it might relate to other social processes (i.e. “social alienation”). In what other ways might we be said to experience alienation in society?
Gramsci understood hegemony as a form of rule in which subordinate groups consent to the exercise of power or domination. According to Gramsci how does hegemony operate in capitalist societies?
Weber saw rationalisation as an “iron cage” that increasingly dominated all social life. Discuss how rationalisation shapes higher education.
According to Marxists how do relationships of power operate in capitalist societies?
According to Foucault how does modern disciplinary power differ from traditional sovereign power? (e.g. as exercised by monarchs, kings and emperors)
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For the sake of argument (this essay in particular), lets prete.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the sake of argument (this essay in particular), let's pretend that
Sophia (Links to an external site.)
has discovered a fundamental truth about our concept of the soul: that it is, as she defined it,
the mind's essence
.For this essay, I'd like you to first take a deep dive into
defining
and
elaborating
on what that might mean
(to Sophia, then, as a consequence, to humanity) Then, I'd like you to take into consideration the technologies that have had the greatest impact on how the soul-as-mind's-essence idea expresses itself in our era. Can we have a "virtual afterlife"? A "digital soul"? Can we beat death? If we create nonbiological entities into which we put our identities, and, thus, that entity "thinks" and "feels" like it is "you," well, to what degree can we say that it is "you" and that it is a contemporary version of how Sophia defines the soul? Furthermore, do you think that is what Sophia means--a digital simulacrum of the self? I am hoping you consider how our civilization's ideas are profoundly influenced by our technological world, and that these philosophical questions only exist in the first place because we have invented tools that inevitably create problems for and probe into the most sacred spaces of human identity.
This essay should be 4.5 pages minimum and, as usual, MLA format.
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For the proposal, each student must describe an interface they a.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the proposal, each student must describe an interface they are interested in exploring and developing. The interface can be screen-oriented or other. It may be multi-model, web-based, mobile, etc. Please describe the interface, its intended target audience, and the data collection method you think is most appropriate for developing this system.
Your proposal should be between 1 and 2 pages. Submit the proposal in a word document
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For the project, you will be expected to apply the key concepts of p.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the project, you will be expected to apply the key concepts of program evaluation to conduct a comprehensive evaluation, using quantitative and qualitative methods, of a health behavior change intervention among residents of a rural or underserved community. Essentially, you will develop, implement and evaluate a small-scale health behavior change intervention among 5-10 individuals residing in a rural or underserved community. You will be asked to choose a specific health behavior (e.g. healthy eating, physical activity, stress management, getting adequate sleep, increased water consumption, following dental hygiene recommendations, reducing distracted driving, etc.) that you can feasibly promote for a duration of two weeks. You may ask family members, friends, co-workers, neighbors or other individuals who you interact with on a regular basis to participate in your intervention as long they reside in a rural or underserved community. The intervention may occur via social media (e.g. posting health education messages on a Facebook page and/or facilitating discussion of health behavior among participants on Facebook), print media, email interaction, phone conversations, text messages, or in person; you may also employ a combination of these techniques. The focus of this project will be on the evaluation of the intervention. You will be expected to identify which evaluation questions you will be exploring, use both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data, and analyze and interpret your qualitative data. You will be required to submit all of your data as well as expound on the development, implementation and evaluation of your health behavior change intervention in a paper.
should be
4-6 pages and double-spaced using 12- pt. Times Roman or Arial font with 1- inch page margins
.
Please see the following document regarding the required content of the paper:
Required Content for Evaluation Project Paper-1.pdf
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For the past several weeks you have addressed several different area.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the past several weeks you have addressed several different areas of telecommunications and information technology in relation to different types of communication across the organizational footprint of Sunshine Health Corporation. Review the work you have done and formulate the Network Security Plan to be implemented across the network footprint. This is not to be an overly detailed report but to address different network concerns and recommendations for improving and securing organizational data, personnel records, intellectual property, and customer records.
Please address the narrative plan as well as a network diagram (no IP addresses, or circuit data required) and what is being done to secure the network at different levels of the OSI model and the organizational structure. Please make sure that you bring in a minimum of two external sources to strengthen and support your presentation.
The assignment should be 5-6 pages of content not counting title page, reference page or appendices (diagrams, budget sheet, equipment list, etc.). Please follow APA format.
Note: it is suggested that as you are reviewing your previous assignments in order to complete this assignment, also be making modifications and refining your previous work in order to successfully complete the week seven assignment, which is a final project report.
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For the Mash it Up assignment, we experimented with different ways t.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the Mash it Up assignment, we experimented with different ways to use existing digital media in unexpected ways to generate something meaningful. What does this express about our relationship with digital media? We use popular digital platforms to expand the ways that we can express ourselves, but can they constrain our self-expression?
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For the first time in modern history, the world is experiencing a he.docxalfred4lewis58146
For the first time in modern history, the world is experiencing a health system crisis through the current coronavirus known as (COVID-19), which has put the international financial market and economy, like never before, under cut-throat pressures. In light of your understanding of accounting and finance, please discuss how you and the world should assess the impacts of COVID-19, from the financial, social, educational, and ethical viewpoint.
1 page
.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Thesis Statement for students diagnonsed withADHD.ppt
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1. Panel (b) of Exhibit 8 shows the distribution and
efflciency eifects of the quota'As a result of.the
quota'
U.5. consumer surplus declines by the combined
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and
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the
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pu, pouna, or $o.o5 above the world price' If foreign
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to perpetuate them' Anencar "li:;n:eis
are li::
,f-t" o"iy victims of sugar quolas' lbousands oi ?:::
farmeri around the world miss oui on an oppor:'--
nity to earn a living growing sugarcane for export
5. to
America.
TarFffs end Quotas ewmPared
Consider the similarities and differences between
a
tariff and a quota. Because both have identical effects
on the price in our exampie, they both lead to the
,"*" .h"r,ge in quantity demanded' In both cases'
U.S. consumers suffer the same loss of consumer
surplus, and U'S. producers reap the same gain of
proit."t surplus. rhe primary difference is that the
,"o"rrrru from the tariff goes to the U'S' government'
whereas the revenue from the quota goes to whom-
ever secures the right to seil foreign goods in the
U.S. market. IJ quota-rights accrue to foreigners' then
the
domestic ,rono*y is worse off with a quota than with
a
tariff. But even if quota rights go to domestic import-
urr,'qrro,ut, like iariffs, still increase the domestic
price, restrict quantity, and thereby reduce consumer
6. irtptu, and ectnomic welfare' Quotas and tariffs can
"tro
,"ir" production costs' For example' U'S' candy
manufacturers face higher production costs because
of ,rrg", quotas, making them less competitive on
-orti-"itets. Finaliy, and most importantiy'
quo-
tas and tariffs encourage foteign governme-nls to
retali-
ie witn quito, and tartffs of their orun' thus shrinking
U.S. expoit markets, so the loss is greater than
shown in
Exhibits 7 and8.
Sttrer Trade Restrieticms
Besides tariffs and quotas, a variety of other measures
limit free trade. A country may provide export
subsidies
to encourage exports and low-interestloans to
foreign
brryurr. S o rie c ountrie s irnp o s e dome strc co-ntent r e
quir e -
ments specifying that a certain portion of a final
good
7. must bL ptoalri"a domestically' other requirements
.on.eming health, safety' or technical standards
often discriminate against foreign goods' For
exampie'
European countries once prohibited beef from
hor-
mone-fed cattle, a measure aimed at U'S' beef'
Purity
laws in Germany bar many non-German beers'
Until
the European Community adopted-uniform
standards'
Jiff"ti"i technical requirements- forced manufactur-
ers to offer as many "i '"u"tt
different versions of the
same TV for that market' Sometimes exporters
will
voluntariiy limit exporls, as when Japanese automak-
ers agreed to cutexports to the United States'The
point
is thit tarifs and quotas are only two of many devices used
to restrict foreign trade.
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!
Recent research on the cost of protectionism
indicates that international trade barriers slow the
introduction of new goods and better technologies.
So, rather than simply raising domestic prices, trade
restrictions slow economic progress.
il*4 R*du*ti*n mf
TYad* ffias rf*rs
In recent decades, countries have worked to
reduce trade barriers and increase the flow
of international trade. Let's examine multilaterai
agreements, the World Tlade Organization, and com-
mon markets more closely.
Freer Trede hy
F* u EtE $ atctre € &g neerment
Mindfui of how high tariffs cut world trade during
the Great Depression, the United States, after World
War II, invited its trading partners to negotiate lower
tariffs and other trade barriers. The result was the
Gen*::al Agr€emerlt ,:n Tariffs and 'frade (GAT'|),
an international trade treaty adopted in ry47 by z3
countries, including the United States. Each GATT
member agreed to (r) reduce tariffs through multi-
national negotiations, (z) reduce import quotas, and
9. (3) treat all members equally with respect to trade.
Ttade barriers have been reduced through trade
negotiations among many countries, or "trade
rounds," under the auspices of GATT. Trade rounCs
offer a package approach rather than an issue-b,v-
issue approach to trade negotiations. Concessio::s
that are necessary but otherwise difficult to defenci
in domestic poiitical terms can be made more accep:-
able in the context of a package that also contains
politically and economically attractive benefits. Most
early GATT trade rounds were aimed at reducing tar-
iffs. The Kennedy Round in the mid-r96os inclucled
new provisions against dumping, which is selilng a
commodity abroad for less than is charged in the
home market or }ess than the cost of produclion-
The Tokyo Round of the r97os was a more sweeping
attempt to extend and improve the system'
The most recently completed round was iauncheci
in Uruguay in September r986 and ratifred by 723par-
ticipating countries in r994. The number of signing
countries now exceeds t4o. This so-called tjru-guay'
R*und, the most comprehensive of the eight postwar
multilateral trade negotiations, included 550 pages
of tariff reductions on 85 percent of world tratie'
The Uruguay Round also created the World Trade
Organization (VVTO) to succeed GATT.
Yhe Worfid Trade
#rganiaetion
The Warlci Tracie Organiza-
tion iV/TC) now Provides
the legal and institutional
foundation for world trade.
11. trade, but on December 1 9, 2008, the
United States filed a broad petition with
the WTO alleging that China was using
subsidies and cheap loans to provide
Chrnese exporters an unfair advantage.
China has irequently been accused of
dumping by American manufacturets,
pafticularly steel makers. Between
April 2008 and the end of the year,
China's monthly steel exports to
the United States nearlY triPled,
while U.S. steel mills had reduced
production Io 43o/o ol capacity. China currently produces about
4070 of global steel, though only six years
before, it barely produced any. And while controversial, in
many cases it is yet to be seen whether China's
policies have actually been illegal.
S0URCE; Pete Engardio, "Chjna: An Early Test for Obama,"
Eusrness Week, 12 January 2008. pp.1 9-20.
Gen*ral Agreer::e ;:;
12. r:n T'ariffs at-icl -liac.-
{sArr}
an ifi terft atiofl el tariif '
rer!uetion treaiy ed*p1'
ed irr 194? that fe$irtt*d
in a *esies ei neg*ti-
atesl "rcunds" ain:*ri *t
lreer traele; tl:a Uiufiuav
FountJ ereat€d GATT'€
suecesscr. th* fdoliti
Trade 0rga*iz*iien
iwr$)
riumping
seliini; a pr*duct ahroed
fr:r iess ih** +ir*rged
in th* home market *r
fcr less than :he e**t *i
producticn
Urr,rguey itc'.tncl
the {inal mui:il*--
erel trade fi eg*ti3i;.)t1
under GATT; rhis '!984
agrFemeni cut tafiss.
lormed the lVarld 1r*de
Grganizatiun 1#TOi,
end wifl eve*t;":ally
eliminate quat*s
Wcrlel'Ilade
L,rSctir4GLr!rl i ti r!
the lcg*l arid i?tst.iti''
tianal ioil*d*ltii:1';i
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sy ster;1 th tl *i;e.******
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CHAI'?ER i8 '.
is 99 percent Muslim, a religion that forbids alcohol
consumption. Thus, Algeria exports wine.
8fi3 T?aCe Restrieti*ns
&nd Wetfare 3.mss
Despite the benefits of exchange, nearly all
countries at one time or another erect trade
barriers, which benefit some domestic produc-
ers but harm other domestic producers and all
domestie consumers. In this section, we consider
the effects of trade barriers and the reasons they are
imposed.
eonsrxmer SurpEus amd
Produeen Surplaxs f,rom
fularEcet frxehange
14. Before we explore the net effects of world trade on
social welfare, let's develop a framework showing
the benefits that consumers and producers get from
market exchange. Consider a hypothetical market for
chicken, shown in Exhibit 5. As discussed way back
in Chapter 4, the height of the demand curve shows
what consumers are willing and able to pay for each
additional pound of chicken. In effect, the height of
the demand curve shows tlnemarginal benef t consum-
ers e4pect from that^pound of chicken. For exanlPle,
the demand curve indicates that some consum-
ers in this market are willing to pay $r.5o or more
per pound for the first few pounds of chicken. But
i..i: i:iii;i i, i.:
Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus
!
c
o
' 1.00OJ
o_
6
o
E
o
Consumer
surplus
every consumer gets to buy chicken at the l:-'il::'
clearing price, which here is $o.5o per pouni i'r:"
consumers thus get a bonus, or a surplus, fror:- ::-":"
ket exchange.
15. The blue -shaded trian gle below the demani ; -"' =
and above the market price reflects the consums" ' --
plus in this market, which is the difference ber;;i::::
the most that consumers wouid pay for 6o pour::= :
chicken per day and the actual amount they do :a ':
We a1l enjoy a consumer surplus from most prod-: ''
we buy.
Producers usually derive a similar surplus. Tht
height of the supply curve shows what producers ai:
willing and able to accepl for each additional pou'-:
of chicken. That is, the height of the supply cun";
shows the expected marginal cost from producin=
each additional pound of chicken. For example, th:
supply curve indicates that some producers face a
marginal cost of $o.25 or less per pound for supplying
the first few pounds of chicken. But every producer
gets to sell chicken for the market-clearing price ol
$o.5o per pound. The gold-shaded triangle above the
supply curve and below the market price reflects the
producer surplus, which is the difference between the
actual amount that producers receive for 6o pounds
of chicken and what they would accept to supply
that amount.
The point is that market exchange usuaiiy gener-
ates a surplus, or a bonus, for both consumers and
producers.In the balance of this chapter, we will con-
Ltime r-tr rbr-rd'ur'.tbe^ ganirs rftnrr rinErrrattnrarr .t*.nrlr
and how trade restriclions affect consumer and pro-
ducer surplus.
16. Tariffs
AtariJf, a term first introduced in Chapter 3, is a tax
on imports. (Tariffs can apply to exports, too, but "'e
wili focus on import tariffs.) A tariff can be either
specifc, such as a tariff of $5 per barrel of oil, or ad
valorem, such as ro percent on the import price of
jeans. Consider the effects of a specific tariff on a
particular good. In Exhibit 7 on the next page' D is the
U.S. demand for sugar and S is the supply of sugar
from U.S. growers (there were about ro,ooo U'S. sug-
arcane growers in zooT). Suppose that the world price
of sugar is $o. ro per pound, as it was in June zoo7. The
world price is determined
by the world suPPlY and
demand for a product. it is
the price at which any sup-
plier can sell output on the
worid market and at which
any demander can purchase
output on the world market.
world price
the pr;ce ai which
=
g*od is tr*rieci o:t tle
wcrld mari<*t; geier"
mi*ed by tl,e w+:'irj C*-
mand a*d v.rcrlc sr.gPiit
frr the gosd
CHAPT'ER rB jtttt:t:ii-,ti'.:i,'a
17. With free trade, anyU.S. consumers could
buy any amount desired at the world price of
$o.ro per pound, so the quantity demanded
is 7o million pounds per month' of which
U.S. producers supply zo million pounds
and importers supply 5o miilion pounds'
Because U.S. buyers can purchase sugar at
the world price, U.S. producers can't charge
more than that. Now suppose that a specific
tariff of $o.os is imposed on each pound of
imported sugar, raising its price from $o'ro
to $o. r5 per pound. U.S. producers can there-
fore raise their own price to $o.i5 per pound
as well without losing business to imports'
At the higher price, the quantity supplied
by U.S. producers increases to 3o million
pounds, but the quantity demanded by U'S'
consumers deciines to 6o million pounds'
Because quantity demanded has declined
and quantity supplied by U.S. producers has
increased, U.S. imports fal} from 5o million
tixi:ii;lt ;:
Effect of a Tariff
$0.1 5
0.10
18. f
o
c)
'-
o-
70 Sugar
(millions of
pounds per month)
to 3o million Pounds Per month.
Because the U.S' price is higher after the tariff,
U.S. consumers are worse off. Their loss in consumer
surplus is identified in Exhibit 7 by the combination
oftire blue- and pink-shaded areas. Because both the
U.S. price and the quantity suppiied by U'S produc-
ur. h".r" increased, their total revenue increases by
the areas a plus b plus f. But only area a represents
an increase in producer surplus. Revenue repre-
sented by the areas b plusf merely offsets the higher
marginal cost U.S. producers face in expanding
,rrg"i ortprrt from zo million to 3o million pounds
per month. Area b represents part of the net welfare
ioss to the domestic economy because those ro mi1-
19. iion pounds could have been imported for $o'ro per
po.rrna rather than produced domestically at a higher
marginal cost.
Government revenue from the tariff is identified
by area c, which equals the tariff of $o'o5 per pound
multiplied by the 3o miliion pounds imported, for
tariff revenue of $l.5 million per month' Tariff rev-
enue is a loss to consumers' but because the tariff
goes to the government' it can be used to lower taxes
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U
N
a
Eu
t-uL
o
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264 PART 4 lntet
or to increase public sewices' so
it's not a loss to the
;.t.
";;;"*y.^Area
20. a shows a loss in corrsumer sur-
plus because less sugar is consumed -1:^t:"
higher
iri.u. rho ioss is not iedistributed
to anyone else' so
5t"la't"n*ts part of the net welfare loss of
the tar-
inlir,".uror", ","ut
b and d show the domestic econ-
;;;;-;;t*elfare loss of the tariff; the two triansles
measureo loss in consumer surplus
that is not offsetby a
gain to anyane in the domestic economy'
In summary:Of the total loss in U'S'
consumer sur-
p1";i;;";; ; ,u' ',
andd) resulting from the tariff' area
I'g""t ," u.s produce", u'"u c becomes government
revenue, but areas b and d are net
josses in domestic
social welfare.
Frwpor* ffiustes
22. ;;;;;it it""t certain countries' For example'
a quota
ilt timit iurniture from china or shoes from
Brazil'
To have an impact on the domestic
market' a quota
r""tiU" set beiow what would be imported
with free
trade. Consider a quota on the
U'S' market for sugar'
i" p"""il"l of s*ltiUit 8, D is the U'S' demand
curve
;;; i is the supply curve of u's' sugar producers'
i"oo"J "g"i"
i"itlte world price of sugar is $o'ro
p"ii,"""i. *rth free trade, that price would
prevaii
in the U.S. market as well' and a total
of 7o miliion
;;;;;t ;."1d be demanded per month'
u's' produc-
irs would suppiy zo million pounds and
importers'
23. so *iflior-t pounis. with "
q"o1" of 5o million pounds
or more per month, the U'S'
price would remain the
i,xlrii.:ii i:l
Effect of a 0uota
b)
$o.t s
0.10
SameaStheworldpriceof$o.loperpound,andquan-
.d;il;e 7o million pounds per month' tn-th:Tl
" 6""o
of at least so million poundswould
not rarse
the U.S. price above ttt" *otfi price because 5o
mii-
lion pounds were lmported without
a quota' A more
stringent quota, r'o*!'"u'' *::ld tY:^t*po*t'
which'
",
*in see, wouid raise the U'S' Pnce'
Suppose U'S' trade officials
24. impose an import
quo"tJ?3o miilion pounds per month'
As long as
the U.S. price is ut oi"bot'" tire world
price of $o'ro
o"l n""tiu, foreign producers
wiii supply 3o million
P o,r'' a r. t : "
t
f ':'.: :: : f il: ?: 1::f"Tti ?::i t'i;total suPPIY ot suga:
ozlrlino rn million pounds of imported sugar
to the
qqsrlrb J-
amount supplied by U'S' producers' !tS-
ana foreign
;;;;; would ''e"er
s"tt in the u's' market for
less than $o'ro per pound because
they can always
;";t;;;^;;;" o'' tr'"'*"rld market'
rhus' the supplv
curve that sums Gomestic production
and imports
is horizontal ai 1:he ;;rld price of $o'ro.per
25. pound
and remains so until the quantity
supplied reaches
5o million Pounds''" ;;;i;, io, prices above $o'ro per pound'
the new
,"o;i;'.;;",'s', "dd'
horizontilly the 3o-miliion-
;il; quota to s, the suppiy cuwe
of u's,
lroducers'
ii" u.s' price is found *tt"i" this new supply
curve'
S'. intersects the domestic demand
curve' which in
i;J*t";; "iiJut8
occurs atpointe' Bv limitins
i^r"rrt, tn" quota raises the domestic price
of sugar above
';;:;;;;;;ri;,
and reduces quantitv betow.th,e free
trade
leuel. (Note that to to-pui" more easily
the effects
26. of tariffs
"rrd
q"otu', thi' q"ota is designed to yield
the same equilibrium price'and
quantity as the tanff
examined earlier')
b)
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q)
g
c
oo
0)a
c)
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o-
$0.1 5
0.10
20 50 70 Sugar
(millions of Pounds Per month)
30 60 -0 S-g:-
(millions of Poreds s€r '=:!i:r