How does America compare to other industrialized nations when it comes to gender equality? Provide examples of social policies that are intended to promote an environment of gender equality in the workplace, home, and social world in the United States or elsewhere. Be sure to reference all sources
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Explain the need for health insurance in the United States from an economic perspective and address the benefits and limitations of privatized and public provision of health insurance. In doing so explain how each approach deals with the concepts of risk mitigation, adverse selection, and moral hazard
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Share at least 2 short personal stories or give some quotes from individuals living with Schizophrenia. How does living with this disorder impact an individual? What should friends and family know? Response should be relevant in the UNITED STATES ONLY PLEASE.
In: Psychology
Discuss the pros and cons of a railroad lobbying for the building of roads that allows freight to move by motor carriage rather than rail in the United States. (Note: this prevents railroads from increasing revenues but also reduces their infrastructure costs.) Why promote the roads and not the railroads?
In: Operations Management
In: Economics
United States regulatory agencies such as FAA and TSA have the ability to enforce regulations through administrative law. Discuss the Administrative Law procedures. How would a violator respond to a warning? A Fine? Discuss the appeals process. Respond to at least one of your classmates.
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The Japanese government was pressured by the U.S. government to place limits on the number of vehicles exported to the United States by Japanese automobile producers in 1981. This is an example of
A. tariff rate quota
B, Specific tariffs
C. Voluntary export restraint
D. Ad valorem tariff
In: Economics
It’s 2014. You’ve been working for 4 years. You’re thinking
about getting an MBA (full time two years).
• Current Salary: $80,000 per year
• Expected Salary: $110,000 per year
• Cost of an MBA: $100,000
How many years to take to pay back the cost after the graduation?
Assume 8% of annual rate.
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The three principal ways in which venture capital companies exit venture-backed companies are: Select one: A. selling to a strategic buyer, buying out the founder, and offering shares to the public. B. selling to a strategic buyer, selling to a financial buyer, and buying out the founder. C. selling to a strategic buyer, selling to a financial buyer, and offering shares to the public. D. None of the above.
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
“One need only examine the evidence which we have discussed . .
. to see that Congress may . . . prohibit racial discrimination by
motels serving travelers, however ‘local’ their operations may
appear.”
—Clark, Justice
The Heart of Atlanta Motel, located in the state of Georgia, had 216 rooms available to guests. The motel was readily accessible to motorists using U.S. interstate highways 75 and 85 and Georgia state highways 23 and 41. The motel solicited patronage from outside the state of Georgia through various national advertising media, including magazines with national circulation. Approximately 75 percent of the motel’s registered guests were from out of state. The Heart of Atlanta Motel refused to rent rooms to blacks.
Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made it illegal for motels, hotels, and other public accommodations to discriminate against guests based on their race. After the act was passed, the Heart of Atlanta Motel continued to refuse to rent rooms to blacks. The owner-operator of the motel brought an action in U.S. district court, Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, to have the Civil Rights Act of 1964 declared unconstitutional. The plaintiff argued that Congress, in passing the act, had exceeded its powers to regulate interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The U.S. Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibited discrimination in accommodations were constitutional as a proper exercise of the commerce power of the federal government. The U.S. Supreme Court stated,
The power of Congress over interstate commerce is not
confined to the regulation of commerce among the states. It extends
to those activities intrastate which so affect interstate commerce
or the exercise of the power of Congress over it as to make
regulation of them appropriate means to the attainment of a
legitimate end, the exercise of the granted power of Congress to
regulate interstate commerce.
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241, 85 S.Ct.
348, 1964 U.S. Lexis 2187 (Supreme Court of the United States
Why was this case so important? Why did the U.S. Supreme Court develop the “effects on interstate commerce” test? Is most commerce considered “interstate commerce” that can be regulated by the federal government?
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