Four in 10 low-income Americans do not have health insurance, and half of the nearly 46 million uninsured people in the United States are poor. About one-third of the uninsured have a chronic disease, and they are six times less likely to receive care for a health problem than the insured. In contrast, 94% of upper-income Americans have health insurance.

What are your thoughts about this disparity?

In recent years, large financial institutions such as mutual funds, investment bank and pension funds have become the dominant owners of stock in the United States. The research shows that about 73% of ownership in large U.S. corporates are held by these institutional investors. In German, the dominant shareholders are usually Investment Bank. Moreover, these institutions are becoming more active in corporate affairs. What are the implications of this trend for agency problem and corporate control?

Write your initial discussion post thinking carefully about health reform efforts in the United States.

• Why do you think Clinton health reform failed but Obama health reform succeeded?
• Do you foresee major health reform efforts succeeding in the next decade? Why or why not?
• Do you think that the current health reform is meeting the expectations of population? Why? Why not?

You are the CFO of a U.S. firm whose wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico manufactures component parts for your U.S. assembly operations. The subsidiary has been financed by bank borrowings in the United States. One of your analysts told you that the Mexican peso is expected to depreciate by 30 percent against the dollar on the foreign exchange markets over the next year. What actions, if any, should you take?

News reports from the western United States occasionally report incidents of cattle ranchers slaughtering many newborn calves and burying them in mass graves rather than transporting them to markets. Assuming that this is rational behavior by profit-maximizing "firms," explain what economic factors may influence such behavior. Justify your answer. *150 words minimum ; don't copy/paste other responses

(Please note that the subject of this (political science) was not listed, so I had to choose Economics

Doing research on Russia and NATO relations and whether Russia is currently a threat to NATO, and especially the United States? Also, did their war games (Zapad) last year deliver any threats and are we at risk to go to war? If you think so, please explain why you came to that conclusion. Thank you.

A pollster wishes to estimate, with 99% confidence, the proportion of people who believe the United States should pursue a more aggresive foreign policy.


Find the minimum sample size necessary to achieve a margin of error of less than 2%.

1. Assuming no previous estimates are available. Round your answer up to the next integer.
   
   
   
2. Assuming a previous estimate of 0.35. Round your answer up to the next integer.
   

More or less

Families headed by a single mother are  ____________  likely to experience food insecurity than families with two parents.

White families are  ____________  likely to experience food insecurity than black families.

Households in metropolitan areas are  ____________  likely to experience food insecurity than households in rural areas.

Households living in northern United States are  ____________  likely to experience food insecurity than families living in southern areas of the country.

The transportation sector in the United States presently runs almost exclusively on petroleum-based derivatives (gasoline, diesel, fuel). Research the following alternatives.

Hybrid

Diesel & biodiesel

Flex-fuel Ethanol

Natural gas

Propane

Hydrogen

Electric

Fuel cell

Prepare a one-page paper outlining what you believe may be viable alternatives to the use of fossil fuels. May be assigned as a team or an individual assignment.