Welfare Reform - what are your thoughts about what is proposed below 3?

1. Nearly fifty years ago, a bit controversial lefty, Daniel Patrick Moynihan who worked for a bit right, the bit left President Richard Nixon, proposed that the much simpler system of income security be adopted.

2. The argument at the time was that if the entire budget of income security programs were directly given to the poor, they would then not be poor but rather middle class. Their logic was that much of the budget for poverty programs did not go to the lower class but much to the upper-class bureaucracy maintaining and regulating these various programs.

3. What if we had a new system that sold the buildings, retrained the bureaucrats, and ends the process of good people waiting in line to get help.

4. Keep Social Security but end virtually all income security programs and replace them with a computer somewhere in the Social Security department or perhaps the Internal Revenue. The computer would track households by social security number and perhaps some connection with the IRS to know how many dependents per household.

5. If a working household is having some bad months for adequate income, the computer simply sends them a check dependent upon the number of workers and the number of dependents.

6. No job in a household, the computer also sends them a check again depending on the number of dependents. The size of the check, perhaps what we are currently paying people on supplemental Social Security. Currently, roughly five percent of potential workers are currently on SSI.

7. Working students going to school, larger check.   

What is Stuxnet and what are its real-world implications? Should your national government be concerned about the potential of a Stuxnet-like attack? Why or why not.

This assignment is about unemployment rate.

Select an economy, it can be a country, a state, a city (you can use the data of a US city or a US state, but not the US national data).

Find a chart of the unemployment rate of that economy over the years.

Highlight two periods which show significant changes of the unemployment rate, and discuss the underlying reasons for the changes.

Finally, discuss what we can learn from the unemployment data.

Remember to include links, graphs and pictures in your assignment.

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sample assignment

Hong Kong unemployment rate (1981 - 2017)

Unemployment rate remained low in early 1990’s, it even dropped below 2%. After Hong Kong was handed over from UK to China in 1997, unemployment rate rose significantly. It is caused by the Asian financial crisis starting in 1997. Stock market crashed and the fixed exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and US dollars was challenged by international financial speculators. Together with the fall of housing prices, the wealth of Hong Kong people decreased significantly.

Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong stock market index)

In 2003, we observed another hike in unemployment rate which is due to the outbreak of a deadly epidemic, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Tourists did not come to Hong Kong, people dared not eat out at restaurants. Unemployment rate jumped to over 8%.

A subway with just a few passengers during SARS epidemic in 2003.

High unemployment rate, deadly epidemic and ineffectual response by the government caused a massive protest in 2003. Over 1 million people went on to street to protest. Given a population of less than 7 million, the public protest is the greatest in the history of Hong Kong.

What can we learn from the unemployment rate data?

The unemployment during the downturn of the economy is mostly cyclical unemployment. A small economy like Hong Kong is particularly vulnerable to shocks, like the financial crisis in 1997 and the epidemic in 2003.

Unemployment rate is the most important indicator watched over by the government, as the public can feel the significance of a high unemployment rate. Meanwhile, the public may not feel so much about a higher GDP growth.

Government works hard to keep the unemployment rate low. Too high the unemployment rate can result in mass protest, which may lead to political unrest if it is not handled properly. Political stability is highly related to low unemployment rate

The probability of winning in a certain state lottery is said to be about 1/9. If it is exactly 1/9, what a random variable represents the distribution of the number of tickets a person must purchase up to and including the first winning ticket? Plot the PMF of this random variable. the distribution of the number of tickets purchased up to and including the second winning ticket can be described by what distribution?

In our discussion of the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes, we covered the Gal1 locus of yeast.

(a) In the space below, draw out the general cis and trans elements of the yeast Gal1 locus in the presence of Galactose (Gal1 gene is expressed, +Galactose).

(b) What is one aspect of the regulation of Gal1 expression (in the activated or repressed state) that is conceptually distinct from the regulation of the prokaryotic lac operon in E.coli?

(c) In class, we talked about a series of experiments called the activator-bypass experiments. In one set of experiments, a set of cis/trans elements called LexA were used that are not normally even in the yeast genome. These elements were used to test a hypothesis about the role of the enhancer/activator's function in promoting gene expression. What was the hypothesis/model that was being tested? (You can write your hypothesis as a question or a statement.)

(d) What was the overall conclusion about the role of activator proteins from this series of bypass experiments?

4. Nationally, the unemployment rate for teenage males is 18%. A random sample of 323 teenage males in your area reveals an unemployment rate of 21.7%. Are our local teens more likely to be unemployed?   (20%) This question is an example of statistical research using hypothesis testing. You will need to use the 5 step model of hypothesis testing to test for significance at a=.01.

• State assumptions

• State the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis
• State the appropriate hypothesis test for each question and determine your critical scores for testing significance at .01
• Calculate your test statistic making sure you show your formulas
• Interpret your results using complete sentences indicating is significance was determined

1- In the nation, about 19% of the population is uninsured. In a recent poll in California, out of 120 people surveyed, 18 had no medical insurance. Is the proportion of uninsured lower in California than in the nation at large? Use alpha=.05.

What would be the critical value (be sure to include the appropriate sign) for this hypothesis test?

2- In the nation, about 19% of the population is uninsured. In a recent poll in California, out of 120 people surveyed, 18 had no medical insurance. Is the proportion of uninsured lower in California than in the nation at large? Use alpha=.05

What would the alternative hypothesis be

3- In the nation, about 19% of the population is uninsured. In a recent poll in California, out of 120 people surveyed, 18 had no medical insurance. Is the proportion of uninsured lower in California than in the nation at large? Use alpha=.05

What is your calculated test statistic that you will use to compare with the critical value above?

4- Forget the real answers above. What if your test statistic is -1.657 and your critical value is -1.799. What should you decide

a. reject the null and determine that the proportion is lower

b. reject the null and determine the proportion could still be 19%

c. do not reject the null and determine the proportion may not have gone down

d. do not reject the null and determine that the proportion has gone down

21. What is inaccurate or misleading about the following statement: individuals adapt to their environment and pass the adaptation to their offspring?

22. Your nerve cells and skin cells contain the same genes. Explain why these cells are different.

23. Explain why sex-linked disorders on the X chromosome are more common in males than females.

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This is an essay question . Write no more than 2 pages (maximum). Only legible answers will be considered.

Question. State two features of the Swedish Fiscal framework and explain what they entail.

Consider the multiple steps (markets) involved in producing and distributing the loaves of bread that you find in your local supermarket. Explain to the Russian official how the free market accomplishes this rather impressive task.

You can use multiple posts and discuss and illustrate each step of the supply chain. Or you may focus on the consumer-retailer-baker part of the supply chain. Either way be clear and specific about how the changes in demand lead to changes in supply at each stage.

Remember to refer to the appropriate graph(s) in the Supply and Demand Guide as you examine the various markets involved. If you wish to draw an appropriate graph and attach it to your post you may, but that is not required. (If you do, be sure to explain the graph in your post - but don’t attach your post, just the graph).