Monthly Archives: January 2007

Managing working capital in hyperinflation environments

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Looking for literature on the management of working capital in hyperinflation environments? There is none. The practice, however, is quite uniform; keep as much cash as you can in hard currency and maintain a negative … Continue reading

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Where do productivity gains come from?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Where have the recent gains in US worker productivity come from? What percentages do you think are from increased computerization and/or automation, innovative accounting practices, improved logistics (shipping, inventory control, etc.,) or increased coercion of … Continue reading

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Return on military hegemony?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What is the rate of return from military hegemony? If half the 2006 DOD budget of $442 billion (not counting $85 billion supplemental) were invested elsewhere (infrastructure, education, subsidies, direct foreign aid) would the rate … Continue reading

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Does poverty REALLY exist in the U.S.?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Do you believe poverty REALLY exists in the USA? If you do try visiting South America. Poverty is a relative notion. In the country of the penniless, a man with pocket change is king. Conversely, … Continue reading

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Will nanotechnology be suppressed?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Nanotechnology, will it be suppressed? Nanotechnology has been on the forefront of many peoples minds for years. Scientists, engineers, and nonprofessionals are all working towards a goal of machines that are able to manipulate matter … Continue reading

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What have multinationals done for development?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What have multinational corporations done for development? They ARE development… Joseph Schumpeter in his Theory of Economic Development defined development as any of the five cases, (1) creation of a new good or service, (2) … Continue reading

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Export-driven economy?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: Export-driven economy?? what does that mean !!? Does it meant that hte country’s economic system is failing =) Export-driven economy is one where exports are relatively large relative to GDP. In and of itself export … Continue reading

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Mrs Thatcher and British Economy

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What’s Mrs Thatchers greatest contribution to British Economy? I found some about her economic policies, yet not much contributions on economy was mentioned. School project, please help. Britain is an open economy with floating exchange … Continue reading

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What is the rent gap theory?

A question from Yahoo! Answers: What on earth is the rent gap theory? Rent gap theory was proposed by Neil Smith in 1987 to explain gentrification (displacement of lower-income residents in a neighborhood by higher-income residents). Rent gap is a … Continue reading

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Writing a high-preformance Web application

A question from comp.lang.php: I’d rather know up-front what’s available to raise performance should I have the problem The best thing you can do as a developer is come up with good data architecture, write efficient SQL and, to borrow … Continue reading

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