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Influence of Economics on Household Decision MakingPurpose of Assignment To locate, retrieve, and evaluate the effects of macroeconomic indicators on your own decision making. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Scenario: Consider your last big purchase such as a car, appliances, home repairs, home purchase, computer equipment, college tuition, or another “big-ticket” item, which are often purchased using loans/financing (by borrowing money). Also consider your decision-making process that led you to choose a particular make, model, or brand of the product (or service) you purchased and whether it was the right time to make the purchase given economic conditions at the time of your purchase. While analyzing your decision, keep in mind everything from interest rates to the prices of complementary and substitute goods are driven by human economic behavior. Develop a minimum 1,050-word analysis of your decision-making process in which you include the following:Retrieve statistics on Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and on Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) by year for the last ten years. You can retrieve those statistics from internet sources including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’s FRED website, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) website, or another credible source of your choice. Post these statistics in a single worksheet of an Excel workbook and submit your Excel file with your report. In your report, discuss the latest 10-year trends in both GDP and PCE. Also, discuss how the trends in GDP compared with trends in PCE. You are encouraged to include graphs of these statistics in your report; you could create the graphs in Excel and copy them into your report.Retrieve statistics on the Effective Federal Funds Rate and on the Consumer Price Index: All Items Less Food and Energy by year for the last 30 years. You can retrieve those statistics from internet sources including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve of St. Louis’s FRED website, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website, or other credible sources of your choice. Post these statistics in a single worksheet of an Excel workbook and submit your Excel file with your report. In your report, discuss how the trends in the Effective Federal Funds Rate compare with trends in inflation. If you took out a loan to pay for your “big-ticket” purchase, what was the interest rate on your loan? Were interest rates rising or falling at that time? Were interest rates relatively high or low at that time? You are also encouraged to include graphs of these statistics in your report.Discuss the influence of any Federal government or state government programs, such as tax credits or tax deductions for energy-saving/efficiency purchases, on your decision to make your last big purchase; or if government incentives did not factor into your decision, explain why not.Develop conclusions about the economy’s influence on personal and business decision-making relative to purchases of big-ticket items, investments, or other major purchases. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources. Note: The Federal Reserve of St. Louis, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics can be cited to fulfill this requirement. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Professor also said, For the Week 1 Paper, I’m looking for you to develop an analysis of the influence that changes in macroeconomic variables might have had on personal or business decision making. Develop conclusions about the economy’s influence on personal and business decision-making relative to purchases of big-ticket items, investments, or other major purchases. Find data/charts on GDP, PCE, Fed Funds Rates, and or related Federal government or state government programs, and consider the influence that changes in these factors might have had on your decision.

What provisions of the Voting Rights Act do you believe have had the greatest impact at expanding the electorate? Why?Q2. Do you believe that the federal government should continue to have oversight of state and local election jurisdictions as provided by the Voting Rights Act? Offer an argument in favor and and an argument against the continued relevancy of the Voting Rights Act today.C2 READINGS: New Voter ID Rules, Other Election Changes May Flummox Voters Stateline, Oct. 19, 2016
Suppression & Fraud (Keyssar, Ch. 9, pp. 277-291)
Crawford v. Marion County (2008)
Weinschenk v Missouri (Mo. 2006)
The Challenge of Obtaining Voter Identification
Recommended: Berman, Ch. 8Q1.What are the differences in the reasoning used by the courts in Crawford to uphold Indianas Photo ID law, and Weinschenck to strike Missouris photo ID law?Q2. Identify the top arguments in favor of voter ID laws and top arguments against voter ID laws. Which do you find most persuasive?Q3.What is the basis of our requirement that only U.S. Citizens are eligible to vote? Are there any arguments supporting non-citizens being able to vote? Are there any circumstances in which you would favor such a policy?C3 READINGS: Felon Disenfranchisement (Keyssar, Ch. 9, pp. 273-277)
Expanding the Vote: Two Decades of Felony Disenfranchisement Reform Oct. 2018
Felony Disenfranchisement Reforms in 23 States
Farrakhan v. Washington (PDF 109KB), 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 01-35032 (July 25, 2003)
VOTE v. Louisiana
Hand v. Scott
Pro & Con arguments re: Felon Voting
States Deny Millions of Ex-Felons Voting Rights Huffington Post, 10/8/12
Should Ex-Felons Have a Right to Vote? NPR, 7/16/12Q1. Should people with felony convictions be allowed to vote? At what point?
a) while in prison
b) after completing their prison sentence but still under supervision (probation or parole);
c) only after all fines and restitution have been paid;
d) never; once you get a felony conviction you should loose your right to voteQ2. Does the social contract theory offer a valid reason for felon disenfranchisement? Should felons loose their right to vote because society can no longer trust them or their judgment? Does the argument of no taxation without representation suggest that felons should have the right to vote?
C4 READINGS: APRI v. Husted (2018)
All About Redistricting, Prof. Justin Levitts Guide
Extreme Gerrymandering & the 2018 Midterm a report from the Brennan Center
Optional: Litigation About the 2020 Census
Gerrymandering is the biggest obstacle to genuine democracy in the United States. So why is no one protesting?
Redistricting and the Supreme Court: The Most Significant Cases
U.S. Supreme Court to take up Virginia Redistricting Case on Racial Gerrymandering, Washington Post, Nov. 15, 2018Q1. Should states be able to remove voters from the rolls for not voting in two elections? Why or why not? What reasons favor removal for non-voting? What rationales argue against removing people for non-voting?
C5 READINGS (lengthier sources) :
Make Election Day a National Holiday, New York Times, Nov. 7, 2016
Maybe Making Election Day a National Holiday Wouldnt Really Work, Slate, Nov. 3, 2016
Why Election Day Isnt A Federal Holiday, Marketplace, Nov. 2, 2016Internet Voting: Will We Cast Our Next Votes Online?
http://www.computingreviews.com/hottopic/hottopic_essay.cfm?htname=voting
More than 30 states offer online voting, but experts warn it isnt secure, Washington Post, May 17, 2016AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION: FINDING AMERICAS MISSING VOTERS, Demos, Jan. 20, 2016
Would Automatic Voter Registration Increase Turnout? KUOW, March 18, 2015Demos Report, What Is Same Day Registration? Where Is It Available?(2013)
Voting Rights Advancement Act FACT SHEETVote by mail? The Gazette
Voting Made Easier: Turning Mail Boxes Into Ballot Boxes BusinessWeek
Voting only by mail can decrease turnout. Or increase it. Wait, what? Washington Post, Dec. 21, 2015
Commentary: Vote-by-mail is best defense against hacking, voter suppression, CNN, Oct. 24, 2016
Where We Live: Voting by mail in Oregon: Oregon is one of the only states that uses vote-by-mail for every election, KOIN 6 News, Nov. 7, 2016 Q1. What were your views on electronic voting machines before reading the materials? Has your opinion changed?
Q2. What are the top 2 pros and cons for electronic voting machines?
Q3. Is there a way that you think this technology can be secure?RESPONSE TO THIS LITIGATION: Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) has introduced legislation in Congress, The Weekend Voting Act, H.R. 254, which would move Election Day to the weekend. The bill would require polling places in the continental United States to be open on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. EST and close on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. EST during a presidential election. Please read Rep. Israels Op-Ed in the New York Times. [Optional: you can view Rep. Israels floor speech in support of his legislation here]Q1. Do you agree with the arguments raised by Rep. Israel in support of The Weekend Voting Act? Can you envision downsides to his proposal?
Q2. What other proposals to change the options for when we vote (early voting, email voting, vote by mail) do you find most compelling and why?

Material culture and the performance of identity has been a major consideration this semester. We started with draw of the Middle Kingdoms material wealth and ended in a rather contested Shanghai. How can we use material culture and performance of identity to understand Chinese civilization? What are the implications then and now?

Write a Scholarly paper about your project for the HIV awareness presentation that you did.

A policy brief is a concise summary of a particular issue, the policy options to deal with it, and one or more recommendations on the best option. It is aimed at government policymakers, decision makers, and others who are interested in formulating or influencing policy. Policy briefs can take different formats. A typical format might be 1-2 pp, with an attractive design, and may have one or more photographs. Longer briefs (up to 8 pages) and other formats are also possible. This assignment is targeted in the 3 page range.
Examples of similar briefing formats: Intelligence briefings; Situation status briefings; Campaign policy briefings
Elements: A policy brief typically contains: Descriptive Title
Executive Summary
Context or Scope of Problem
Policy Alternatives
Policy Recommendation

Why do we look like someone that we encounter most of the time? Please discuss the true meaning of Heredity and DNA.

Analyse what the attached book is all about and make a power point presentation of what all the chapters is all about with one MS word explanation

To what extent is Chicago accurately characterized by its literature?

Goal: to review the attached articles plus the Stiglitz article “Reform or Divorce” and describe according to the blueprint provided, a paper summarizing the positions of the different authors on the origin of the Euro, its crisis and the envisaged scenarios. Deliverable: A paper consisting of 1650 words (without bibliography)
Citation: APA
Must provide intext citation including page number, as NO opinions used in the paper, ONLY the words of the authorsThree background must read articles:1. EMU (Verdun)
2. Hall
3 Moravcsik Paper outline:
1-Introduction (what the paper is about and its main content)
2-Give a short background on the EMU origin and set-up and the Euro Crisis (based on the above articles)
3-Analyze Hall’s article (how do the ‘varieties of capitalism’ explain Eurozone’s troubles?)
4-Move on to Moravcsik and Stiglitz: what flaws do they see and why are they so critical of Germany and pessimist about the future of the Euro?
5-What do the two reform proposals set out?
6-Provide your own reflections and conclusionsPLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE OUTLINE AND PLEASE NO OPINIONS, ONLY THE AUTHORS WORDS, AND PLEASE PROVIDE CONSTANT INTEXT CITATION WITH THE PAGE NUMBER NEXT TO EACH PARAGRAPHSOURCES: I already attached two files and here is the others:Reform or divorce: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/reform-or-divorce-in-eurozone-by-joseph-e–stiglitz-2016-08?barrier=accesspaylogBlueprint for a democratic renewal of the euro zone:
https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-blueprint-for-a-democratic-renewal-of-the-eurozone/

Assuming that you are the financial manager of the company, what will your proposal is for the sources of finance?
1. Identify five short term and five long term sources of finance. (20 marks)
2. Discuss the advantages and limitations of two short term and two long term sources of finance suitable for the
given scenario. (70 marks)
Instructions for the assignment:
1. The report should have a table of contents, answers to the questions and appropriate references using Harvard style and in-text citations are mandatory.
2. The report should be done in Word, font size 12, font style Times New Roman, text color black, colors can be used ONLY in appendices; main body of the report should be black and white.
3. Last date of submission: 13th week of the semester
4. The assignment should be submitted on time through Moodle. Late submission shall be penalized as per the norms
of MEC mentioned in the Module Information Guide.
5. Marks awarded in the assessment is provisional till it is approved by the Exam Board
6. A viva voce may be conducted as per the discretion of the faculty and it carries no marks.
7. Evaluation criteria:
100 marks Oman Manufacturing LLC, a leading manufacturer in plastics is planning to expand its operations in Muscat. The corporate financial adviser has submitted the financial requirement for the expansion to the board of directors. The report reveals that the company needs to raise a total of RO 40 million to sustain the new project.