ENVS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Environmentalism, Biophony, Pseudohermaphroditism

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18 Nov 2015

School

York University

Department

Environmental Studies

Course

ENVS 1000

Professor

Chris Cavanagh

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The crisis of modernity and the rise of. It is about threats to the fundamental fabric of life. Each new threat to the fabric of life - every new wound - has generated a new phase of the environmental movement. How do we think differently about the longer term future: human activities now affecting whole, structural/non-point sources, long lead times for problem solving, population and demand in societies in, ergo: we are already occupying the transition following our example. future. Friday, 4 april, 14 (verne, wells) (the 5 year plan: 1880-1920 - science fiction, 1920-1940 - early management, 1940-1950 - world war ii , 1950-1970 - modelling, 1970 + futures. What is credible? trustworthy? useful? imaginative: scenarios/delphi methods, computer models, forecasting/backcasting. Economics from oikos = the house , the laws of the house (ecology -the study of the natural house ) chrematistics - the flow of money.

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Compose a 4-6 page report, double-spaced, on the following topic. Be sure to illustrate your report with relevant financial numbers and data, and to explain the significance of this data. ** DUE: Friday, April 29th 11:59PM EST ** BACKGROUND INFORMATION: During the Carter administration, long-term US Treasury yields exceeded 15%, and short-term T-Bills yielded near 20%. After Reagan's inauguration, interest rates began to fall as Fed Chairman Volcker's restrictive monetary policy succeeded in containing inflation. Over the past 25 years, US rates have steadily declined: T-Bills are hovering under 1% and the long bond is yielding about 4%. Lately, though, rising oil prices have incited inflationary forces. China and other developing nations have increased their consumption for oil, metals, materials, and food. Thus, both foreign and domestic factors have spurred demand and are contributing to rising prices on a global scale. In addition to this commodity-induced inflation, US consumers are faced with rising costs for essential services such as healthcare and education. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is faced with a dilemma. Should the Fed increase rates to contain inflation; or, should the Fed keep rates very low to spur the US economy which is beset by a collapse in home values, an extensive banking crisis, and a faltering stock market ? YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Given this economic background...Compose a 4-6 page report, double-spaced, on the following topic: If the Fed decides to raise interest rates next year, what effect would rising rates have upon the following: (1) Consumer financing for big-ticket items such as autos and homes; (2) the present and future values of annuities; (3) the NPV calculation; (4) the WACC; (5) corporate earnings ? Be sure to illustrate your report with relevant financial numbers. Hint: for topic (3), above, one approach you might adopt is to cite the NPV calculation from previous case problems, then to contrast it against a new calculation performed with a higher interest rate. Cite the numeric effect upon the NPV, and then explain its rationale and its significance. This is the kind of "numeric illustration" that you should provide for each of the five topic sections.

1. Classify each of the types of unemployment described below as frictional, structural, or cyclical. Give a brief explanation of your characterization.

a) With the overall national unemployment rate at under 4%, hundreds of laid-off computer programmers cannot find new programming jobs.

b) A rise in oil prices brought about by a crisis in the Persian Gulf raises costs of production and reduces profits of U.S. manufactures and other firms which use inputs made from imported oil. The ensuing decline in business investment results in a recession, raising the unemployment rate from 4.5% to 9.5% over 18 months.

c)With the Massachusetts economy expanding and the Commonwealth's unemployment rate down to 2.5%, the state's only auto plant shuts down, idling 1,000 workers in Framingham. These workers had been employed at the plant for an average of 20 years, and as a result, had developed specialized skills which cannot readily be transferred to other occupations and industries.

2.Suppose, in April the number of employed stood at 137.7 million while the number of unemployed stood at 8.8 million. What was the unemployment rate in April?

3. In June there are 30,000 people classified as unemployed and the size of the labour force is 600,000. The only change between June and July is that 10,000 people give up looking for work. Compute the unemployment rate in July.

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