Trump Plan: Analysis of Proposed Tax Policy

 This paper analyzes President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tax policy. His plan would reduce tax rates for individuals and businesses, increase standard deduction rates and encourage the creation of Dependent Care Savings Accounts (DCSA). The wealthiest households would benefit the most from these tax changes, although taxes will be cut for all households. Trump believes … Read more

Interviewing Stanley Wells on Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Uncovering Historic Context and Language Impact

 Rationale For my written task, I want to interview Sir Stanley Wells. Stanley Wells is one of the most influential Shakespeare scholars of the moment. He studied in UCL and has been awarded with numerous prizes for his books and has been knighted for his services to scholarship. I will ask him about the … Read more

Rise Of Interaction Between Civilizations: Trade, Diplomacy, & Islamization

 Civilization is a development of culture, intellectual, technological and political advancement in a society during a certain period of time or in a particular place. Al – Madaniyyah is an Arabic term of civilization which means city or town which derived from the word madinah. Besides, civilization is defined as the manifestation of Tawhid … Read more

Erich Auerbachs Enchanted Dulcinea: An Analysis of Realism in Cervantes Don Quijote

 THE ENCHANTED DULCINEA, Erich Auerbach Erich Auerbach, born in 1892 in Germany, was a literary critic and philologist whose culminating work Mimesis: The representation of reality in western literature explores ‘to what degree and in what manner realistic subjects were treated seriously, problematically, or tragically’, by minutely analysing celebrated western texts from throughout the … Read more

Agenda Setting in Policy Process: Leveraging Streams and Policy Windows to Reduce NCD Risk@60 characters

 “Policy process – agenda setting”; Policy process – agenda setting The agenda setting of this policy is based on Kingdon’s agenda setting model. In this model problem stream, policy stream and politic stream are three independent streams. When the three streams run together, the policies are taken seriously. A number of actors can influence … Read more

Discovering the Impact of Cruise Tourism in Western Europe: 10 Yrs of Growth and Development

 According to Brida & Zapata (2009), cruise tourism is growing at a vast pace in western Europe in the past 10 years.  Moreover, the revenue of cruise tourism represents 3% of the total tourism market and is the fastest growing sector (Brida & Zapata, Cruise Tourism: Economic, Socio-Cultural and Environmental Impacts, 2009) . Cruise … Read more

Compare Public and Private Extension Services Delivery in Koutiala, Mali: Analysis and Impact

 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXTENSION SERVICES DELIVERY IN KOUTIALA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF SIKASSO, MALI   CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study  Extension is defined by Maunder (1973) as a service or system which assists farm people, through educational procedures, in improving farming methods and techniques, increasing production efficiency and … Read more

How Current Ratio, Debt-Asset Ratio, Net Profit Margin and Return on Assets Affect Lafarge Malaysia’s Performance

 Current Ratio-  2014 has a higher current ratio (1.94170148) as opposed to 2015’s current ratio (1.109492613), which means the liquidity ratio of 2014 is higher. A higher liquidity ratio is good for the company meaning they have a better chance of paying off their debts. Debt- Asset ratio – The asset to debt ratio … Read more

Exploring the Forces Driving Globalisation and Impact on Brazilian Economy

 Characterised by higher levels of free trade, communications, technology and transport, globalisation is a process of economic, political and cultural integration (Hamdi, 2013) Interdependence between economies as a product of globalisation has allowed developing countries to influence the world economy more than before, increased sensitivities and vulnerabilities mean that actions in these developing countries … Read more

Discovering the Advantages and Disadvantages of Accrual and Cash-Flow Accounting

 Accounting is all about sorting, classifying and presentation of economic data. (Marshall, McManus & Viele, 2014, p.3) The very foundations of the whole accounting process are transactions, which are financial trades between companies (Marshall, McManus & Viele, 2014, p.33) and the reason of that process is the issuance of financial statements. There are two … Read more