Written by Yang Yang ·
Filed under Markets & Industries, Personal Finance, World Economy
The world economic system refers to the world’s nations, their individual financial systems, and the associations that connect them in an international marketplace. However, the total collapse of the American housing market [2007] and the global economic disruption that trailed in 2008 brought the phrase “economic meltdown” into focus. For people crushed under a heavy load of credit card debt, a debt settlement program provides them with a sigh of relief. Times are tough and it’s now an accepted fact that a majority of the people are handling some sort of debt or the other. Whether it’s US or Europe, people are finding it difficult to make ends meet, despite working hard.
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Written by Anthony Carter ·
Filed under Best Selling Books / Textbooks & Reviews, Business & Small Business
Business ethics has been a hot topic in recent years following the last economic meltdown. There has been a lot of soul searching among many in the business community and it seems that business ethics is more important than ever. This is a subject that is taught at university but it is increasingly a topic of interest to non-academics as well. Business decisions can have a huge impact on the life of people so it is viewed as vital that there is some type of morality in the process. There have been many great books written on this topic and here are just five of the best of them.
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Written by Anthony Carter ·
Filed under Business & Small Business, Entrepreneurship
All types of business enterprises will need to deal with a certain amount of uncertainly. There will always be risks to doing business, but everything possible will be done to keep these to a minimum. These uncertainties may be due to internal matters within the company or it may be due to conditions in the outside world.
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Written by Anthony Carter ·
Filed under Basic Financial Concepts
If you follow the newspapers you will probably have heard the term “underwater mortgageâ€. This has nothing to do with owning property beneath the waves but instead refers to a situation where the amount you owe on a property is more than the value of the property itself. Since the economic meltdown a few years ago there have been a lot of people who have found themselves in this unenviable situation.
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