Essays on Sates

The United-States of America is a country that has always favored immigration. Since its founding to the early twentieth century, it has had practically open borders. With this policy of favoring immigration, the United-States has greatly increased its population, its standard of living, and its per capita income. The historical success of American immigration policies supports the view that it should continue to support the idea of integrating new waves of immigrants. It is plausible that doing so will lead the United-States to even greater prosperity. While there are many who believe that immigration should be curtailed, in this ...

Analysis of Energy Sufficiency, Sustainability and Conflicts of US Forests

Abstract The focus of the paper is to analyze the economics of US forests. In particular, the paper analyses the energy sufficiency, sustainability, as well as potential conflicts regarding this essential us natural resource. Concerning forest sustainability, the paper will consider issues such as how the US can use and retain forests to meet different human needs, how it can preserve and promote healthy forests, and how the country can make ethical choices concerning forests. Key findings in the paper reveal that although the United States has shown some efforts in creating sustainability concerning forests, there is still much ...

The expansion of the American railroad system in the 19th century brought with it unprecedented economic and cultural change – which also happened at an unprecedented pace. It is almost impossible for us, in the early 21st century, to conceive the complete transformation that the railroad was responsible for – both directly and indirectly. Westland and Clark (12) compare the impact of the railroad on ordinary life with the impact of the internet on our generation. Indeed, in 1900 the railroad was responsible for 15% of American GDP – roughly equivalent to the internet’s impact on the American economy. Early in ...

The United States is a federal country that has a large economy as a result of the fast-economic resources found in it’s over fifty states. In order to achieve continued economic stability, the United States has put in place well structured systems and programs that guide its policy on revenue collection, government expenditure and other monetary policies. This has been done carefully to grant the semi-autonomy status of its sates a clean bill of health. It is a fact that the monetary policy enshrined in the United States constitution and the mandate given to various constitutional officers play a great role in influencing and ...