Public Procurement and Very Private Benefits
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. In every national budget, there is a part called "Public Procurement". This is the portion of the budget allocated to purchasing services and goods for the various ministries, authorities and other a...
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Should VAT be Applied in Macedonia?
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. To be justified, taxes should satisfy a few conditions: Above all, they should encourage economic activity by providing incentives to save and to invest. Savings - transformed into investments- enha...
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Battling Societys Cancer: Unemployment
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. The official figures are staggering: 35% of the workforce - about 280,000 people - are unemployed and looking for a job. Each 1.43 employee support 1 unemployed person. In the USA the figure is 3.3 t...
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Should the Government Compensate the Clients of TAT?
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. This, of course, is a political decision. There is no "right" thing to do. Even the IMF imperatives are not sacred. Sometimes, inflationary goals should be sacrifice to avoid the total collapse of th...
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"Bankers Banks"- The Role of Central Banks in Banking Crises
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. Central banks are relatively new inventions. An American President (Andrew Jackson) even cancelled its country's central bank in the nineteenth century because he did not think that it was very impor...
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The Typology of Financial Scandals
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. Tulipmania - this is the name coined for the first pyramid investment scheme in history. In 1634, tulip bulbs were traded in a special exchange in Amsterdam. People used these bulbs as means of exc...
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The Greatest Stedilnica Crisis in History
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. A crisis the size of the TAT crisis, is, inevitably, political. It involves thousands of citizens, many decision makers from every walk of life and the very economic and financial fabric of the count...
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To Tax or Not to Tax - This is the Question
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. To tax or not to tax - this question could have never been asked twenty years ago. Historically, income tax is a novel invention. Still, it became so widespread and so socially accepted that no one...
Tags : Research Finance

The Sickly State of Public Hospitals
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. There are many types of hospitals but the most well known are the Public Hospitals. What sets them apart is that they provide services to the indigent (people without means) and to minorities. Histo...
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Infrastructure and Prosperity
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. In the past, if you mentioned the word "infrastructure", the verbal reflex would be: "physical". Infrastructure was roads, telephone lines, ports, airports and other very tangible country spanning th...
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The Macedonian Economy
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. A British politician, Richard Cobden once (1857) wrote: "Free Trade is God's diplomacy and there is no other certain way of uniting people in the bonds of peace" International, free trade is part...
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Employee and Management Owned Firms
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. Margaret Thatcher started a world trend during her tenure as Prime Minister is Downing Street. It is called: Privatization. It consisted of the transfer of control of a state-owned enterprise to the ...
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Why is the Macedonian Stock Exchange Unsuccessful?
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. The Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE) is not operating successfully. True, some of the parameters which we use to measure the success of a stock exchange have lately improved in the MSE. For instance, ...
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Small Businesses - Big Obstacles
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. Everyone is talking about small businesses. In 1993, when it was allowed, more than 90,000 new firms were registered by individuals. Now, less than three years later, official figures show that only ...
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The Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension To Science
by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at. Ludwig von Mises I. INTRODUCTION ...
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Why Am I Afraid to Sell?
by Elena Fawkner. Relationship marketing. It's the backbone of a successful online business. Fail to forge online relationships and your business will suffer. Simple enough concept, right? But what does "relation...
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10 Scorching Ways To Heat Up Your Sales
by Larry Dotson. 1. Email each visitor a satisfaction questionnaire after they purchase. This will allow you to improve your order system, customer service, site, etc. 2. Give a percentage of your profits to a cause ...
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Why Your Mutual Fund Doesnt Return as Much as You Think
by ARA Content. (ARA) - As tax time nears, many mutual fund investors are starting to wince. While most mutual funds' returns were down last year, their tax bill remains high. After years under-performing the S&P 50...
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Successful Dot-Com Offers Strategies for Success
Topic : Strategies for Business Success
by ARA Content. (ARA) - Lost amidst billions of dollars in squandered venture capital funding and endless reports from network anchors about the macabre state of e-commerce lies a seemingly overlooked fact: Not all ...
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10 Amplifying Ways To Turn Up Your Sales Volume
by Larry Dotson. 1. Make your potential customers forget about the competition. Just tell them to forget with a factual and believable reason why they should. 2. Joint venture with your competition if you can't beat ...
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10 Ways To Gain An Avalanche Of Sales
by Larry Dotson. 1. Utilize holidays to increase your visitors or sales. You could give away free electronic greeting cards, hold discounts, send customers holiday cards, etc. 2. Become well known by speaking or chat...
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Direct Deposit Benefits
Topic : Direct Deposit Brings Reliability, Safety and Convenience to Banking
by ARA Content. (ARA) - Have you ever rushed to the bank to deposit your paycheck before the cutoff time? Have you ever played "beat the bank" -- writing checks before making a deposit? Have you ever made a trip to ...
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10 Mind Blowing Ways To Increase Your Sales
Topic : Ways to increase sales for your business
by Larry Dotson. 1. Show your prospects how much enthusiasm you have for your product and business. If you're convincing enough, they will be enthusiastic too. 2. End your sales letter or ad copy with a strong closin...
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Financial Planning for the MTV Generation
Topic : Financial Planning Youths and Young Adults
by ARA Content. (ARA) - So, you were born between 1965 and 1978. Are you tired of the Generation X label and being portrayed by the media as a cynical, Xtreme sports-loving, body-piercing slacker? If you're one of t...
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Retirement: Why Quit for Good, When You Can Quit for the Better?
Topic : How to Retire in Style, retirement questions, retiring early, retirees
by ARA Content. Talking About Money With Jim Larranaga (ARA) - Only one quarter of Americans age 35 and older have amassed $100,000 or more for retirement, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 200...
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