The Economics of a $6.75 Shirt The garment industry has played a vital role in the development of industrial sector of Bangladesh. Though it took a rather late start, it soon established its reputation in the world market within a short span of time. Garment is now one of the main export items of the country. Besides, enriching the country's economy it has played a very important role in lessening unemployment. According to Bangladesh garment manufacturers; there are about three thousand garment factories in the country with more than 3.5 million garment jobs.
The machine is expected to produce 675,000 finished products during its eight-year life. Smith produced 70,000 units in 2012 and 110,000 units during 2013. Required: 1) Determine the amount of depreciation expense to be recorded on the machine for the years 2012 and 2013 under each of the following methods: | |2012 |2013 | |a) Straight-line method |$16,875 |$16,785 | |b) Units of production method
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This drove most, if not outright all, factory owners and employers to lower the wages for everybody and thus unsettle the citizens who had the job in the first place. However, this is only one of the things that happened to labor and class during the Gilded Age thanks to the many immigrants coming from all over. 1880 is an important time for the Gilded Age when it comes to labor and class. It was during that time that the Census Bureau found that the majority of the work force had moved to non-farming jobs despite the country being a mostly agricultural place before hand (Foner, Ch. 16, 634).
The increase in manufacturing almost destroyed the agriculture of Puerto Rico. The government bought the fields from the owners but there are only two refineries in use. The production of sugar cane dropped from 1.4 million tons to 74 thousand. Tobacco and coffee also suffered and they could no longer export them but only supplied to a local
Research and Development has been eliminated completely since last year. In the minutes of the meeting on June 30th, Mr. Lancaster said the quality of shoes was too high and people were not buying replacements fast enough. He therefore had Research and Development eliminated that year, and has used the space for a gym. Also in the minutes to the June 30th meeting, telephone and postage expenses are down as expected due to increased use of email.
In the meatpacking industry, the biggest companies, "ConAgra, IBP, Excel, and National Beef- slaughter about 84 percent of the nation's cattle" (Schlosser). People believe that an expensive product is synonymous better to quality. Oligopolies present various barriers
The Federal Writers Project gave thousands of unemployed writers work over a thousand stories on American topics during the Great Depression. The idea that Federal Writers Project writers would work on government manuals and reports was quickly discarded. Another option would have given
According to Herbst, a few days after General Motors filed bankruptcy and said they were going to lay off 20,000 workers, Wal-Mart stated that they would be hiring 22,000 workers this year. Herbst quoted Peter Morici in saying that, “The concern is that we’re replacing $25-an-hour jobs with $12-an-hour jobs.” Herbst mentioned how GM used to be the country’s largest employer and it is
MAYA COLLAPSE THEORY 2: Climate Change and Drought Source: Climate Change Killed off the Maya Civilization, Study Says, by Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News, March 13, 2003 (news.nationalgeographic.com) Around the year 800 AD, great Maya cities spread throughout the jungles of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and south into what is now Honduras and El Salvador. It is believed that15 million people lived and thrived in urban centers like Copan and Tikal. Then, in a period of only ten years, these cities were abandoned. Trees in the jungle covered the cities that were once home to thousands of people. Soon everyone began to forget the glory of the Mayas.