Since consumers will be more likely to support American vendors, this will keep the American businesses running and not force them to cut costs to compete with imports. As long as American businesses do not have to cut costs and layoff workers to compete with imports, the American job base stays stable and possibly could grow.
Wal-Mart has also caused the property value of buildings in these small towns they invade to plummet. When one of their Superstores sets up shop in town they can begin to count down the days until the small businesses are ran out; their properties become vacant, and depreciate in value because so many become unoccupied. They receive millions of dollars in subsidies to build in cities because the political leaders believe it will stimulate the economy. When in realty the money they invest in bringing in Wal-Mart is never returned into the community. They are often left with no choice but to give them the money to build within the city limits because nothing keeps this corporation from buying a plot of land just outside the city limits and acquiring the same profits with 0% of the sales tax going back into the town itself.
Coca-Cola has grown its’ revenue rapidly over 5 years, this brought about an important highlight for the company in between 5 years, so the company earned about 8.5% in annual revenue growth. Revenue Growth Year | Revenue | 2010 | $35.119 billion | 2009 | $30.990 billion | 2008 | $31.944 billion | 2007 | $28.857 billion | 2006 | $24.088 billion
This could be because Bristol has already undergone a regeneration process. This would mean that employment was quite good due to new businesses moving into the area, which would in turn lead to more money in the local economy. This is called the multiplier effect, and if a city manages to achieve it then they can be seen as successful. This could also be compared to London, as the levels of household deprivation are very similar. This could be due to the size of the city, as the population in London is huge and therefore the results are varied.
The Great Gatsby compared to The Roaring Twenties The Great Gatsby and the Roaring Twenties are two sets of literature that are based on money and class disparity. If you don’t have money then you don’t really have anything in common, but if you aren’t in the same class, then you definitely don’t have anything in common. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Kenn Allen both use foreshadowing, symbolism and setting to show the importance of wealth, while living in the 1920’s. In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald foreshadows that something bad will happen from people’s carelessness and greed. He writes, ”Her voice was filled with money” (Fitzgerald, P. 187) referring to Daisy talking with the other townspeople.
Coming from the article, Jackson shows an example how much people would pay and deal with to be in the city that never sleeps. Though, transportation in East Midtown, may not be the easiest, the 2nd avenue train will be built. Jackson finally questions whether New York will change, or be stuck in time as other cities or towns in the United
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