Final essay Should sin Taxes be raised? The challenge for both economists and public leaders is to calculate and establish a tax level that maximizes social welfare and most efficiently raises revenues. Sin taxes generally is added to products or services which are supposed as harmful for society. In most cases this kind of tax is added to tobacco and alcohol. Sin taxes should be higher for many reasons. The main motive may be that tobacco
In 2012, Australia was listed as the 51st most populous country in the world with the estimated population of 22.8 million. This country is also seen as one of the most heavily urbanized countries in the world with the human settlement dominated by six major cities. In 2010, the Commonwealth of Australia released a report that showed the population was projected to expand to nearly 36 million, by more than a half in the coming four decades (p. 8). The intense growth is reputed to be the result of
nature of the factors of hunger, you can be sure that the food crisis will in turn cause more debt, more conflicts, more health problems, more famines, more poverty and more poor government decisions as they struggle to react to growing dangers. This essay will define famine, its global perspective and root causes of famine. And lastly define food crisis, its global perspective and nature and underlying causes of the food crisis. The research questions, aims and objectives will be outlined prior the
As such, this essay discusses different impacts between passenger and freight transport on the environment and potential interventions to mitigate them. The reason for selecting passenger and freight transport in this essay is the increased use of transportation means such as vehicles and the increased demand to use the road as a means of transport. Also, the transport
the collective security of everyone within the planet. Security in this context implies the freedom to live a safe life inside a peaceful environment without harmful interference. Considering that every region has its own security challenge, this essay will discuss three security challenges present within Asia Pacific region and also within global community. Part one will discuss the regional and global perceptions on each of these identify security challenges. Part two of this paper will look at
artifacts, dead bodies, or any other type of evidence we still will not gain the true knowledge of the ancient times before ours, but it is still fascinating to know the history of things we could be reliving in our developed time. My focus in this essay is on the Indus Valley and the Shang and Zhou civilizations. These two prehistoric civilizations have several similarities and differences on how their government, social
Psychologists have argued about how Biophilia can improve and heal lifestyles of human being from the elderlies, the adults and even children. I believe Biophilia can have a significant impact in our lives and in turn change the world into a better place. Not only would we benefit from it, but our future generations too. Having already said so, why Biophilia matters? Stephen R. Kellert written in his book, Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection, that biophilic
In recent years, with rapid growth of global population hitting 7 billion in 2011, and expected to rise to 9 billion in the year 2050. With this, comes the increase in demand for food and water resources. The growing population leads to increased agricultural activities to feed the demands of the population. There has since been a controversy on the severity of the increase in agricultural activities, creating concern on freshwater pollution because these activities are inevitable. On one hand, this