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Money Has No Smell, 2007.
This paper discusses the book, "Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City", by Paul Stoller.
1,494 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 72.95
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In this article, the writer explains that it is a well-known fact that racism is an important element in the history of the US. The writer suggests that one of the main reasons for such a development could be the cosmopolitanism of American society, born out of a long history of immigration flows. The writer notes that Paul Stoller in his 2002 book "Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York" addresses, from different perspectives, the same idea regarding the hardships of immigrants in New York society. The writer relates that Stoller describes the multiple facets of the life of an immigrant trying to build a proper existence away from family, friends, culture and country. The writer concludes that the decades of racial segregation and discriminatory treatment have taken their toll on the shaping of American society.
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"These facts rarely make the front page of important magazines; most often they remain untold stories which still impact the everyday life of the communities which are faced with such discriminatory realities. Nonetheless, there are also events that bring out in the spotlight different aspects of the communities which deal with discrimination, poverty, racism, all emerging from a historical and often rather hard to change mentality about minority groups. One such event represented the death of Amadou Diallo, a victim of the abusive use of force by the New York Police Department. Shot down outside his Bronx apartment, his killers, four police officers were subsequently acquitted of all criminal charges. This was a clear case of discrimination, considering the fact that Diallo, a West African immigrant was unarmed at the time of his death and the use of force was clearly unneeded for. However, it represented a clear outline of the situation facing most immigrants in big cities throughout the US and the tensions they must coup with for living in a cosmopolite society."
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Money Money Money, 2002.
A look at money's affect on the modern family.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 13 sources, AU$ 90.95
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This paper examines money and the family in terms of family studies. How earning and expenditure is distributed in the family, particularly with reference to gender is the key issue.
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E-Money, 2002.
This paper discusses the issues around the development of E-money (also called electronic money, digital money or digital cash), the economic base and monetary policy.
2,825 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 21 sources, APA, AU$ 123.95
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This paper defines E-money as spendable balances represented by digits on a bank's balance sheet. The paper discusses that E-money can not become standard currency until the public understands the concept and feels comfortable in using the technology and until the emergence of cryptography, the ability to make the transactions secure and unbreakable. The author believes that financial markets will have to develop new internal regulations, banks will have to adjust their style of business and the federal government will have to rethink the status of its monetary policy to keep control of the monetary base.
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Abstract
Why Did Money Develop?
New Advances in Payment Systems
Why the Advances to get rid of Fiat Currency?
What is E- Money?
E-money and Government Regulation
E-money and Government Taxation
Conclusion
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"In the last thirty to forty years, major advances in payment systems and abilities have revolutionized the way most Americans and Europeans pay for goods and services. In the early 1950's, a new type of card emerged that enabled people to pay for goods and services without actually transferring any type of fiat currency or commodity, the Diners Club payment card. It was the first card that enabled individuals to pay for their lunch or dinner just by signing a piece of paper."
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Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Systems, 2007.
This paper discusses the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) systems employed by Switzerland and the United Kingdom as compared to the U.S.A.
9,860 words (approx. 39.4 pages), 37 sources, APA, AU$ 291.95
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This paper explains that the Financial Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) was formed by the G-7 nations as an intergovernmental task force to examine money laundering trends, techniques and past AML actions and to develop new, more effective measures for implementation into anti-money laundering (AML) systems. The author points out that, although Switzerland and the U.K. have developed intricate AML systems as describe in this paper, the U.S.'s enforcement oriented AML system is the international leader. The paper recommends that AML systems could be strengthened by investigating and prosecuting money laundering activity in connection with every criminal offense, which is often associated with money laundering, such as terrorism, corruption and tax evasion This paper includes tables and graphs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Definition of Money Laundering
Trends in Money Laundering
Anti-Money Laundering Systems: International Standards
History of the Development of Anti-Money Laundering Systems
Anti-Money Laundering Systems: The United Kingdom
Anti-Money Laundering Systems: Switzerland
The Future of Money Laundering and Anti-Money Laundering Systems
Switzerland vs. the U.K.: How Effective are Their AML Systems?
Appendix 1: Country Page - Switzerland, IBA Anti-Money Laundering Forum
Appendix 2: Country Page - the United Kingdom, IBA Anti-Money Laundering Forum
Appendix 3: FATF - The Forty Recommendations
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"It is important to understand past trends in methods for money laundering in order to predict and prevent the development of future methods. This is gained through an in-depth understanding of the prevalence and evolution of money laundering methods and their current and emerging trends. The identification of trends ensures that money laundering methods are understood and that action is taken to comprehend other key factors involved, such as context. Through its typologies effort, the FATF emphasized the identification and description of money laundering trends both at the worldwide level and on a more systematic basis."
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Money: Its History and Use in the Modern World, 2000.
An analysis of the history of money, and an examination of the different notions and uses of money in the modern world.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, AU$ 56.95
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"Money did not have a single origin but developed independently in many different parts of the world. Many factors contributed to its development and if evidence of what anthropologists have learned about primitive money is anything to go by economic factors were not the most important."
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Electronic Money, 2008.
This paper discusses electronic money in relation to the traditional banking methods, analyzing Berndt Kempa's article "Money in an Electronic World".
2,619 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 114.95
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The writer notes that in his enlightening article regarding electronic money, "Money in an Electronic World", Bernd Kempa argues that electronic funds are not likely to replace traditional money any time soon but that the role of the central bank in determining a country's monetary policy may be affected. The writer points out that the Kempa voices these concerns in closing his research in which he successfully illustrates the development of electronic funds and cash. The writer discusses that companies such as eBay and Amazon.com have turned the retail industry upside down and these two companies alone handle billions of dollars annually in electronic funds across international markets without ever handling physical currencies. Yet, the writer maintains that central banks will continue to determine monetary policy because the simple fact is that none of these new economy institutions or the electronic funds that accompany new business models creates money themselves. The writer concludes that they only move currency values that have been created via traditional channels.
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Author Analysis
Developments in Electronic Money
Conclusion
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"These observations are, while not being indicative of an impending catastrophe, somewhat alarming for economists who might be concerned with monetary policy at the national level. However, by raising such alarms, the author does not adequately support why he believes electronic funds might hold the potential to undermine such national economic and monetary policy when, in fact, all electronic funds originate first with the issuance of funds through traditional channels. No company that regularly operates in the financial markets, private or otherwise, has the ability to generate funds, whether electronic or otherwise, in any manner that supersedes the role or the oversight of the central banking systems."
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The History of Money, 2005.
This paper explores the history of money and defines the concept of money as it has played a role in cultures worldwide.
3,587 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 146.95
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This paper details how money as a tool was born and what significance it played in people's lives throughout the times. This paper also provides a definition of the concept and how it has evolved over time. The paragraphs below explain how the concept of money has provided a foundation for today's global culture. This paper explores how this concept has become misunderstood and intangible over time. By understanding the history of money, one can take with them a better grasp of how to handle the current economic environment. With hope, maybe this understanding can lead to change within the present economy.
Introduction
Definition of Money
Early Coins
Early Banking
Paper Money
American Monetary System
Intangible Money
Conclusion
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"There is a common misconception among people that money means something or has value in our culture. In today's current economic environment and age of speed of light technologies that bring people closer together than ever before, it is difficult to imagine that money does not have any real value. It really depends on one's concept or definition of money. Right now in this day and age where the system is failing so many as the cost of living grows higher and the average wage stays the same, it is easy for one to become obsessed with the notion of money being valuable. A wise man once told me that money is a tool and how you chose to use will define your character. He also expanded this idea by elaborating money as a tool can make things happen, rather those things are good or bad is entirely put to the person handling the money. With this in mind, it is easy to see how wrapped up society has become in money and how it works. Now more than ever, money seems so fluid and intangible as it can take on many forms, not just paper but bursts of light over a telecommunications wire or the magnetic strip of a debt card. It is seems now more than ever as the relationship of supply and demand of money becomes twisted, people need a better understanding of how money came to be so important."
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Microsoft Money 2007, 2006.
This paper argues that Microsoft Money 2007 is not much more than a rehash of Money 2006.
3,250 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 136.95
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This paper explains that Microsoft Money 2007's only competitor in this category of personal financial management software, Intuit's Quicken Premier, has many features offered in its latest version that differentiate it from its past versions; something that the programmers at Microsoft did not do. The author argues that Microsoft Money 2007 has many major bad qualities such as (1) the basic platform did not change dramatically from the previous version, (2) the user must log-in to Window's Live Mail, which presents a potential security problem, (3) another program will be needed to file the tax information generated on Money (4) it does not synchronize with any handheld devices, (5) the program can be painfully slow and (6) there are still glitches in the software. The paper suggests that the potential user download the trial version of this software and try it for his or herself.
Table of Contents
Microsoft Money Overview
Major Features Offered
Pros and Cons of Microsoft Money 2007
Reviews
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"The good and bad features of using Microsoft Money 2007 are numerous and all of them could never be named in such a report as this. The first is a look at the good features of 2007. Adding accounts to Money is made very easily, especially if the account is already available online, such as a credit card or banking account. Money will also update the information on these sites when you login to the program. Money is laid out well with easy access to drop-down menus, backward and forward buttons, and features a plethora of information including links to the best available credit card or mortgage interest rates, among others."
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Money, 2002.
A discussion of the purpose money serves in today's economies.
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Discusses purposes money serves in today's economies. Critical task of governments and central banks in controlling the money supply. Money as the common medium of exchange; the tangible way to hold assets. Monetary policy. Growth of "virtual" money (cashless transactions). Example of CyberCoast, a fictional Northwest nation with a cashless system.
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"Controlling the money supply of a nation is a critical task that falls most often to governments and central banks. If there is too much money in circulation, inflation results; too little money, and the economy contracts. The goal is to strike a balance so that there is enough money to stimulate the economy, but not so much that the economy overheats. In the United States, money supply is controlled through fiscal (tax) policy and monetary policy. The government controls the fiscal policy, while the monetary policy is controlled indirectly by the government through the central bank in most modern economies.
Money serves several different purposes in today's economies. First and foremost, it is the common medium of..."
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Money, 2004.
Analysis of Walrus's Law, which states that money is, by definition, an entity of usefulness, not of principle.
3,520 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 143.95
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This paper examines several theories regarding the definition of money. The paper looks at Walrus's Law, the relationship between the definition of money and the gold standard for money, Keynes's and Marx's definition of money, and the Islamic view of money.
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"But clearly, there are economic relationships. As interesting as it is to think that the Walrasian auctioneer is always on the dais orchestrating ?trades,? in fact, there is disequilibrium, for short or longer periods, in economic relationships (perhaps the auctioneer needed a coffee break) so there must, then, be a place to park the value waiting to be offered back and forth between the sellers and buyers?.and one must not forget, too, the added attraction of the financiers backing the sellers and buyers. In short, thinking that there might ever come a time when money was not needed to make economic relationships possible is about as sensible as thinking that John Maynard Keynes or Milton Friedman?or Daffy Duck?knew all there was to know about money and economic relationships. In fact, because money is simply a tangible representation of intangibles--and some would go so far as to say it is a construct for spiritual realities so that we mere mortals may better understand it--it is reasonable to assume that anything written about it is necessarily open to interpretation and revision, including, of course, the current discussion."
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Time Value of Money, 2005.
A discussion regarding time value of money, examining various investment opportunities.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 53.95
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This paper discusses the concept of time value of money (TVM), a principle showing that money can earn interest, and that money received in the present is worth more than money (of the same amount) received in the future. The paper further discusses how money can grow through various investment vehicles such as banks, mutual funds and the stock market.
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"Compound interest happens when your money grows along with the interest amounts that it accumulates over time. In the above example, suppose that you invested $100 for 2 years at 5%. After 1 year, the total amount would be $100 + $5 (5% of $100) = $105. After 2 years, however, it will earn $105 + $5.25 (5% of $105) = $110.25. The $5 interest amount you gained after 1 year has earned an additional $0.25 after the second year (Garrison 2006). It has been said that compound interest is the greatest wonder of the universe, as it makes money grow larger and larger over time."
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Money Supply Determination and the Monetary Base, 2000.
A comprehensive look at money supply determination and the monetary base and definitions of M1, M2, and M3, which are all measures of the U.S. money stock.
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"M1 includes currency ? coinage and bank notes. Coinage is a very small part of M1 ? about 2 - 3 %. It?s important to mention that coinage that is in a circulation in the U.S. now is a ?symbolic money?. It means that the real value of the coin (the value of material it is made of) is lower than the value marked on the coin. It was done to prevent the remelting of coins in order to sell them as a metal ingots. Bank notes are more important and take about 25% of M1. All the bank notes were issued by Federal Reserve bank with the permission of the U.S. Congress. You can see a Federal Reserve bank sign on every bank note. Demand deposits became widespread nowadays because it is safe and useful. If you need to pay a great sum of money you don?t have to take them all with you. All you need is draw a check. That?s much easier. The loss of check-book is not as tragical as the loss of equal sum of money. Nobody can use check if it is not endorsed. That?s why deposits became so popular. It might sounds strange that checkable deposits are part of M1, but it?s easy to explain. People use checks as a medium of circulation. Besides such deposits and checks can be turned into a cash money. M1 has the characteristic of being highly liquid, where liquidity is the term that describes the ease of converting an asset into money. "
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Money Laundering: What Is It and How Do We Fight It?, 2008.
A paper that discusses the criminal activity of money laundering.
811 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 41.95
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This paper explains the criminal activity of money laundering. Estimates vary as to how much money laundering is occurring in the world - as it is an illicit trade in money and published statistics from the criminals involved are not forthcoming. The author concludes that the goal of law enforcement agencies in the United States must be to attack the underlying systems and processes the make money laundering possible, if any headway against this financial crime is expected to be made.
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"Money laundering is, most basically, any effort to disguise profits made through criminal activities to that they will appear to be nothing more than legitimate profits from investments (Cleaning up, 1997). Estimates vary as to how much money laundering is occurring in the world. After all, it is an illicit trade in money; published statistics from the criminal involved are not forthcoming. Nevertheless, law enforcement agencies estimate that several hundred billion dollars of new money enters the global economy each year, with a total criminal stock counted in the trillions. Put another way, money laundering accounts for anywhere between 2% and 5% of the total global GDP (Cleaning up, 1997; Kelly, 1998). This is a significant sum, to say the least."
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Money and Special Interest Groups, 2004.
A discussion on whether money and special interest groups can buy votes and influence.
1,561 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 11 sources, APA, AU$ 75.95
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Money and special interest groups play an important role in the U.S. Congress. Due to the high cost of running a campaign two assumptions are regularly made, namely that money can buy votes and that those groups or businesses that have contributed funds, will be favourably treated by their candidate when forming legislation. This paper critically analyses those assumptions by examining key examples such as the influence of the tobacco industry and by examining esteemed political analyst views. The paper is divided and analysed on two distinct lines. Firstly, whether or not money and special interests can get a candidate elected and secondly whether money and special interest groups can have influence and to what degree, over the way in which elected candidates vote on legislation.
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"The influence of money in the US Congress therefore begins with the election of members to the Congress. In order to increase their chances of election, candidates run extensive campaigns which include: television and newspaper advertisements, public appearances, pamphlets, door knocking and many other methods to gain voter support. In recent decades these election expenses have grown more than 300% faster than the cost of living . The average cost of a Lower House campaign has risen to more than US$500,000 and a Senate campaign to US$4.5 million . Due to these exorbitant campaign cost very few people in lower socio-economic groups run for Congress as they neither have the funds themselves nor are they likely to have contacts with big businesses to financially support their campaign. "
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Counterfeit Money, 2003.
This paper discuses the history and the effects of counterfeiting money on the economy of governments with particular focus on the United States of America.
2,710 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 118.95
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This paper explains that, in the U.S. and other countries, counterfeit money production has significant effects on law and policy development, on a country's behavior towards other nations, and on overall security. The author points out that the history of counterfeiting dates back as far as the history of money itself. The paper relates that, historically, there is not much governments can do to prevent counterfeiting except make legal threats and create bills that are difficult to forge. The author points out that today, even though bills are becoming increasingly more complex, common technology, such as laser printers and personal computers, are making it possible for even the most amateur counterfeiters to create and pass off fake bills. The paper stresses that the major problems caused by international counterfeiting are hyperinflation by too much money being put into circulation and the use of counterfeit money to support terrorist operations and organized crime.
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"Many of these new world counterfeiters were masters at their craft. When paper bills of credit were issued, it was easy for these counterfeiters to send copies to Germany, Amsterdam, Ireland, or England to have plates and actual forgeries made. Having bills printed in Europe possessed the advantage that the counterfeiting of American bills in Europe was not illegal. Also, the threat of being caught was very remote. Samuel Ford, a "really gifted artist," could produce bills that fooled provincial treasurers. Counterfeiting became such a problem in Virginia in 1773 that the business of the colony became idle."
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Money Multiplier, 2005.
An examination of the concept known as money multiplier and how it works in the economy.
1,121 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 56.95
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This paper explains that the money multiplier is the ratio of the stock of money to the stock of high - powered money. The fractional reserve system is a key piece in the money supply process. This paper explains these concepts including tables and graphs.
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"Generally, when a person makes a deposit into his account at a bank, it creates a liability for the bank (University of Colorado, 2004). A liability is basically the bank's obligations, or what it owes. However, the same deposit also creates an asset for the bank. The bank now owns the value of the deposit and will make the money work for the bank, looking for a rate of return that is higher than the interest it pays on the liability. This is how banks make money. By offering customer a return and banking services, banks pull in deposits (liabilities), which creates assets that a bank can lend out. As long as the total return on assets is higher than the payment on liabilities, the bank turns a profit."
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