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Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: By Dr Jacques  Hyacinthe The term economics was voiced for the first time in the 1580s as the” art of managing a household,” but it wasn't until 1926, when Ragnar Frisch, a Norwegian economist coined the word microeconomics while working on some specific statistical method. However, It is derived from “micro”(small) plus ” economics” as mentioned above and was described as the study of individual households and firms around 1948. Primarily, microeconomics deals with individual households and firms in terms of changes to be made regarding the allocation of resources, and the relations between the two. But without going further, it is to be distinguished from macroeconomics which manages the economy on a national level with regard to inflation, unemployment, and growth. When people live and share meals under the same roof as single families or groups such as retirement or nursing home, they are subject to eco...

Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in History   Posted in  News Story    |    Tagged   African American Studies ,  Award ,  Book ,  Faculty ,  History ,  Research During the 105th Pulitzer Prize ceremony, Marcia Chatelain was chosen as this year’s winner in the category of history for her work,  Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America . The Pulitzer Prize is given annually to 21 individuals who have displayed excellence in journalism and the arts. “I’m incredibly humbled and shocked by this recognition – I had no idea that my book was under consideration,” says Chatelain. “I’m so grateful to all the students and colleagues who supported this work over the years, and I hope that this recognition encourages other historians to think seriously about the everyday aspects of our lives, like fast food, that can illustrate rich and important hist...

Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page:   The following is a review of "The Prodigy Slave, Book One: Journey to Winter Garden" by Londyn Skye,  by Ghislaine Gilbert Book Cover: 4 out of 4 stars   The Prodigy Slave romance novel is the creation of an amazing, inspirational, imaginative and keen minded author, Londyn Skye, who shares with us her fantasy world about two lovers, Lily and James. Through her splendid imaginative mind, the author took us into a heartfelt story between two youngsters of different social backgrounds. Lily was a born slave sold by her own father at the age of 9 to another slave owner named Jesse Adams. That sale occurred in the state of Virginia where the slave owner little Lily's own father harshly pulled her, as crudely described by the author, from her mother’s arms, on that plantation where Maya delivered her. The plea of the mother to keep her daughter was beyond words. But Lily was put up on the aucti...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page:   BY   JOSEPH BLOCHER  AND  MITU GULATI SEPT 14, 2021 2:26 PM Haiti is in desperate need after a devastating earthquake, a hurricane, a presidential assassination, and not enough vaccines to stop the delta variant. International aid is pouring in, which is all good, but not good enough.   It is time to ask about what Haiti is  owed —not in terms of international benevolence or moral duty, but as a matter of basic legal rights and principles. Many think of Haiti as a debtor nation, but the fact is that former colonial powers might be the ones legally in debt to Haiti. And the basis for that debt is not just a generalized grievance about colonial domination, but something much more tangible: Haiti once had something of great value, a The island of Navassa is about 30 miles off the coast of Haiti and is covered in centuries’ worth o...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. Des millions d'enfants risquent d'être poussés à travailler à cause de la pandémie de la COVID-19, au moment où le monde a enregistré la première hausse du nombre d'enfants au travail en deux décennies, a signalé l'ONU ce jeudi 10 juin 2021. Un rapport conjoint de l'Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) et de l'Unicef, l'agence onusienne en charge du bien-être des enfants, estime qu'au début 2020, 160 millions d'enfants étaient forcés de travailler, soit 8,4 millions de plus en quatre ans.  Si les projections actuelles sur la hausse de la pauvreté dans le monde devaient se matérialiser, ce sont neuf millions d'enfants de plus qui vont être forcés de trouver du travail d'ici la fin de l'année prochaine, selon le rapport.  ...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. Severe acute childhood malnutrition is expected to more than double this year in Haiti amid the pandemic, rising crime and low resources, Unicef says. More than 86,000 children under the age of five could be affected, compared to 41,000 last year, the UN agency said. Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas, and more than 60% of its population live in poverty. The country has suffered from decades of political and economic crises as well as several natural disasters. Violence has also surged recently, with a wave of kidnappings. After a group of Catholic clergy were abducted last month,  the Church described the situation as "a descent into hell". Unicef also said acute malnutrition, which is a less dangerous category than severe acute malnutrition, increased ...

Google Translater for Website Click on the dropdown button to translate. Translate this page: You can translate the content of this page by selecting a language in the select box. From CNN Health's Lauren Mascarenhas There were 4.1 million global Covid-19 cases reported in the week ending May 23 -- a 14% decrease from the previous week, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday. WHO also reported 84,000 new Covid-19 deaths worldwide, a 2% decrease from the prior week. The largest decline in new cases and deaths was in the European region, the report noted. However, WHO warned global Covid cases remained high overall. “Despite a declining global trend over the past four weeks, incidence of Covid-19 cases and deaths remain high, and substantial increases have been observed in many countries throughout the world,” the report said.  India reported the highest number of new cases by far -- 1,846,055 -- though that was a 23% decrease from the...