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The City Of Destiny’S Darkest Hour: Tacoma And The Depression Of The 1890s, Ian W. Clogston

History Undergraduate Theses

The Panic of 1893 and subsequent economic depression was significantly detrimental to the economy of Tacoma, Washington. This work details the economic growth in the years preceding the Panic of 1893 in Tacoma as well as the effects the Depression of the 1890s had on Tacoma’s economy, including the numerous business and banking failures, a lack of employment, lack of money, and the miseries of the community’s life during the depression.

Leveraging Remittances For Economic Development In Developing Countries, Lloyd P. Thomas

Global Honors Theses

Migrant remittances are seen with mixed views in terms of negative and positive impacts on developing countries. The purpose of this thesis is to critically analyze literature about such impacts and present policy recommendations for leveraging the positive impacts to spur economic development. This study recommends that policies and individual initiatives driven by an economic development framework will help improve the use of remittances.

Adopting an economic development framework would reduce negative impacts of consumption, dependency, and devaluation of a country’s economy. However, a shared responsibility is required to implement this framework. Governments of origin and destination countries, policy makers, …

Economic Convergence And Income Inequality: Cases Of Argentina, Brazil, And China, Svetlana Slobodhikova

PPPA Paper Prize

As the countries of the world become more connected through trade, the impact of the policies of influential industrializing countries becomes more important. These countries create various economic policies to cover the development gap between them and the wealthy parts of the world. Convergence theory suggests that in the process of global economic development, there is a predicted decrease in inequality between rich and poor countries or between developed and developing countries. Despite a significant decrease in inequality between developing and developed countries, positive economic outcomes are not enough to decrease inequality within the developing countries. In addition to significant …