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I can only take a finance class or economics class and want to know what the difference are between Finance and Economics.

The economist is more complete and comprehensive in their capabilities and skills, maintains an interdisciplinary relationship with other social and economic disciplines. Any socio-economic assessment carried out, taking into consideration the population and the environment that surrounds it, analyzes the quality of life, economic performance and prospects. Moreover, the financier is a financial specialist only. Ok

What does Keynesian economics say the government should spend money on to create Jobs ?

Anything and everything.

I have been accepted everywhere I applied. which includes; California University of Santa Barbra, Berkeley, LA, San Diego and University of Oregon.

Along with California Polytechnic State University, San Diego State, Long Beach State, and San Jose State. (C.S.U.)

I am currently considered homeless by the state liaison and have no financial assistance. Please take this situation into consideration while answering.

Also: Which school offers the greatest in comparison to the input? Should i go to which school is offering the most money?

Where will the quality of education (being taught in a class of 300 by a teacher’s assistant VS being taught by a professor in a class of 20-35) be worth the time and money?

Of those you listed, Cal Poly is one of the cheapest quality education. They’ve got a great reputation as an engineering school. I used to hear stories of UC undergrads sabotaging each other’s work because competition for grades–that’s just hearsay.

I didn’t used to care about school reputation, but I’ve been surprised at the opportunities I’ve had even mid-career because of an engineering degree from Cal Poly. I’ve seen the same of Berkley degree holders.

Congratulations on the acceptances. Good luck on your choice, they’re all excellent engineering schools. Pomona and Long Beach are probably the most affordable areas to live.

Helloooo,
I had a client today who asked a question i thought was quite important due to his "attention" problems (not saying no more),

What is the penalty (if any) of using false titles.
As in, putting Prof. etc. on a letter/address/envelope
Or basically using various sir, dr, prof, rev, pc, dci, lady, lord etc. in letters/speech etc.
Basically telling people your someone important who you are not.

Is it a criminal offence as I heard it was somewhere?
Thanks
UK answers only please.

No, I do it all the time. It’s only an offence to put PC or any other police officer title as it would constitute "impersonating a police officer" and that is a crime punishable by UK law

Martha is preparing for exams in economics and sociology.She has time to read 40 pages of economics and 30 pages of sociology.In the same amount of time she could also read 30 pages of economics and 60 pages of sociology.

(a)Assuming that the number of pages per hour that she can read of either subject does not depend on how she allocates her time, how many pages of sociology could she read if she decided to spend all of her time on sociology and none on economics?

a+b40=30
a+b30=60

solve for a and b.
e.g. express a from 1st eq., and plug into 2nd.

Saturday, March 19th, 11am - noon
Science@Cal Lecture with Prof. Rich Muller "The Current Status of Climate
Change - A Non-Partisan Analysis"
UC Berkeley campus, Genetics and Plant Biology Room 100

Free admission
More details at http://scienceatcal.berkeley.edu/lectures

Note that we are back in our usual venue this month.

Because of its huge economic and political implications, Climate Change is
rarely presented without spin. This will be an attempt to do that. I’ll
discuss the physics of the greenhouse effect, and the data that indicate
global warming. Among key topics are: Copenhagen — why did we fail to get a
major treaty? Climategate — what really happened? IPCC standards — and why
they are undergoing major revisions. What are the top prospects among the
many choices for alternative energy? What kind of example can the U.S. set
that could be followed by the rest of the world? I’ll also report on new
results of our "Berkeley Earth" project — a detailed re-analysis of the
evidence for global warming; see www.BerkeleyEarth.org.

Rich Muller is a Professor in the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley, and
Faculty Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He was named a
MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellow in 1982. He also received the Alan T.
Waterman Award from the National Science Foundation "for highly original and
innovative research which has led to important discoveries and inventions in
diverse areas of physics, including astrophysics, radioisotope dating, and
optics." In 1999, he received a distinguished teaching award from UC
Berkeley. He teaches the popular "Physics for Future Presidents" series of
undergraduate lectures at Berkeley and is the author of an associated book,
among other books, essays, and articles. He’s also working on a system to
view 3-D TV without glasses.

The talk will take place in the Genetics and Plant Biology Building, Room
100. Doors will open at 10:30. We would like to start the talks on time, and
avoid disruption from people entering the auditorium during the talks, so
please try to arrive at least 10 minutes before the start.

We aim to stream the talk live at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/science-cal but if you’re in the area, we
encourage you to come along in person. The talk will also be videoed and
posted on our website a few days after the event.

If you’d like to make a tax-deductible donation to UC Berkeley, you can do
so at http://givetocal.berkeley.edu/

Upcoming events:

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2011 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecturer in Astronomy Prof.
Andrea Ghez (UCLA):
Wednesday, March 30th, 5pm
Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley Admission Free

More than a quarter century ago, it was suggested that galaxies such as our
own Milky Way may harbor massive, though possibly dormant, central black
holes.
Definitive proof,
for or against, the existence of a massive central black hole lies in the
assessment of the distribution of matter in the center of the Galaxy. The
motion of the stars in the vicinity of a black hole offers a way to
determine this distribution. Based on
15 years of high
resolution imaging, the case for a supermassive black hole at the Galactic
Center has moved from being a possibility to a certainty. Additionally,
spectroscopy has revealed that the stars orbiting in such close proximity
are apparently massive and young; the origin of these stars is difficult to
explain, given the strong tidal forces, and may provide key insight into the
growth of the central black hole.

Prof. Ghez is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 2008 was
the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant".

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Saturday, April 16th, 9am - 4pm
UC Berkeley Campus
Cal Day Open House
http://calday.berkeley.edu/

More details to come soon …
Be sure to read Dana’s answer.

I’m about an hour drive from Berkeley, and did my undergrad there. But I’m not really interested in listening to Muller. As eric notes, he has grossly misinformed people about "hide the decline" in his previous lectures. His misinformation was spread to Judith Curry’s blog, which I then had to debunk at SkS:
http://skepticalscience.com/preference-for-mild-curry.html

John Cook is in the process of updating the SkS "hide the decline" rebuttal in response to Muller’s misinformation. So I’m pretty aggravated at him - Muller decided to speak on a subject before doing his research, and as a result spread misinformation to a very large audience which we have had to expend considerable effort debunking.

When Muller gets back to giving lectures on subjects about which he’s done research and is informed, then maybe I’ll go listen to him.

Also as Gary notes, calling his analysis "non-partisan" is a red flag. Science by definition is non-partisan, and stating that his analysis is "non-partisan" suggests that other analyses are partisan. Frankly that’s insulting to climate scientists.

Muller has also grossly overinflated the importance of his work. He’s part of the BEST project, which is just another analysis of the temperature record to add to the long list (HadCRU, NCDC, GISS, JMA, etc.). It will be somewhat useful, but not terribly important. Yet Muller said "it is the most important project in the world today. Nothing else comes close". WTF? The dude is simply out of touch with reality.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/feb/27/can-these-scientists-end-climate-change-war

What does Keynesian economics say the government should spend money on to create Jobs ?

Actually John Maynard Keynes said that the government could pay people to dig holes and then fill them up again and it would create jobs. This is true because the diggers get jobs. They spend the money on food, clothing, cars, etc. This creates jobs in food processing plants, clothing factories, and auto factories. The people who work in these places use the money to buy furniture, eat out, and buy personal computers. This creates jobs in furniture factories, restaurants, and electronics stores. More and more jobs are created. The workers pay taxes, so the government eventually recovers its investment.

Some types of expenditures, however, create jobs more efficiently than others. Public works projects, for example, create quite a few jobs. Giving tax rebates to the wealthy doesn’t create many jobs because they have so much already, they are unlikely to spend it. It is better to create more middle income jobs than a few higher income jobs, as the middle-class will spend a large percentage of the money. It is also good to spend money in ways that will be beneficial in the future, for example, investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency will help save money in the future.

Hey im looking at my options at university and i want to do an Economics degree, preferably a BSc course, but i want to do this a sandwich course, with one year either abroad or in industry, because i believe this would be better for me for employment reasons. But i dont no which universities offer this, so if anyone knows anything about this, your help will is much apprectiated. Thank you.
Oh yeah, im from England, so a UK university. Thankyou.

I had the brilliant idea of using google to search for economics sandwich degrees. Why don’t you try that?

What does Keynesian economics say the government should spend money on to create Jobs ?

Keynes believed that the government should spend a lot of money (even if it has to borrow the money and go into debt) to create jobs for unemployed people, and then those people would spend their money, which would create more jobs and get the economy’s motor running again.

Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal during the Great Depression was an example of Keynesian economics.

Some people such as conservatives, libertarians, and people who believe in Austrian economics are against Keynesian economics because they believe the economy can recover on its own without government intervention.

During the late 1970’s Keynesian economics became less popular because inflation was high.

When a big recession happened in 2007, Keynesian economics became more popular. Leaders around the world (including Barack Obama) created stimulus packages which would allow their government to spend a lot money to create jobs.

I am in a small class online class with about 15 people. My prof said she want to meet with everyone individually for 30 mins. What would they want to talk about?

It could mean a lot of different things. When I teach in person I sometimes require that everyone in class meet with me for 15 minutes too, just so that we can get to know one another a little better, which makes class more comfortable. On the other hand, she could want to go over your progress to date with you, or to make sure that if you still have any misunderstandings or questions, they get cleared up.