How Can I Get A Job As An Online Economist Columnist

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Hi guys,
Did I ever say you guys rock? Well you do!

I need your help. I am a gifted amateur econmist and I will like to write articles for magazines or newspaper, be it there online or offline versions. Preferably, online though

basically, I would like to be a columnist or paid writer in any capacity as an economist.

I hope you to fairly compensated for work done.

How can I go about finding people to hire me? Pls help.

Below is an article of mine. It has already been used by some blogs and sites. I posted it in ezinearticles.com and goarticles and many other article submission sites. Its a smaple of what I can do!

So if you can help me out I would be grateful

FASTEST WAY TO ENGINEER ECONOMIC GROWTH

More than 70% of the world's population live in developing or underdeveloped countries normally referred to as the Third World . Over a billion people live on a $1 a day or less which is insufficient for economic survival.

The IMF and World Bank have over the past 25years played prominent roles on the economies of most poor countries especially those in Africa and South America following the Debt crisis initiated by the Mexican debt default in 1982.

The IMF in particular have forced many to implement "painful" reforms such as currency devaluations, privatizations, deregulations, removal of budget busting subsidies and many others. The motive for all these to not only revive the economies of this countries but to engineer fast economic growth that would life these countries out of poverty. On the latter count in particular, they have not succeeded.

Was it that these policies were not good? They were but in most cases either poorly implemented by unenthusiastic governments or applied at the wrong time. And because they caused a lot of pain, resistance to more reforms increased. Further reforms either had to be jettisoned or postponed. Majority of experts have come to the conclusion that reforms implemented over the past 20years have not brought about any discernable benefits to majority of these countries but at most only helped to ameliorate the situation. Their goal therefore to lift many out of poverty has been considered a failure

What policy should the two Bretton Wood institutions have encouraged to boost economic growth if any existed? That is low taxes.

Low income and corporate taxes have been proven to not only speed up economic growth but boost government revenues. How can this be?

Low taxes encourage investments, both local and foreign. This two are very important especially the latter as these poor countries have a low savings rate and need to have a high level of investment to growth. Foreign portfolio and FDI naturally increase the overall rate of investment relative to GDP.

Businessman love low corporate taxes. This is basically the reason for the increase in investment. The rates should be low all round and not just targeted to a few strategic sectors. This will prove helpful especially in the service industries which are usually neglected in the allocation of tax holidays to preferential sectors.

Not only does low corporate tax boost economic growth but tax collection as well. It does this by swelling the level of compliance. The lower the rates, the higher the compliance rate in general as people are more enthusiastic about paying lower rates. In Russia when government slashed both income and corporate taxes 13% and 24% respectively, government revenues increased by 40%.

An increase in tax revenues is most welcome as this will improve the fiscal position of government which in most cases is in the red and subsequently reduce its borrowing needs. In turn , a reduction in borrowing may need to reduction interest rates which will also lead to an increase in loans with its correspondingly positive effects on the economy.

Though a lot of focus has been shed on low corporate taxes, this should not downplay be positive effects income tax rates too play.

Low income taxes boost spending power and savings. It also has the benefit of bringing many workers hitherto working in the informal sectors into the formal economy. When incomes taxes were slashed in Russia , many workers appealed to their firms to regularize their activities with government as this would enable them (workers) access to credit from banks and other financial institutions.

Also the increase spending power helps to boost GDP. In the developed world, consumer spending is the major driver of economic growth contributing over 60% to that of the American economy.

Also an increased in savings is also welcome. This will improve the level of savings and thereby increase the pool of capital available for investments thereby driving growth. It will also lead to an reduction in interest rates with its obvious benefits.

Ireland is the most recent example of a country that has used low taxes to drive economic growth. It is normally referred to as the Celtic tiger in reference to the tigerish rates of growth it has enjoyed for many years. This has lifted it out of its poverty and high unemployment for which it had long been associated it.

Its present corporate tax rate of 12.5% is the second lowest in the European Union and one of the lowest in the world. Its per capita income of $44,000 is the fourth highest in the EU. And the interesting thing is that as at 1994, the country had been written off! This is what low taxes can do.

Many countries worldwide are now following this example especially the Central European countries with Estonia , Slovakia and Cyprus being the prime examples. The low rates have gone a long way in making these countries investment destinations in Europe . There is no reason why this model can not be implemented in other parts of the world especially Africa and South America .
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  • Profile picture of the author marciayudkin
    There is a new syndication web site that may be helpful to you. They are pitching columns and one-shot articles to newspapers and other publications: thesyndicatednews.com.

    Check it out!

    Marcia Yudkin
    Author, 6 Steps to Free Publicity and 10 other books
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  • Profile picture of the author ibringjoy
    You can check with About.com. They hire experts in many fields to write regular columns. Look at the bottom of their home page, and you should see some link entitled "Become A Guide" or something similar. That will take you to the application pages where they describe the pay plan, say what's available, and let you apply. The first year the minimum monthly pay is something like $750 per month. They pay based on your traffic to your own specific blog that you set up there. It takes them a couple of months to get to your application, so you could apply there and then take on other jobs while you are waiting to hear from them.

    Kathryn
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  • Profile picture of the author grandstar
    Thanks a lot Ibringjoy.

    Really appreciated.

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  • Profile picture of the author logosi
    nice article... are you already blogging about it? if not, that's a good way to build a rep.
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