Comparison between Europe and America

Comparison between Europe and America

Introduction

Although the United States was born as an extension of Europe-the "pilgrims" on the Mayflower were looking for a spot more conducive to his "European dream" and the framers were all shaped in that it illustrated the ideals of the French Revolution duly flanged- The reality is that the United States and Europe have followed very different paths, noticing tension between them, growing as it went up and down those. Indeed maintaining the common root that gives the Greco-Roman, Western categories and the Christian religion in the United States adapted to the diversity of the people who have been training them, while in Europe, much more made, costing absorb the arriving and even could not avoid the constant infighting. The United States had a civil war. This paper is aimed at comparing and contrasting the differences between Europe and the United States, with regard to the economy, environment and immigration in the light of existing literature on the subject, as well as the “Power of place” video.

Discussion

I have reviewed some of the views of Americans about Europe, and the one which has convinced me most is that of James Baldwin: "Europe has what we do not have: a sense of the mysterious and inscrutable, limits of life, in a word, a sense of tragedy. While we have what it needs most: a sense of the possibilities of life? "To which could be added: why Americans and Europeans are optimistic, pessimistic.”I feel inclined to perceive the ruin things by being born in Italy," says a character in Arthur Miller. The difference is such that, despite sharing culture, and in the case of the UK, language, difficult for us to understand and can even speak of a rivalry based on topics by both parties.

Economy

The economy of the United States of America is the largest in the world by value added, with a GDP of 14.26 trillion of U.S. dollars in 2007 with the same purchasing power. The leading sectors are the service sector (banking, insurance, transportation, retail, publishing, entertainment) and industry (oil, weapons, consumer products, aerospace, automotive, electronics, informatics, telematics). Also important is the weight of the primary sector, especially in the production of soybeans and cereals (corn, wheat) and livestock production, despite the small number of people (Prescott, 2004). The real advantage is to have a greater freedom to use the tools of monetary policy for domestic stabilization. The table below shows the difference between the minimum wages in Europe and the United States.

The European economy, on the other hand, is based on a model that is purely liberal capitalist, being the largest in the world, with a GDP (nominal) reached U.S. $ 18,394 billion and GDP (PPP) of U.S. $ 15,247 trillion, in 2008. The purchasing power of the European Union and the United States are similar because of differences in population since the GDP this being substantially larger divided by more people and takes into account state realities ...