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Economic growth is defined as an expansion of real output as a result of the supply, demand, and efficiency factors. This concept can be summarized through the extended AD-AS model (Figure 1.1). Other factors that account for economic growth are labor input and productivity. Although both are of equal importance, labor productivity entails factors that have a greater effect on economic development within a nation. These include technological advance, quantity of capital, and education and training or what is also known as "human capital." However, there are barriers to economic growth. These are institutional and political factors, such as political instability and lack of infrastructure. In the article dealing with the kidnappings that have been plaguing the nation of Haiti, these barriers are illustrated. Despite the presence of U.N troops, armed thugs are in control of the capital, Port-au-Prince, spreading terror in a city where "2 million residents live in tin...

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