...POLI3001 Short Essay: A Guide to Sources It is expected that you will use a minimum of eight (8) scholarly references (books and/or journal articles) as well as other sources. The following represent a sample of scholarly journals (in no particular order) in which to find articles to write your essay: * Applied Econometrics and International Development * International Economic Review * Industrial and Labor Relations Review * Journal of International Economics * World Competition * Business Law Review * Journal of World Trade * Journal of Economic Growth * Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies * Business and Politics * Journal of Asia-Pacific Business * International Journal of Economics and Business Research * Global Business and Economics Review * Journal of Global Business Issues The following sources may also be useful (but note that these are not regarded as scholarly references so cannot be counted in your minimum): * The Economist - www.economist.com/ * The Wall Street Journal (Asia Edition) - asia.wsj.com/home-page * The International Economy - www.international-economy.com/ * MIT Sloan Management Review - sloanreview.mit.edu/about/ * China Brief - www.jamestown.org/chinabrief/ * China Development Brief - www.chinadevelopmentbrief.com/ * Business Standard [on India] - www.business-standard.com ...
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...J. P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway From 1820 to 1870, the Industrial Revolution brought innovations and growth to America’s economy. Of those breakthroughs rose the railroad and textile industries. With the railways falling into debt, John Pierpont Morgan was asked to intervene. Multiple railroads fell under his control due to his reorganization of the industry and his actions came to be known as “morganization.” Founded in 1889 as Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company, Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates became one of the largest textile industries in the world. It was later recognized by Warren Buffett who seized control of the company and used it for further investments. This essay focuses on the question of: what can be learned by examining Morgan’s consolidation of the railroad industry and Berkshire’s astonishing growth? This era marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. Industrialization in America involved three important developments: the harnessing of electricity, improvements to the industrial process including the acceleration of production, and lastly the expansion of transportation. An improved transportation system was crucial for raw materials to reach the factories and manufactured goods to reach consumers. Morgan was fixated on the restructuring of railways and began by proposing agreements between major lines. “Oppressed by debt and overbuilding, more than a third of the country’s railway trackage fell into...
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...Principles of Argument Classical principle of argument is writing a persuasive, argumentative, or when making a claim. A synthesis, which is bringing two or more arguments together, allowing for comparison/con- trast, rebuttal, or accumulation of mutually supporting points (Siphane 1). Environmentalism as religion is an essay that describe how close net environmentalism is to religion. They both are about the faith and belief a person has in either one. The contrast between the two is that religious is the faith and belief in God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Environmentalism has its belief and faith but in a theory, that views environment rather than heredity as the important factor in the development of an individual or group. For example, the “The Big Bang Theory” which is a theory that the universe originated sometimes between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume matter at extremely high density and temperature (Merriam-Webster, 2014). This belief surely gives credit to the belief of an atheist. How Author used Classical Principles of Argumentation Ethos is use in the essay to give credit to the author Michael Crichton for a best selling author. This author has wrote novels that has turn into movies. The novels that has been movies has been movies box hits. One of television latest series ER also was a hit on the television screen. For the fact of these other novels being a best seller...
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...Lloyd Wyse Melissa Hull EN 209-014 April 18, 2012 Critical Essay: Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is the active refusal to comply with certain laws or demands of a government, such as paying fines or taxes. Although it is not necessarily on-violent, it has classically been attributed to nonviolent resistance. The etymological origin of the term is from Henry David Thoreau’s essay Resistance to Government, written in 1849, which was eventually renamed to Essay on Civil Disobedience. Since its republication in 1866, Thoreau’s essay has inspired many important activists over the course of history. Its messages have resonated within countless people unsatisfied or disgusted with the law of the land; one of the most prominent lessons it teaches is that an unjust government can only be corrected by the defiance of its people. As long as there is an imperfect government, there will be a need for civil disobedience. Citizens of nations from all over the globe still read and learn from Civil Disobedience because even in modern times a perfect government does not exist. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau prompts the reader to take direct action against injustice. He argues that the government is a representative of corruption and injustice that, like a machine, fuels the enabling of its wrongdoings through enforcement of law. He states that an individual’s silent compliance with the law is essentially the same as cooperation with injustices that the lawmaker commits. In particular...
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...Your E-Book is Reading You Alexandra Alter's "Your E-Book is Reading You" appeared in The Wall Street Journal in 2012. In the essay Alter aims to explain to readers that publishers are compiling vast data repositories containing information on a wide array of statistics on how and what we read. He explains the possibility of using these analytics to provide a more directed approach towards the reader’s desires. "Now, e-books are providing a glimpse into the story behind the sales figures, revealing not only how many people buy particular books, but how intensely they read them." Enumeration, anecdotes, and a hint of propaganda are techniques the author employs to sway the reader and develop a convincing essay. Alter opens the essay with a couple of numbers and statistics about reading speed and passages highlighted passages in a particular book. This enumeration technique immediately establishes the tone of the essay and has a “scientific” feel about it. It is an effective way to project the author’s legitimacy and gain the reader's trust that the writer has done their research and knows what they are talking about. Also, this paragraph uses an extremely popular novel named “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, which is the first in a trilogy, to illustrate how the data is used. “The first thing that most readers do upon finishing the first ‘Hunger Games’ book is to download the next one.” Almost immediately after peaking the reader's curiosity with the statistics of their...
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...Fall 2010 Refutation Assignment Assignment: In an essay of 2-3 pp., refute the editorial or essay of your choice. Method: If you choose a newspaper editorial, you can only use one of the following papers: The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, or The Washington Post. You may also use news and current affairs periodicals, such as the National Review, The Nation, The New Republic, Mother Jones, Dissent, Commentary, The Economist, etc. If you are looking in newspapers, turn directly to the Editorials/Op-Ed section. Ignore letters to the editor. You may use the paper’s editorials, or any of their syndicated columnists. These pieces express opinion directly. You may disagree only in part, but you must be clear about what you disagree with and why. As always, you must give reasons, facts, examples, etc., to substantiate your argument. You must then try to persuade the reader (moi), that the editorialist is wrong and you are right. Avoid reportage and news stories. Biased though they may be, they do not openly express opinion. The exception would be advocacy journalism. You need not limit yourself to editorials. You may use essays you have come across in your research projects that you do not plan to use as one of your major arguments. Please attach a copy of the editorial or essay you are refuting to your paper. Due: Tuesday, November...
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...-Why Chinese Mothers are Superior- The essay “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua was published on “The Wall Street Journal” January 8, 2011. The topic of this text is Chinese parenting methods opposed to the western way of parenting. Within the first few lines it is very clear that Amy Chua has a different view on parenting than most traditional western parents. The title itself is a claim, and it sets the tone for how the essay is going to be. From the start we get the hint that this text will try to convince us, that Chinese parenting methods are superior. Amy Chua begins something that she claims is on a lot of people’s minds. The wonders about how Chinese parents are able to raise such successful kids. She then continues to saying that she can give the answer to these wonders, because she has done it herself. Amy Chua gives us a list of things that her daughters, were never allowed to do. This list seems, to us, unusual and maybe even mad. But to her, this is a necessity in her way of parenting. To her this is logical and is what must be done to get successful kids. In her list we see that not only are her children not allowed to get any grade less than A, but also they have to be the No. 1 student in every subject, except gym and drama. This put a really huge amount of pressure on her daughters. Amy Chua is an American lawyer, writer and legal scholar. She is the Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Amy Chua has two daughters Sophia and Louisa. The fact...
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...Hannah Dickinson Mr. Thomason ENGL 1020-116 15 September 2014 Analysis of Charles Murray’s “What’s Wrong With Vocational School?” Charles Murray is writing to The Wall Street Journal, which is a huge and very diverse audience to whom to present such a controversial argument. The point Murray is trying to make is that vocational schools are more effective and logical courses of action for young people entering the job market than is the conventional 4-year-university track. In championing the cause of vocational schools over college, Murray uses logos, appeals to authority, though his tone makes him come across as a little condescending. This may almost damage his argument overall. Murray’s argument is persuasive through his use of logos, nod to the opposition, and solution for the problem he introduces, among other methods to make his argument appear valid to his audience. The first thing to consider about this argument is the audience. Murray is writing to The Wall Street Journal. This is a huge, international publication held in high esteem. His argument has a lot of people from different backgrounds and perspectives reading it. To start, the title, “What’s Wrong With Vocational School?” offers a different perspective in and of itself; for many traditional American middle-class families, vocational school is simply never considered. In some way, this makes his bold writing style more impressive because of the potential risk he is taking. The supposed risk, however...
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...BP & Deepwater Horizon C. Nelson BP & Deepwater Horizon Every business, in some way, is affected by public and private criticism. One industry that is never too far away from criticism is the oil and gas industry. Over the course of this essay, we will explore BP, its stakeholders, some of their criticisms, and BP’s response to those criticisms. BP, formerly British Petroleum, is the fourth largest oil and gas companies in the world in terms of revenue and sixth based on production. (Statista, 2015) (Forbes, 2015) Although BP doesn’t have an official mission statement, the company does have a few statements entitled “Our Values”, “Clear Priorities”, and “Our strategy and sustainability”. BP (2015) states, “We have five values that express our shared understanding of what we believe, how we aim to behave and what we aspire to be as an organization.” Those five values include safety, respect, excellence, courage, and one team. “Clear Priorities” (2015) details three main topics that top the company’s interests including: safe, reliable and compliant operations; disciplined financial choices; and competitive project execution. Thirdly, BP has a commitment to sustainability and states (2015), “We believe that the best way for BP to achieve sustainable success is by acting in the long-term interests of our shareholders, our partners and society.” The three pillars augment the lack of a mission statement and express BP’s commitments and responsibilities....
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...Gege ShiSummer 2015 | PMBA-8365 International Marketing Management Term Project Article 2 Dr. Ashmen CVS to Buy Target’s Pharmacy Business Abstract In this article, the author mainly focused and analyzed one journal “CVS to Buy Target’s Pharmacy Business for $1.9 Billion; Deal includes about 1,700 pharmacies within Target stores” from the Wall Street Journal. At the beginning, the author briefly summarized this essay; then, she explained why this article had bearing on corporate marketing strategies. At the end of paper, the author mentioned her own opinions of this deal. Introduction We all know that “my enemy’s enemy is my friend”; in today’s commercial environment, every industry is tough in this competitive world, especially for the prescription-drug business. So in this journal, it is mainly about an unusual cooperation, which occurs between CVS Health Corporation and Target Corporation. Both CVS and Target decided to make a business deal; CVS paid $1.9 billion to buy Target’s pharmacies and clinics. Why It Is Called “an Unusual Partnership”? CVS, a well-known pharmacy that already become domestic dominant provider of prescription drugs. Although Target’s prescription drugs business is not as good as CVS, it still has chance to be improved and become Target’s another business opportunity. Meanwhile, Target and CVS are the substitute competitors to some extent; most customers would visit either of them based on which one is relatively convenient...
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...English 1001- Rhetorical Analysis Essay: You Deserved Rejection! Or At Least Your Essay Did… In the article, “To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me”, Suzy Lee Weiss addresses a multitude of reasons why she believed herself along with others were not accepted into various colleges. Published on March 29, 2013, it is one of many articles Weiss has contributed to The Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal viewed at wsj.com is a business focused, English language international newspaper based in New York City where her article is placed under the commentary. It is clear from the essay that being rejected from her dream school was her kairos event that prompted and gave her the motivation for this writing that is important to her. Weiss--a senior at Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh—has written this among many other articles posted in the NY Daily News and others. Presenting her thesis early in her article, Weiss creates a foundation for the six arguments she establishes in defense for her claim that colleges lied to her; however, due to her lack of specific examples, statistics, and false claims, she fails to support her argument sufficiently. In her article, Weiss strengthens her ethos and logos drawing in on her very own feelings and thoughts for the varied audience of wsj.com. With her supporting evidence, she entreats the viewers to realize the devastation caused by Ivy League colleges telling applicants to “Just be yourself”. She goes on to claim this...
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...goes on forever and it feels like you’ve been running for miles. Every time it seems like the monster is about to catch it’s dinner (you), all of a sudden you get that tiny extra burst of speed to just escape his grasps. With no resolution in sight, you make a break for the nearest door. When you open the door it’s your dead grandmother taking a bath. What!? These are the kind of silly and seemingly unexplainable instances that occur in our unconscious sleep every night when we go to bed. Contrary to what you may think, these ridiculous dreams that almost resemble cartoons more than real life, do actually have a significant impact on our emotional state, and for the most part are based on our own anxieties, desires, and memories. In this essay I’m going to attempt to analyze a current dream I’ve had and interpret the meaning and origin of this dream using the sources available to me. I’m standing on a steep grass hill, looking out over a shallow and narrow valley that appears to have been cut of the landscape like a spoon would do to a tub of ice cream. Inside this crevice is a highway I’ve never seen before, with cars zooming down the road at high speeds. Above the highway is an overpassing bridge with more fast and noisy cars. On the opposite side of this speedway that I’m standing along is my beloved dog, who I’ve raised since he was six weeks old. He’s going into traffic and I’m scrambling to get to him on the other side of this speedway, but there’s too many cars coming for...
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...OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT I 2% OF YOUR OVERALL GRADE Due on Wednesday, May 7 Read the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, or any other major newspaper or weekly publication and select a single article or articles that (1) either report on interesting economic news that can be analyzed by the concepts or models taught in this course or (2) discusses one or more economic issues related to the concepts or models taught in this course. It is OK to use an online economics news article. Write a three to four page essay analyzing the topic or critique the article from economic perspectives. Essay must be typed and double-spaced, (Times New Roman, font 12). The questions that you may address in this essay may include, but are not limited, to the following: * What is the main economic issue? * How is the economic issue related to the concepts or models that you have learned from this course? * What sorts of arguments/opinions have been discussed? * Do you agree or disagree with the analyses/opinions? Why? * What argument would you, as an economist, make? The following is a suggested list of topics. This list is not exhaustive. INDUSTRY STUDY. For a specific industry, choose a current issue such as deregulation, foreign competition, and the impact of new technologies, mergers/takeovers, changing methods of competition, labor problems, or financial changes. COMPANY STUDY. Study the recent growth or decline of a particular company or its current...
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...Ana Martins Murta English 105 Professor Colin Fewer July 2012 A critical essay: Why is newspapers circulation decreasing? The future of newspapers has been put under discussion for many years, since the appearance of different news technologies, such as television and internet. The latest communication technology, internet, represents a huge threat to newspapers, according to some authors, and makes it necessary for the print journalists to change a bit of how they work. On the other hand, evidence suggests that the declining of newspapers has been going on since many years before the appearance of internet, hence other motives are involved in the decreasing circulation of this way of information that has been so important to the construction of the world as it is. This essay examines the factors that are leading to the lessening of newspapers, and suggests what journalists can do to avoid it. The lessening of newspapers circulation is leading to a decrease in publicity investment on them, what is leading to the end of some newspapers companies, since advertising in the major source of profit in a newspaper. According to Philip Meyer, in the year of 2000 advertising accounted for 82 percent of newspaper revenue … and circulation was the other 18” (37). And according to the 2011’s Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, while the ad revenue for print newspaper decreased badly from 2003 to last year, the ad revenue for online newspapers is substantially...
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...Garry Jefferson hated his stay-at-home job. Day in and day out, he read and re-read essays written by illiterates hoping to scrape up a grade in his Psychology class. Fortunately, he never saw the acne pocked faces of the students he graded, and he could only imagine the facial horrors that roamed Blue River Community College’s halls. Blue River was a small town in central Colorado, inhabited by filthy rich old folk, and their grandchildren. The streets were clean, but the buildings that flanked the pavement were as dirty as could be. Inside the stone monoliths existed drug operations, brothels, cult gatherings, you name it. When the sun set is when the roles reversed, the filth being purged from their halls by police, and their hired mercenaries....
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