...Wealth and Power in the US EDWIN SMITH Pol 443 January 6, 2015 KYLE HAGENBURGER Wealth and Power in the US Wealth and Power in the US To whom it may concern: This letter is to inform the public of how health care relates to the distribution and concentration of wealth in the U.S. and support the need to redistribute wealth in America. Wealth refers to the value of everything that a individual and family owns minus all its debts. Most of economists define wealth as marketable assets such as stocks bonds and real estate. In marketable securities, consumer durables like cars are not included because they are not readily converted into cash (Domhoff 2011). Power refers to the ability of controlling the behaviors of others, even against their will. Groups and individuals who have power are able to use it to increase their own interest. It is not necessary that individuals take these benefits at the cost of society. In the Unites States, social class is an arguable issue because there is a disagreement on its models and its existence in the country. Three class model that includes the rich, the middle class and the poor as believed by Americans. Among all the major economies, distribution of income in the United States is most unequal (Domhoff 2010)). The poverty level in the U.S. was $16,036 in 1997 for a family size of four. As with earnings difference, the poverty pace vary significantly between cultural groups. Difference in poverty and earnings has a chief...
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...Hindu Religion Marshenia Francis May 10, 2014 Hinduism is the worlds third largest and oldest religion.Hinduism is the belief that has evolved over the years. This religion has stood the test of time. from many generations and has many people follow. It is not a religion but traditions and there are different scts that go along with it as well. One conce pt of Hinduism is the ultimate reality belief called Brahman.. It means that all creatures go through a birth cycle and rebirth and this is deermined by the principle of Karma. Karma is the belief that if you do something bad unto a person then in your next life after reincarnation it will be done to you. reincarnation is the belief that your soal will return to earth in another form or body. This is something that was also taugt. There are different Gods in the Hindu religion, and one of the uultimate gods Is Brahman. These gods are all personified and associated with different Attributes. The mythology of Hindu roots lie in the civilization of vedic The major sources are mahabharata, ramay and puranas. The practices Of Hindu include the seeking of gods awareness and looking for blessings From different gods. The hindu believe in an persuasive supreme being that is immanent and transcendent to the creater and unmanifest reality. They also believe that the universe goes through endless cydes of creation, preservation, and dissdution. The cradle of the Hindu religion is...
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...Summary of text 1”Body Image” The text describes what the word “Body Image” means and how it effect young people. Young people self-image is about how they feel and how they look. It is often based on surrounding environment and often a bit twisted. The text explains what happens too kids when they reach the teen years. They become more aware of how they look. Sometimes they may not feel confident about themselves. This leads to things like depression, eating disorders or even plastic surgery. It also focus on the fact that it is not only a girl problem, it happens to boys as well. The text blames the media for the young people’s behaviour. The media teach young people to change the way that they look. The reason why super models are famous is because they look unique. Movies and music videos often use supermodels and it understandable that the young girls and boys are influenced in a bad way. The girls used in those music videos or movies often have big boobs thin hips and a perfect little Barbie face, and the boys have broad shoulders, abs. It makes the young people change the way they look. The girls use a lot of makeup, plastic surgery, starving themselves and exercise a lot. Some of the boys begin to use steroids over-exercise and eat abnormal meals to reach the perfect body type. Many of those things is unhealthy for the young kids because they are not fully-grown. The text also blames the internet for showing an unrealistic picture of the perfect body and young. Stuff...
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...The British Colonization in Indian Introduction East India Company, also known as The Honorable East India Company, British East India Company, was a joint-stock company established by the British. On Dec. 31th, 1600, the company was chartered by the Queen Elizabeth as the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies (Chaudhuri, 2006). The charter in fact gave East India Company a monopoly right for twelve years. During its rule in India, the company not only owned economic monopoly but also assisted the British to realize military expansion. There will first be a discussion about how East India Company assisted British to realize its military expansion in India. Following that, there will be a discussion on how East India Company works as an economic tool of colonial expansion for Britain. Finally, there will be a discussion on how East India Company finally led to the backwardness of the country as well as disaster of the local people. Military expansion The British colonization in India is actually a military expansion, which not only struck some other foreign colonial powers but also led to the elimination of local rulers (Nicholas, 1992). As a result, the colonization in fact had made a preparation for the later centralization of authority. The French army was defeated in the Seven Years’ War in India. As a result, the French no longer dear to expand its power in India, which also prevented the development of its industrial revolution....
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...What are the links between economic institutions and long term economic growth? The relation between institutions and economic performance is a subject which for many years attract the interests of economist. There is no a single explanation regarding this topic, some important authors as Solow, Cass or Koupmans (neoclssical gowth models) developed some traditional theories. Firts of all is important to clearfy that by economic gowth what we are understanding an increase in the income per capita; this neoclassical economists based their argument on the assumption that such differences in income per capita were correlated with factor accumulation. Is the novel prize Douglas North and more recently the MIT economist Daron Acemoglu the ones who evolve the idea that such differences in the earings per person were very related with instituions, and other aspect such as factor accumulation or innovation are not more than proximate causes. But, what are we understanding by institutions? We are going to accept the interpretation given by North (1990 p.3) “Institutions are the rules of the game in a society or, more formally, are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction. In consequence they structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, social, or economic.” . Nontheless we will consider as good economic institutions the ones that provide security of property rights and and facilitates access to economic resources to different sectors of society. Without...
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...Halmstad School of Business and Engineering Rufei He & Jianchao Liu (2010) Barriers of Cross Cultural Communication in Multinational Firms --- A Case Study of Swedish Company and its Subsidiary in China Abstract In times of rapid growth, both in terms of economic development and globalization, an increasing number of firms extend their businesses abroad. A subsequent challenge of this development is the managerial implications of cross-cultural management. This study employs a qualitative approach in a single case study of Swedish company and its subsidiary in China. After reviewing the previous studies, the authors summarize the differences of management style, staff behaviors and communication system in different culture context and find the barriers of cross cultural communication in multinational firms. The findings of this study indicate that the barriers of communication come from the national culture’s influence on the work place and behaviors of people with different identity. Moreover, culture also influences people’s way of thinking and behaving and result in different understandings toward vision and purposes of firms. Key words: cross cultural, communication, multinational firms, management style, staff behavior Prelude It is 9:00 a.m. on Monday in Sweden. The Technical product manager of company X sent an email about the new design of the product to its subsidiary company in China. He would like to have a production ready model of the new design by...
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