663 Search Results for Adam Smith
Globalization: Advantages, Disadvantages and Concerns
This essay discusses globalization and how social commentators and historians act like globalization is a new concept, but it’s not. It’s something that has occurred between nations f Continue Reading...
Internet Governance by U.S. Government
An amateurish video, "Innocence of Muslims," posted on YouTube in September 2012 was the catalyst for a string of anti-American protests and riots throughout the Islamic world. The short trailer, promoting an a Continue Reading...
Liberal equality is another principle that was propagated by Rawls and focuses on the removal of artificial obstacles or man made obstacles as opposed to the natural liberty principles. Rawls here argues for the removal of inequalities which act as Continue Reading...
Government: An Unviable Solution to a Complex Need
According to Anne-Marie Slaughter, "world government is both infeasible and undesirable," an assertion that is supported by the historical record as well as contemporary experiences. This paper pro Continue Reading...
Ethical Leadership
Given the recent crash on Wall Street and the housing market symbolized by corrupt financiers like Bernard Madoff, ethical and moral leadership of corporations has become a major issue for those who study the American capitalist s Continue Reading...
Even when forced to rework his model to allow for some private investment, he argued that it wasn't as efficient as government spending because private investors would be less likely to undertake/overpay for unnecessary works in hard economic times" Continue Reading...
economics? A simple materialistic description simply does not do the subject justice. The economic approach is much more that an approach whose calculations are restricted to material goods and markets. Rather, it also should factor in other informa Continue Reading...
I will begin by examining the historical writings of key authors such as Smith and Schumpeter.
I will also examine modern magazine and newspaper sources in order to gain lay perspective on the subject. Some focus will be given to discourse from ent Continue Reading...
Smith's view seems to play out in the comparison of a state such as Iran, which imposes Muslim religious beliefs on its citizens, and that is extremely rigid and zealous in those beliefs, which impose strict religious control over households and esp Continue Reading...
Schramm even suggests that entrepreneurialism is a solution for terrorism in his editorial.
But although Schramm advocates capitalism as a solution to all political and economic evils, he concedes that it must be the 'right' type of capitalism, in Continue Reading...
Given the proper incentives -- the ability to profit from hard work and risk taking -- people will strive to do well.
Give two or three examples of business competition in which everybody wins. What are the defining characteristics of such games (i Continue Reading...
185). Components for these products may be manufactured and put together in branches in various countries throughout the world. Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong were involved in the earliest types of production sharing, which included as Continue Reading...
In return, Lincoln denounced Garrison and other abolitionists as "zealots" who would destroy the Union and dismantle the constitution for their cause.
In summary, DiLorenzo challenges the very foundations of classical Lincoln scholarship. He paints Continue Reading...
Outsourcing
Corporate Outsourcing:
Initially an output of the 1990's outsourcing has now become a significant part of doing business by corporate America. With businesses throughout the country looking for augmenting their competitive rank in an mo Continue Reading...
Globalization plays a major role in the economy and sociology today. It is important to understand what globalization is, how the world-systems theory explains inequalities between different parts of the world, and what is meant by core, semiperiphe Continue Reading...
MNC is a multinational corporation that is a phenomenon closely linked with globalization. The numbers and size of these corporations have increased with the progress of globalization. The impressive economic growth of such corporations have given t Continue Reading...
Human Resources as Critical Investments
IN AN ORGANIZATION'S FUTURE
The purpose of this paper is to explore whether or not the human resources (HR) within an organization should be used as critical investments. To support this exploration, the term Continue Reading...
Utilitarianism, a philosophy first espoused by Jeremy Bentham, embodies an important set of concepts in that it coincided with the re-thinking of what we know as liberalism. The liberalism of the early 19th century was a product of classical economic Continue Reading...
Government Intervention in the Steel Industry
The Bush administration announced the imposition of sweeping tariffs of up to 30% on steel imports to the United States for a period of 3 years in March 2002 purportedly to save the ailing steel industry Continue Reading...
The 'Debates in Political Theory' module serves as an essential component in the study of political science, inviting students to explore the rich variety of arguments that have shaped political thought throughout history. Political theory is not a f Continue Reading...
Analysis of Leadership Communication: Twitter (now known as X)Evaluate the communications for how effectively leadership met the needs of internal and external stakeholdersThe decision-makers at Twitter, now referred to as X, astutely navigated a mer Continue Reading...
Annotated BibliographyAknin, L. B., & Whillans, A. V. (2021). Helping and happiness: A review and guide for publicpolicy. Social Issues and Policy Review, 15(1), 3-34. https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/Helping%20and%20Happiness_41d48a88-0cd Continue Reading...
Leadership OutlineI. Introductiona. Statement of the problemi. Despite the importance of humility in leadership, there is a lack of empirical research that examines the relationship between humility and effective leadership among Christians in public Continue Reading...
Chapter OneIntroductionOverviewThis chapter provides an overview of the research problem and presents the research questions and objectives. It also discusses the significance of the study and provides a brief description of the methodology that will Continue Reading...
How Has Globalization Changed International Politics?IntroductionGlobalization is defined as an intensification of cross-border interactions and interdependence between countries (Oldemeinen, 2011). In other words, it is a process by which the social Continue Reading...
Capitalisms Influence on ArchitectureIntroductionArchitecture is subconsciously affected by contemporary ideology. In the recent past, it is affected by capitalistic thought as evident in Manhattanism, where congestion and hyper-density mark the isla Continue Reading...
Wealth Inequality from a Macroeconomics PerspectiveIntroductionBoushey reports in Unbound that the very richest householdsthe top 1 percentsave 51 percent of their income, while those in the bottom 20 percent save just 1 percent.[footnoteRef:2] The i Continue Reading...
HOW EARLY EFFORTSAT DEVELOPINGA COUNTERINTELLIGENCEPROGRAMINTHE 1950s AND 1960s INFLUENCED CURRENT USCOUNTERINTELLIGENCE POLICIESA Master ThesisSubmitted to the FacultyofAmerican Public University SystembyAlexgardo OrriolaIn Partial Fulfillment of th Continue Reading...
CI FinalAbstractThis thesis describes the need for an ethical standard in counterintelligence (CI) so as to facilitate collaboration among the various CI agencies and the private sector. It conducts an analysis of the formation of the counterintellig Continue Reading...
Why Ethical Egoism is a Problematic Framework for Intelligence
CI Literature Review
Introduction
The aim of this examination of the literature is to fill the wide gap that remains in counterintelligence research regarding an appropriate ethical stand Continue Reading...
Introduction
The best argumentative essay titles reveal the nature of the argument and suggest the position that you will be taking as the author of the argument. Since every argument has at least two sides to it, your essay title should point Continue Reading...
1. The clip “What is Capitalism?” presents a certain vision of capitalism. Do you feel that the image they present is realistic?
I do not feel that the image of capitalism that is presented is realistic because it imagines that the Continue Reading...
Introduction
The political ideology I align with the most is libertarianism. A lot of Americans pay lip service to liberty, but I am not one of them. The libertarian political ideology is based on the fundamental principle of human liberty: that the Continue Reading...
In Hard Times, Charles Dickens makes the commentary that young people need more than just “facts” in order to be considered educated. The narrow-minded headmaster who opens the book by insisting on facts and “nothing but facts Continue Reading...
Brexit - Financial Market & Institutions
In June 2016 majority of British citizens voted to withdrawal from the European Union (EU). Since then there has been immense debate over the impact of the withdrawal on the UK, other EU countries, and th Continue Reading...
Men Folly
The work of Restall covers a lot of ground when it comes to classic literature. One of the approaches and treatments that is common in such literature is the concept of "great men." Of course, the topic is a bit silly and under-i Continue Reading...