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  • Chocolates Bittersweet Economy

    Chocolates Bittersweet Economy

    Chocolate’s Bittersweet Economy Issues involved The main issue discussed in this article is that of illegal child labor in the cocoa industry in the South Western Ivory Coast, Africa, mainly illustrated with the example of the small village Sinikosson. 70 percent of all cocoa beans are grown in Africa, and 40 percent alone in the Ivory Coast, making it the number one profit of the country. Villages lack electricity, running water, health services and schools,

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    Essay Length: 3,303 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Steve
  • State of Us Economy

    State of Us Economy

    Just as generals are often accused of fighting the last war, the seeds of modern economic crises are sown by well-intentioned efforts to prevent a repeat of past ones. However, while the global �credit crunch’ may have its origins in the relaxation of monetary policy following the bursting of the dot com bubble and efforts to avert a US recession post-9/11, its impact on the global economy will be felt via the same transmission mechanisms

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    Essay Length: 607 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Classical Leisure from the Cloud

    The Classical Leisure from the Cloud

    The Clouds, straddling the lines drawn by Aristotle between comedy and drama in the Poetics, is actually a metaphor for the folly of mankind before the majesty of the Cosmos; all characters, including Socrates, have pride and vanities; all are flawed, and the lampoon is against human weakness itself, which provides the comic aspect of the play. The metaphor of the oven mirrors in the world of men the Clouds. The Clouds exist beyond the

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    Essay Length: 265 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Andrew
  • What Were the Major Political and Socio-Economic Changes Introduced by the British Colonial Authorities in Kenya. What Did the Authorities Seek to Achieve by These Changes?

    What Were the Major Political and Socio-Economic Changes Introduced by the British Colonial Authorities in Kenya. What Did the Authorities Seek to Achieve by These Changes?

    What were the major political and socio-economic changes introduced by the British colonial authorities in Kenya. What did the authorities seek to achieve by these changes? When the British colonised Kenya in the late nineteenth century they brought about many political and socio-economic changes, including changing the mode of production to capitalist, the introduction of an improved infrastructure and the establishment of chiefs in 1906 when Britain established affective political control over the Kenyan people,

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    Essay Length: 890 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Power & Politics

    Power & Politics

    Power & Politics This may be the toughest of all areas within corporate life, dealing with power and politics. It can make or break a career, cause many sleepless nights, and often has very little to do with the actual job employee thought he was paid to do. Some companies are better or worse than others in the amount of political activity required in the job. In some companies, playing corporate politics is the only

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    Essay Length: 1,034 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Problem Solution Paper: Classic Airlines

    Problem Solution Paper: Classic Airlines

    Problem Solution: Classic Airlines Introduction This paper will cover an in-depth look and analysis of Classic Airlines, a twenty five-year-old passenger airline. Classic Airlines commands a fleet of more 3 jets that serve 240 cities with more than 2300 daily flights making it the fifth largest airline in the world (University of Phoenix, 2007). Classic has grown to an organization of 32,000 employees, and last year, it earned $10 million on $8.7 billion in sales

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    Essay Length: 2,938 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: July
  • Study and Analysis of Thailand’s Developing Economy

    Study and Analysis of Thailand’s Developing Economy

    Study and Analysis of Thailand's Developing Economy The economy of Thailand, until recently, has been the model of progress and growth in southeast Asia. At present, the Thai economy is slowly recovering from the recent regional downturn. However, much of Thailand’s economic trouble could have been avoided. The problems encountered will be outlined in order to provide a model of what not to do in a similar situation. Thailand’s recent history has been one continuos

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    Essay Length: 2,255 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Victor
  • Economic and Political Causes for the American Revolution

    Economic and Political Causes for the American Revolution

    There were many reasons for the American Revolution. Two of them were the economic and political changes that the colonies were going through. Only the southern colonies were bound to England by the tobacco trade and the New England and Middle Colonies, unable to find markets in Britain. Any attempt to stop this trade would lead to rebellion and consequentially ensued. This was a restriction upon economic prosperity of the New England colony. England had

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    Essay Length: 378 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mike
  • A Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Political Career

    A Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Political Career

    Before engaging in the debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln was relatively unknown in the political world and was just beginning his career in politics. Abraham Lincoln’s reputation was just starting to grow, and his life was about to make a drastic change. The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were a turning point in Abraham Lincoln’s political career. Lincoln had served four terms in the Illinois legislature, and now desired an office with greater

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    Essay Length: 439 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: July
  • Politics in Guiiled Age

    Politics in Guiiled Age

    I. The "Bloody Shirt" Elects Grant 1. The Republicans nominated Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, who was a great soldier but had no political experience. i. The Democrats could only denounce military Reconstruction but couldn't agree on anything else, and thus, were unorganized. 2. The Republicans got Grant elected (barely) by "waving the bloody shirt," or reliving his war victories, and used his popularity to elect him, though his popular vote was only ahead

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    Essay Length: 452 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: July
  • Wal-Mart Is Good for the Economy

    Wal-Mart Is Good for the Economy

    To some, Wal-Mart is a “corporate criminal.” A variety of critics have accused the company of engaging in questionable and exploitive practices on its way to becoming the largest business in the world. It has more than $250 billion in annual sales, which means that Wal-Mart has more revenues than legendary giants like Exxon, General Motors, and IBM. To get this big, Wal-Mart allegedly exploits its own employees by paying poverty wages and forcing them

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    Essay Length: 733 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Interest Rates in the Economy

    Interest Rates in the Economy

    Interest Rates in the Economy It has been an experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate day-to-day financial decision-making (Greenspan). This quote is from Allan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who was arguably the most powerful man in the world. Greenspan was also extremely financially intelligent. Being financially knowledgeable is

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    Essay Length: 1,519 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Anna
  • Politics of North and South Korea

    Politics of North and South Korea

    Research Essay: North Korea and South Korea Throughout the history of politics, our societies have encountered a large variety of different political and governing systems. From systems in which idealists introduced to our world, believing that they are capable of letting the world function and operate in a more efficient manner came two of the most popular political ideologies that most would recognize. They are known as democracy and communism. Even now during the twenty-first

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    Essay Length: 2,564 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Caribbean Politics and Society

    Caribbean Politics and Society

    CARIBBEAN POLITICS and SOCIETY Caribbean Integration Rationale for Integration. The Caribbean remains fragmented both economically and politically as a result of competition and conflict among the European powers. Fragmentation is in part the product of a long history as separate colonies of a metropolitan power or powers. It is also in part the psychological effects on people of separation by sea. The case for regional integration is both simple and irrefutable. First we are small

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    Essay Length: 1,189 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Anna
  • Politics of Sumer Civilization

    Politics of Sumer Civilization

    A council of nobles mainly governed city-states. Also an assembly of citizens governed political affairs. Later kings arouse to claim themselves as the military leaders and the highest priest in that city-state. The king was who represented the city-state deity. The Sumerians also believed that most of the land belonged to the city-states god or goddess. The king enforced laws and set penalties for wrong doers. Although there was some type of punishment, it wasn't

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    Essay Length: 267 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Edward
  • Social, Political and Economic Effects of Ww 1

    Social, Political and Economic Effects of Ww 1

    Social, Political and Economic Effects of WWI "Everywhere in the world was heard the sound of things breaking." Advanced European societies could not support long wars or so many thought prior to World War I. They were right in a way. The societies could not support a long war unchanged. The First World War left no aspect of European civilization untouched as pre-war governments were transformed to fight total war. The war metamorphed Europe socially,

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    Essay Length: 2,165 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Romania/political Structure

    Romania/political Structure

    POLITICAL STRUCTURE Romania is a democratic republic where administrative functions are shared between the president and the prime minister. The president is elected by popular vote, and resides at Cotroceni Palace. After the constitutional amendment which was in the 2003, the president's term is on one year longer, five years , when before was only 4 years. The prime minister is a head of the Romanian Government, which is based at Victoria Palace. The prime

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    Essay Length: 377 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Power and Politics

    Power and Politics

    Politics and Power Paper It is not about “what you do”, “it is about who you are and who you know”. As employees, we have all heard sayings like this before when it comes to the business world. The “power and politic” mindset is a direct result of the type of tug of war experienced for millions of years; from prehistoric times through modern day. Ever since Ugha smashed Mugha in the head with a

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    Essay Length: 2,129 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Apocalyptic Literature and Politics

    Apocalyptic Literature and Politics

    Introduction No less than 2 religions and millions of subgroups claim the texts of the bible to be their religious, spiritual, and sometimes scientific and political view of this world and beyond. Of the 66 -73 books in the bible and all the apocryphal, pseudopigraphal, and historical writings of the characters, themes, and events in the bible without a doubt the least mined source for writings and sermons in main stream religion is the writings

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    Essay Length: 4,013 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Top
  • Does Utopian Socialists offer an Attractive Political Reform?

    Does Utopian Socialists offer an Attractive Political Reform?

    Utopia is a term invented by Sir Thomas More in 1515. However, he traces the root two Greek words outopia and eutopia which means a place does not exist and a fantasy, invention. It is widely accepted that Plato was to first to picture a utopian order. In his masterpiece, “Republic”, he formed the principles of ideal commonsense and his utopia (Hertzler, 1922:7). After the classical age, Sir Thomas More assumed to be the

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    Essay Length: 1,641 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: David
  • The National and International Economy

    The National and International Economy

    THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ECON0MY The output of an economy has a significant influence on its inhabitants’ living standards. The higher the output the more goods and services people can enjoy. The level of output is influenced by the total level of demand for the country’s goods and services. Some of the demand will come from foreign countries just as some of the goods and services produced will be sold to other countries. THE CIRCULAR

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    Essay Length: 1,119 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Edward
  • Classic Airlines Problem Definition

    Classic Airlines Problem Definition

    Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: CLASSIC AIRLINES Problem Solution: Classic Airlines University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Classic Airlines Classic Airlines is the world’s fifth largest airline with a fleet of more 3 jets serving 240 cities with more than 2,300 flights daily. Classic Airlines has grown to an organization of 32,000 employees since starting operations. Last year the company recorded $10 million profit on $8.7 billion in sales. Although the airline is profitable, its share prices

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    Essay Length: 1,492 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: regina
  • Which of the Following Composers Is Not Considered a Master of the Classical Period?

    Which of the Following Composers Is Not Considered a Master of the Classical Period?

    Which of the following composers is not considered a master of the classical period? A. Johann Christian Bach B. Ludwig van Beethoven C. Wolfgang A. Mozart D. Joseph Haydn 2. Joseph Haydn was content to spend most of his life A. as an independently wealthy composer B. as a professional free-lance musician C. serving a wealthy aristocratic family D. as a church musician and organist 3. Which of the following statements is not true? A.

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    Essay Length: 414 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Political and Social Inequalities

    Political and Social Inequalities

    Political and Social Inequalities Racism and gender inequality are still two of the most controversial topics in today’s society. While reading some of the stories that have been assigned, I’ve noticed many similarities as well as changes in the political and social aspects of life at the times set in the readings with those same aspects in today’s society. While the readings show us some of the inequalities that we faced at the time such

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    Essay Length: 1,911 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Analaysis of Malaysia’s Economy

    Analaysis of Malaysia’s Economy

    The Malaysian Economy Malaysia is a country rich in culture, languages, commerce and natural resources. The population is a diverse mix of ethnic Malays, Chinese, Malaysians of Indian descent, and Indigenous people. Although the Islamic faith is the dominant religion in the country, the cultural and socio-political environment is one of harmony and people of different religions are free to worship. The heterogeneity and open collective nature of Malaysia's socio-political landscape makes it an ideal

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    Essay Length: 386 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike

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