Consumer Culture
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of what has been deemed the consumer culture and the views of consumer culture over the past 150 years. This paper relates the perspectives of four different theorists, including Horkheimer, Adorno and Veblen Thorstein, and defines the correlation between cultural theory and the views of consumerism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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CONSUMERISM AND THE ANALYSIS
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This 5-page paper focuses on the concept of consumerism, its positives and negatives. The paper argues that consumerism is not good for soceity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Corporate Strategy - Economists Jockey for Position
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Corporate Strategy - Economists Jockey for Position: This 10-page essay examines some of the prevalent theories purported by economics professors, Oliver Williamson, Gary Hamel / C.K. Prahalad, and Michael Porter. Additionally, by way of example Microsoft’s corporate strategies are critically evaluated as they pertain to specific theories. The essence of strategic positioning is to choose activities that are divergent from one’s rivals – often much easier said than done. Bibliography lists 7 sources. SNCorp12.doc
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Costs of Rebuilding New Orleans
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A 4 page paper discussing the macroeconomic costs of rebuilding New Orleans in the wake of two record-breaking hurricanes and the floods resulting from levee breaks. The paper suggests that reestablishing the French Quarter as a tourist attraction and giving 10,000 households $100,000 each perhaps could be more beneficial than intense government involvement. Empowering families to make their own decisions about their futures can create and fuel economic activity that government spending cannot, creating a self-sustaining economy rather than a sinkhole for tax dollars. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Cournot And Bertrand Models
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This 8 page paper considers the these two economic models. By explaining what they are and their operation, including diagrams, the paper determines which is best for the measurement of competition in an oligopoly. The writer also explains the advantages and problems with the models. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Credit Creation
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This 5 page paper explains what is meant by credit creation, how it operates, why it is important and how the impact on the money supply can be calculated as well as how it interacts with wider policies such as supply and demand and monetary policy. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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Critical Review of Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations"
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A 6 page paper which critically describes and examines the text, provides author biographical information as relevant to enhancing the reader's understanding of the book and offers an appraisal based on the author's aims and purposes.
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David Ricardo: Contribution To The Development Of Economic Theory And Contemporary Thought
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6 pages in length. David Ricardo, born in 1772 and third of seventeen children, espoused two economic theories that helped to form the fundamental basis of contemporary economic thought. Indeed, his Distribution Theory and International Trade Theory provided a substructure upon which future economists could base their subsequent theories, giving rise to the troubling potential of capitalism and class status. His close friend and fellow economist Thomas Malthus helped Ricardo to hone in on a particular sector of economic considerations that has held its value throughout the past three centuries. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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