Coffee Crisis in Ethiopia According to Marxist’s revolutionary approach to overthrow capitalism, the crisis affecting coffee farmers can be associated with it. The global coffee prices have gone down. The farmers in Ethiopia who are dependent on coffee are few. Capitalism has resulted in significant multinationals dealing with coffee to be price setters. Hence, the move to set coffee prices low has affected the lifestyles of farmers. It can be portrayed that revolution is inevitable to bring the situation under control. The video further reveals out that the government wants the coffee farmers to subjected out of the market (Journeyman, 2008). Hence, revolution is projected through the coffee farmer who reveals that he has to initiate in looting. Moreover, class disparities are likely to arise in Ethiopia as a result of the exploitation of coffee farmers. The class differences are between the ruling class, which in this case is the multinationals that are price setters for coffee and coffee farmers. The farmers are oppressed and seek to initiate in the revolution against the coffee prices that have been cut rampantly.…
how Deregulation factor contributed to the financial crisis and the need for the government to take control of the financial institutions Deregulation relations to the reduction of government power in a particular sector and this is done to increase the level of competition. This is one of the themes highlighted in the film” Inside Job,” and it contributed significantly towards the financial crisis. This idea has been stated to be the main factor that caused the problems in financial institutions such as banks, insurance organizations, and credit rating companies. Due to this act, the financial institutions got an opportunity to engage in their daily activities without any control from the government so that they would maximum benefits at the personal level. This discussion will focus on how this factor contributed to the financial crisis and the need for the government to take control of the financial institutions. Discussion According to the meaning associated with deregulation, it relates to the elimination of power. As a result of this, the cv involved in the financial industry gets the opportunity to carry out…
how the berlin crisis between east and west impacted the cold war and how it is important to the evolution of the cold war Berlin Crisis The Berlin crisis occurred between June 4 and November 9, 1961. The Berlin crisis was the last significant political-military incidence of the cold war. The Berlin crisis started in 1958 when the USSR premier Nikita Khrushchev in his speech demanding that the United States, France, and Britain withdraw their military forces from West Berlin within six months. The ultimatum issued by the USSR led to a three-year conflict over the city of Berlin. At the end of the Second World War, Berlin was partitioned into four parts, with each of them occupied by the four allied armies. The division of the East-West had hardened and at the same the division of Berlin into West and East Berlin. The Berlin crisis was a significant turning point and acted as a redefining aspect of the Cold War. In 1948, the Soviet Union launched a blockade to prevent France, the United States, and Britain from travelling across…
crisis of trust and security facing Google An American writer, economist and inventor, George Gilder described the readers about the crisis of trust and security facing Google, making predictions about the technological and social development of Google afterwards. Chapter 12, “Finding Satoshi Nakamoto,” is a virtual interview between the author and Satoshi Nakamoto, who is the inventor of Bitcoin. An excerpt from the original text of the book has described here briefly: He started by talking of moving forward in what people referred to as the “Bitcoin Space.” Tattoos and ponytails, suits and ties, medical e-cigarettes, the world-renowned “Blockchain Community” certificate, and a column by Coringiri came to mind. Most of this done point-to-point. But from venture capitalists to mutual programmers, from bitcoin players to legendary giants, no one seemed to be able to conduct a detailed analysis of the hero’s Bitcoin chain Genesis Block. In the end, he said that he gave up looking for an accessible circle and decided to directly find a way to interview the person who created the new era. Satoshi Nakamoto,…
William Edward Dubois William Edward Dubois was an American philosopher and sociologist whose work focuses on resistance to easy classification. His actions aimed at achieving a common goal that is equality of the colored population in the society. He was a philosopher, and his philosophical work is very significant today as it addresses the contemporary issue that is experienced in the community. His work also entails communism as a way of ensuring equality is achieved since it involves a society that tends to promote and value the wellbeing of all members. Thus according to the works of Dubois, the economic state of African-Americans was the primary factor of real oppression, and equality could only be achieved through equal distribution of resources like wealth. Dubois’s experience of prejudice in school made him think of the directions toward his work. He focused on the aim of combating racial discrimination. He thus looked for a solution to the state of equality for the black population in America as he was courage and self-driven. Dubois work toward the elimination of racism through the book…
Strategic planning in organizational crisis management What is crisis management? Crisis management is the recognition of risks to the organisation and its members and the approaches used by the organisation to resolve these challenges. In consideration of the uncertainty of international politics, companies must be able to cope with the potential for drastic changes in the way they perform their business.Crisis management requires actions to be made instantly and/or often after an incident has already taken place. Organizations also create a crisis response strategy to reduce confusion in the case of a crisis,which is a very important strategy that can either cause a business to fail or survive. Preparing for a crisis is very important because when the time comes,the firm wil be in a state of panic therefore,the decisions will either be very short-term or tend to be uneffective.Preparedness allows the firm to get back on it’s feet in the shortest time possible. How does crisis manangement work? Any enterprise, big or small, can have issues that may adversely affect the usual course of operations. unfortunate crisis such as…
The Role of Governors during a Crisis When a crisis happens, a governor‘s foremost duty is to be a centre of calm in a sea of turbulence. Disaster preparedness experts constantly warn about fear and panic, and they have a good reason to fixate on these two. They understand that panic can and usually does cause more damage than the crisis itself. The first role of the governor is to assure the people that their government is in place and ready to assist them. He or she is saddled with the duty of being a comforter-in-chief in his or her state. The governor in a crisis is a voice of calm, assurance, strength, and compassion. Secondly, the governor immediately becomes the state’s primary news provider. The internet has made communication easy on one hand while complicating it on the other. As multiple events have shown, the internet is awash with actual fake news, which is dangerous during a crisis. Therefore, the governor is responsible for informing the people in the state. He or she has to be truthful so that…
The financial crisis of 2008 The financial crisis of 2008 resulted in all the misery with little upside to writing home about. However, it inspired some great reporting from various writers such as the investigative Stalwart frontline. The reports related to the various aspects of the financial crisis and the unfortunate turn of events that followed. Money, Power and Wall Street is a production of the Frontline composed of a four-hour super series detailing the crisis. The series is divided into four parts with part one and two covering the events leading up to and immediately after the September 2008 while the other two parts are lessons learnt, or not, from the financial disaster. Part one of the series tells of the epic narrative of the rise of modern finance. Modern finance is regarded as a revolution within the banking practice that began in a luxurious hotel, Boca Raton, Florida. The aftermath was the invention of a new form of market for trading risk. The investigative series looks at how two United States administrations confronted the financial crisis. At the…
Women’s Health Giving birth is not as easy as it seems. A mother is the only person who can tell what goes on as even the midwives find it hard to understand. There are a lot of challenges that come with giving birth, and some are not easy to escape as they are uncontrollable. In the united states, their mothers face many challenges. These challenges include maternal deaths, lack of access to midwives, the stress of pregnant immigrants’ women and high-risk pregnancies. Maternal deaths are risky in which the pregnant women die during pregnancy or while giving birth. This kind of situation has affected women in Louisiana state, and it’s a crisis which needs to be looked into (Bain,2018). During prenatal care, the mother faces a lot of risks as she is not used to the kind of life, and she has to adjust to it. She has to live a life that is away from what life she is used to and live in favour of the child. Midwives are a key thing in when it comes to taking…
Why the Coronavirus is Not Such a Big Deal The novel coronavirus (C0VID-19), first reported on Nov.17, 2019 in Wuhan China, according to the South Morning China Post, has taken the world by storm, disrupting the stock and crypto markets and also shutting down nearly all sporting league and events around the globe. The virus has now spread throughout the world, prompting the WHO to declare it a pandemic on Wednesday, 11th May, 2020. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday that “We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. And we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time.” He, however, warned that the pandemic declaration should not change WHO’s assessment of the threat caused by the virus nor how countries should act when faced with the threat. Nonetheless, the spread of the coronavirus has been overhyped with numerous conspiracies surrounding the origin and intention of the virus. Currently, there are just 169, 387 confirmed cases, 6, 513 total deaths, and 77, 257 recovered patients. Regarding the coronavirus case…