Social classes Jamie Johnson is well-aware that wealthy individuals avoid talking about their wealth or other people’s wealth, and he was trying to shatter the longstanding taboo. The documentary clearly shows the boundary between the rich and the poor. The wealthy individuals are viewed and treated differently due to their status and how they carry themselves. The rich people hang out with their fellow wealthy individuals while poor individuals hang out with their fellow poor people. The two social classes rarely mingle, thus bringing about social inequality. Jamie Johnson tries to show that most wealthy people inherit wealth from their families. However, despite the American’s class system being open and even flexible, there are specific structures like the young inheritances attending private schools, their names appearing on the American Social Register, etc. These structures keep the wealthy kids and people from mingling with people from low ranks. The sociological paradigms that elaborate on being born super-rich are that youngsters inherit their parents’ wealth and not having to work hard to earn a living. Most of these individuals, however, live unproductive…
ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics Global Citizens Assignment DP: Calculate the values that will fill in the blanks in the shaded areas of the table below (please note that you do not need to reproduce this table, provide the values and identify them clearly): Expenditure Components of GDP by country, 2017 (billions of US dollars) Brazil Canada France Germany India Japan Norway UK US Consumption 1,303.9 956.2 1,396.4 1,952.0 1,522.4 2,704.4 177.9 1,729.4 13,321.4 Investment 318.7 388.6 605.8 742.1 789.0 1,167.2 112.5 455.8 4,011.2 Net Exports 20.9 -38.9 -28.5 279.3 -76.8 44.4 12.6 -29.2 -578.4 GDP 2,055.6 1,647.1 2,582.4 3,693.3 2,527.7 4,872.4 399.4 2,635.7 19,485.4 Based on the information in the table and your calculations for Question #1: Do any countries have positive net exports? ___Yes_______________ Which one(s)? __Brazil, Japan and Norway_______________________________________ Which country has the largest negative net exports? _________US_______________ Suppose that one of the countries in the table above asks for your advice about trade. Policymakers in the country want information about the impact of trade on GDP and whether they should be concerned about negative (or positive)…
Fair Value Treatment in Workplace You have been hired as a management consultant by a large company to examine the business decisions of the company in regard to employee protections. The laws applicable are federal antidiscrimination laws, federal health and safety laws, state laws and employer firing practices related to the employment-at-will doctrine. In relation to the questions below, write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation that helps to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Provide at least two recent federal legislative protections/laws. Provide some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the state. (Please note, the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is not an acceptable example for this question) 2. Explain the Employment-at-Will (EAW) Doctrine and ALL possible exceptions to the doctrine. Look at the scenarios below and determine, pursuant to the law, whether the decision to fire the employee is a smart one. Identify why or why not and determine all the possible exceptions per the EAW doctrine that are, might be, or could…
GOBBE ESSAY 2 “It was about children like Zoe Lihn, who needed heart surgery when she was just 15 hours old — just a baby, just an infant. And she was halfway to hitting her lifetime insurance cap before she was old enough to walk. Her parents had no idea how they could make sure that she continued to make progress. And today, because of the Affordable Care Act, Zoe is in first grade, and she loves martial arts. And she’s got a bright future ahead of her.” Barack Obama, Miami Florida 2016 Introduction The Healthcare system in the U.S has been a mess for the past few years before Obama became the president. This gobbet will look at the speech made in Miami, Florida, by President Barack Obama in 2016. It will look at the insight of the events that made him include this text in the speech. It is vital to understand that gobbet explains a particular text or an image by analyzing the message conveyed. This is a text from the president’s speech, and there are reasons…
FREE MARKET APPROACH TO ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE QUESTION: Does a free market approach to economic governance promote gender equality? •The question is asking you to critically assess whether adopting a laissez faire approach to the economy helps or hinders inequality between genders. Answer in reference to the empirical evidence on the pay gap across nations and the failure to account for the value of ‘social reproduction’. -harvard style referencing -no more than 3000 words -20 references or more -USE THESE THREE REFERENCES: 1) Bakker, I. (2007) ‘Social reproduction and the constitution of a gendered political economy’, New Political Economy, 12(4), 541–556. 2) Elson, D. (1998) ‘The economic, the political and the domestic: Businesses, states and households in the organisation of production’, New Political Economy, 3(2), 189-208. AS WELL AS: 3) the empirical evidence offered by a host of reputable organisations. Does a free market approach to economic governance promote gender equality? •The question is asking you to critically assess whether adopting a laissez faire approach to the economy helps or hinders inequality between genders. Answer in reference to the empirical evidence…
U.S. government The United States of America has made positive strides constitutionally to the formation of the new structure of government. The objective of this paper is to analyze the first two national governments and understanding their structures as well as their similarities and differences. The articles of confederation (AOC) were authored and fully ratified in 1781. They acted as an operational tool to the U.S. government until the formation of the U.S. constitution that replaced the articles of confederation. Under the articles of confederation, the government consisted of the congress that was a singular legislative body. The government may have taken this structure to reduce the powers that had previously fueled the American revolutionary war and the fighting that had existed between Great Britain and colonies. Much power lay under the state legislatures under according to the articles of confederation because all states were entitled to retain their sovereignty, freedom, and independence. However, the central government held some powers too that were granted by the articles of confederation. It was the only one that could declare war and conduct…
Lemuel Gulliver Lemuel Gulliver, the writer of Gulliver’s travel, is a surgeon who traveled by sea. In his life, he made many complete journeys, but the last four of them were strange as he discovered something about his culture. His trips became different when a storm swept everyone in his and became the only survivor. Lilliputians saved him, and their emperor asked for Gulliver’s help in conquering his enemy. He agrees and finally became a friend to the ambassador. Things turned sour when Gulliver was charged for urinating on fire at the emperor’s place. He luckily finds a boat and returns to England, his home. The second journey was in Brobdingnag, a land of giants. Gulliver is enslaved in the farms of the giants for two years, and by good luck, he returns home with the help of an English sailor. Gulliver is called for another journey and travel East Indies. He first went to Laputa then Balnibarb, where he found educated people. He became upset by the lives of those and proceeded to the nearby land known as Glubbdurdrib.…
Social/Political Issues assignment In the assignment you will address a social or political issue. ( I chose Road Rage) Social/Political Issues; Critical Thinking Assignment. DUE THURSDAY, 12th, BY 11:00pm. Total Assignment Points 20 The purpose of this assignment is to improve your critical thinking skills and develop an understanding of the world from a sociological perspective. In this assignment you will address a Social/Political issue of your choice. After you pick your Social/Political issue, define and incorporate one of the major sociological theories (Functional, Conflict, or Symbolic)… using at least three (continuing) sentences to define the theory of your choice) with the political/social issue of your choice. {There is no correct theory of the three choices I gave you, just justify the theory you pick} Next you will incorporate 20 sociological terms or concepts you learned in this class. Note, you need to use the terms correctly. You can use any terms that we used in the first eight chapters. The objective here is to use sociological language in the discussion of your issue. Put your twenty terms/concepts in bold…
Sustaining Value in the Agricultural Sector of Rural India Examine the potential of agri-input marketing companies in the Indian agriculture sector. This will require research to be able to answer the following questions. Identify what some critical points are for this Indian industry. Why are the yields still low for many crops (below the world average)? Why do the northern and eastern states of India still have some of the lowest yields while other states have increased their yields considerably? Why are Indian farmers poor and losing interest in farming? Where is the technology gap between Indian agricultural practices and those of the rest of the world? You should do your research individually to develop answers for the above questions. The research should include title, reference, and bullet points from the article that address each of the above questions.
STEP THREE: BUILDING THE DECISION GATHERING INFORMATION The purpose of this week’s brainstorming discussions is to address the type of information PPO needs to gather in coming up with creative alternatives to use in the MDQ decision making model. Useful information involves researching anything that the manager needs to know that might influence the decision making process. This includes experience from past or future situations as well as factual information. Even though the manager has no control over future events, information needs to be gathered to anticipate outcomes, consequences or actions when acting on PPO’s alternatives. Discuss in one paragraph the type of information the manager needs to gather for PPO. Discuss the biases and traps that should be avoided. Create FOUR possible alternatives for PPO. Discuss each of these alternatives in separate paragraphs by explaining the alternative in detail, pointing out the biases, and potential consequences. CREATING ALTERNATIVES: In Building the Decision, the manager will create FOUR viable alternatives. The case study mentions several obvious alternatives, such as: Obtaining a bank loan Applying for…