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Do you agree with Harvey’s explanation that we can understand the 2008 financial crisis by looking at how capitalism has responded to prior crises, in part by shifting them around geographically and moving beyond old spatial limits? As a matter of fact, Harvey’s ideas and thoughts regarding the capitalism cycle are impressive and provide a better understanding of global financial crises. According to the opinion of the expert, the problem is that every system has some risks and the crises that society is experiencing today are the result of how the conflicts were managed and mitigated yesterday. It is of paramount importance to note that the crisis of the 1970s impacted our life today in a significant way. The approaches that were used to deal with the crises shaped the way a future crisis develops. In the 1970s, there was an excessive power of labor, and it consequently led to the wages repressions and the fact the ordinary workers made less money, whereas rich people accumulated more and more. Low wages for people means low demand for the goods. However, it should be stressed that the solution was not to raise wages but to create a system of credit cards. The effective demand was overcome by the creation of the new financial system. According to the words of Harvey, capitalism never solves problems; it postpones them and moves around the globe. The words of the expert are easy to prove, the crisis in the United States can be now traced in Europe. The problem is that there are no limits in capitalism. The money goes through a circulation process. The business usually works by the following scheme:  1. Startup with money;  2. Buy labor;  3. Buy equipment;  4. Set the working process;  5. Create a good;  6. Sell the good (original may + profit);  7. Take part of the money made;  8. Recapitalize the money in order to get more profit. The problem of financial issues seems to be eternal. The fundamental reason for the fact that new crises arise is human greed. Rich people accumulate money with impressive speed, whereas the middle class and poor people lose income. The gap between rich and poor becomes more evident, and thus, the only solution is to change the way of thinking and innovate financial models. The alternative explanations of crisis Harvey outline at the outset of his talk The college’s reflection is focused on the evaluation of the role of capitalism in modern society and debating Harvey’s words. Although it is reasonable to say that capitalism provided people with an opportunity to improve living standards, however, it is also evident that humanity cannot be guided by old approaches that simply do not function in a new and globalized world. The gap between poor and rich gains momentum and it is the consequence of the failure in institutions and human frailty. The human tends to be greedy when he reaches a point where power and money are accumulated. Rich people double their profits while the middle class and poor
Executive Summary Global warming poses a unique challenge to world major economies including US. Yet, current mechanisms adopted by national governments specifically United States are insufficient to prepare for the negative impacts caused by this disaster. According to (Bily, 2006), global warming is the average persistent increase in the atmospheric temperature near the earth’s surface leading to changes in global climate patterns over a given period of time. This paper is designed to address the issue of global warming and to explain two opposite point of views on its impact. Some of us might be skeptical on the topic ‘global warming’ prodigies and the potential impact it has on our economy. Without any doubt, some of the chemicals emitted to the atmosphere have extremely long term negative effects, hitherto, the federal government has no mandate to enforce compliance measures for some of these threats that can potentially harm our economy. The nation instead is relying on US Climate Change Action Plan which adopts non compulsory programs to specific market sectors to reduce these emissions. Although the impacts are always unlikely, they are plausible. The congress must therefore make a radical decision lest our children not revel the sweet ocean breeze and the cool atmosphere we are re
The article in question deals with the issues related to unpaid internship. Hananel (2013) notes that many companies abuse internship and get free labor rather than providing coaching to the interns. The article highlights flaws in the system of internship. The author also provides arguments of both sides. The major issue related to the internship is whether companies should pay interns. Hananel (2013) notes that educators and interns claim that companies should pay minimum salaries, whereas companies are reluctant to pay interns who often fulfill unskilled tasks. The author also stresses that the result of the case with Fox is only the start and soon the issue will have to be solved at the national scale. It is necessary to note that the present article is a valuable source as it provides insights into the problem which relates to two major aspects of the American society, i.e. education and employment. Hananel (2013) highlights internship as it is supposed to be and internship as it is in reality. Internship should be a beneficial practice for both the intern and the companies. Fitzgerald and Jayachandran (2012) claim that interns benefit from internship as they gain the necessary experience and are able to understand what their responsibilities will be and the way the business works. Interns are also able to list the internship on resume, which can be helpful for looking for better jobs and higher salaries. Noteworthy, companies also benefit as they can potentially hire a young and motivated employer who will be loyal and effective. However, Fitzgerald and Jayachandran (2012) also note that companies should be responsible and provide adequate coaching and give certain projects which can facilitate the interns’ learning. However, major rules of internship are often abused as companies are struggling with economic issues. Even though companies can afford paying interns, companies are reluctant to do so. One of the major reasons for that is the present situation in the world. Lots of companies are facing numerous financial constraints and they are trying to reduce their expenditures. Unpaid internships are a golden opportunity for many companies. Admittedly, this is unethical but it is a common practice. It is necessary to add that the movement to diminish companies’ abuse has already started. Perlin (2013) notes that numerous organizations and groups have started campaigns to make the companies pay minimum salaries to interns. Admittedly, this is a fair practice as interns are often young people who need money. Interns may not be as experienced as other employees. Interns require attention and companies’ employees have to provide certain coaching; this can be distracting for the fulltime employees. Nonetheless, interns still complete certain tasks which help employees. Thus, interns’ work should be paid. In conclusion, it is possible to state that the article provides insights into the causes of the tension between companies and interns. It draws people’s attention to an important issue which can affect the US economy in the long run. Thus, companies are often reluctan
Introduction The stages of team development are formation state, storming, normalizing, performing and transforming stages. Each of these stages has a special challenge especially for a group of people who are struggling to function as a unit. Some unique or special features/actions particularly from the individual entities strengthen the cohesive forces that ought to guide team members towards a team mission. First and Second Stage According to Guttman (2008), the first stage of formation involves coming together to form a group that has a shared vision or mission. The group aims at mainly accomplishing a certain purpose. The second stage of storming emerges because the team members get to know each other, but may have some conflicting views that can stain the relationship. For instance, they may fail to agree on the procedures to follow towards attaining the set goals or disagree against the set vision /mission of a firm. The case sample of members of a medical facility has passed these two stages. Norm Stage The norm stage is progressive since members are able to share ideas and form working relationships that cater for the team’s objectives and progress. The current team has harmonized its prior strained or competitive relationships. It is thus able to work harmoniously towards development goals. However, some cohesiveness of the team still lacks some collaboration, thus the reason it is still in the norm stage. The team has to attain the next stage of the development life cycle, which is the performing stage. The team lacks strong collaboration and team unity thus affecting harmonization. Lack of synchronization in the team is thus the reason why members or team leaders fails to bring out a successful functioning team. Justification of the Opinion A new colleague joining the team at this stage must expect to meet members who can either cause team conflicts or enforce work harmony. The members may also feel secure and express their opinions freely due to existing spirit of responsiveness, kindness and affirmation. Openness and members cooperation also promotes members’ listening skill. By listening to one another, they are able to understand the importance of maintaining an effective form of communication. They have various measures of enhancing communication as an effective tool of combating conflicts or disagreements. The working techniques and strategies are well established. The reason for easy establishment is due to collaboration and as a result, members are in a position to choose a leader amongst them and establish the role of each affiliate. However, effective performance often fails to take place due to lack of enough trust or honesty among members. The team is thus not yet reasonable, since there are no evident justifiable procedures to quantify the team. Expectations In line with Boone and Kurtz (2010), a real team in the performing stage is very effective and productive. The members act honestly with each other, thus strengthening their interaction and ability to have synch
Introduction Virginia Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, is a landmark of twentieth-century feminist fiction (Woolf, 2010). For several years, women were unvoiced and did in the field of literature. This was due to the circumstance that they had no social and material conditions required for the writing of literature. This essay unlocks how women began writing in a stimulating assessment of the combined and material stipulations involved in the writing of literature. These conditions -leisure time, privacy, and financial independence- have an impact in the whole process of literature production. Woolf informs us that a woman must have the monetary means and her own room if she is to have a breakthrough in any writing venture. Traditionally, women have lacked these conditions that build up the basic requirements for literature writing, this has changed though. Woolf says that currently, she has found that women are writing virtually as many books as men, and they are not only novels, she says, “There are books on all sorts of subjects which a generation ago no woman could have touched” (Woolf, chapt. 5). Woolf found so little information about the everyday lives of women that she comes to decisions to recreate their being by thoughts and decided to initiate a number of confrontational, sociological and artistic approaches to achieve this. She evaluates not only the situation of women’s own literature, but also the state of research- hypothetical and chronological- concerning women. In A Simple Poem for Virginia Woolf , Bronwen Wallace argues in almost the same manner as Woolf. In her poem, it is clear that women had insufficient social and material conditions required for the writing of literature. They were either in the kitchen, looking after their children and family at large, or knitting embroideries among other tasks. All these denied them potential to increase the gift for their art of literature writing. The little time they could spare was used to write some literature though this time was not sufficient to bring out the inner self and the art needed in lit
The issue of e-waste recycling happening under dehumanizing conditions of the US penal system may be rightfully regarded as a manifestation of challenges facing the country today. Indeed, the increasing rates of prison populations across the state and extremely hazardous e-waste scopes are some of the most explicit socio-environmental problems that the US society has to tackle today. Instead of addressing these issues separately and mindfully, the local government made an effort to kill two birds with one stone while being driven by the economic benefit of such an endeavor (Conrad 348). However, in this metaphor, stone stands for actual human beings who are exposed to the threats of e-waste, improper recycling complications, and inhumane conditions of the state penitentiary system. For this reason, it is practically impossible to introduce any critique considering the arguments outlined in the article. The notion of restorative environmental justice, emphasized in the text, is, by all means, a promising concept when interpreted appropriately. In the given context, the possible restorative outcomes become extremely complex when it comes to ethical consideration of penitentiary justice and human rights. Many people believe that being put at risk of exposure to hazardous chemicals may be less ethically questionable in the environment where people make amends for a committed crime. However, the theory of environmental justice goes beyond the causal links between crime and reparation. According to the European Forum or Restorative Justice (2), the possible restorative outcomes in the case of environmental harm include apologies, restoration of harm, prevention, and compensation. Considering the situation, these are the steps that are to be taken by the BOP and DOJ to prevent environmental justice from an irreversible collapse. Works Cited Conrad, Sarah M. “A Restorative Environmental Justice for Prison E-Waste Recycling.” Peace Review , vol. 23, no. 3, 2011, pp. 348-355. European Forum for Restorative Justice. “Thematic Brief on Restorative Environmental Justice.” Leuven, Belgium, 2020.
Background information The industrial revolution brought forth with it huge benefits to humanity, several manufacturing industries emerged and the society experienced an economic growth, however, the revolution brought with it very serious ecological and environmental issues that still “haunt” humanity to date. Issues such as global warming and environmental pollution became common phenomenon.. Statement of purpose Acidic rain has immense effects on the environment, when it falls on plant leaves, the leaves are corroded thus impacting heavily on the photosynthetic capacity of the plants, secondly, the acidic rainfall lowers the soil PH when it seeps into the crust of the earth leading-leaching. This obviously alters the ionic balance in the soil leading to an imbalanced chemical and nutrient content. This shall be the focus of this paper. Preview The interest of this paper is to explore the impacts of acidic rain on the PH of the soil and the leaching processes. The paper shall briefly highlight the remedies to global air pollution that causes acidic rain. Acidic Rain Dangerous acidic gases emitted in the atmosphere from industrial activities rise and mix with the atmospheric precipitation. They then fall back into the earth as an acidic rain. Acid rain from Sulphur dioxide Through combustion of fossil fuels containing sulphur, Sulphur dioxide gas is emitted in the atmosphere as a by product, coal combustion is the major source of this gas. The gas rises into the atmosphere and is further oxidised forming sulphur trioxide which reacts with atmospheric forming Sulphuric acid which falls back as acid rain.(Friesel 108) Acidity levels are measured using the Ph scale which is a universal scale that determines the Hydrogen potential of any solution. It shows the alkalinity levels too. Pure water is considered neutral with a PH value that falls between 7.0-5.7.Above the value of 7 up to 14,the water is considered alkaline or basic. Other compounds Through fossil fuels, Nitrogen Oxide is emitted, its combustion releases nitric oxide which is further oxidised to Nitric oxide by atmospheric oxygen. This further reacts with atmospheric water to form Nitric acid which is an acidic rain. Some of the origins of this compound- nitrogen oxide emission are automobiles and fossil fuel burning power stations. (Friesel 111) Carbon (iv) Oxide also plays a role in the formation of acidic rain when it reacts with the atmospheric water to form weak Carbonic acid that falls back as rainfall in the atmosphere. Acidification of Soil As earlier mentioned, the acidic rain lowers the soil PH when it falls on the ground. This is achieved through ion exchange where Hydrogen ions-prevalent in the acid rain, are interchanged with the cationic elements present in the soil. (Singh 15 )These elem
Introduction Canada’s above-board structures based on prejudice are comparatively founded on the constitutional or statute-allied Acts, in addition to civic policies constructed to enhance the execution of the law and uphold superiority. Morton, Desmond (1999). It is centered across the board’s legal and establishment tools that encompass myriad banned discrimination offenses. Some rights that are profoundly high and dry in the country’s political narration and institutions, nevertheless, are protected by particular rights for instance the rights of the aboriginal and the language rights of the French and English speaking societies. Crichtley, W. Harriet (1989). Canada is constitutionally multicultural; figures for a very long time have augured the most imperative authority on the evolution and appraisal of anti-bigotry policies in Canada and conversely the development of the inequitable approach. The history of Canada in the end has been structured based on innumerable population resolutions, starting with Aboriginals, then European colonial settlers, and settlement immigration. Sheffield, Scott (1991). Canadians and Aboriginals each share unique and besides intertwined self-referential histories, societal relationships, and institutional, political, and cultural forms. Crichtley, W. Harriet (1989). In the meantime, Canada stands tall as a nation for immigrants and it has adopted the policies that manage the framework where selecting agents have been vetoed with enormous powers. This gesture has witnessed a litany of hundreds of thousands of immigrations from the 19 th century through to the 21 st century. Sheffield, Scott (1991). Banded together with a diversity of societies brought the emergence of a national identity based on a double acknowledgment of individual diversity, popularly known as the Canadian deep diversity that clings to the universal ethical standards and constitutional patriotism. The Canadian Forces (CF) is a voluntary organization with members drawn from the Canadian population. The emerging Canadian ethnocultural and age aspects require that the CF fosters diversity as an integral part of its employment policy to be seen as an employer of choice for all its citizens. Crichtley, W. Harriet (1989). The force tries to reflect its national diversity through the integration of its cultural gender and the bilingual as well as its regional diversity. Morton, Desmond (1999). Irrespective of one background the CF members can serve in all military duties and have the objective of safeguarding the country and its interests and values, while at the same time helping to achieve international peace, but the efforts to boost the number of women, visible minorities and aboriginals within ranks of the CF show that the military has been losing ground in recruiting from these groups. Sheffield, Scott (1991). The employment equity plan indicates few jobs within the military near acceptable levels of representation of women, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and pe
Our world exists for a lot of years, but still, the problems of misunderstanding exist. Some people still say that men are from Mars and women are from Venus that is why they cannot find a common language for both of them. But in course of time, some people begin to understand, that they were born in the wrong human cover. Men feel like women and on the wrong side out. These people have the gift to understand not only themselves but also the opposite gender. They help disclose the nature, secrets, and mysteries of another gender. Jeffrey Eugenides in his well-known book “The Virgin Suicides” tried to show all the difficulties of the existence of the two genders in our cruel world through the eyes of a real hermaphrodite. Let us take a close look at this sparkling work of literature. The writer Jeffrey Eugenides did not think that his literary work would become so famous. He writes about adolescent sisters who cannot find their places in this cruel world, who are very tired to struggle with different problems of their everyday life, who cannot display a keen interest in something, who cannot find any support and understanding from the side of the adults, who live their own lives, even though they live in society and who commit suicide one by one. It is very hard to read this work as these girls are at the very beginning of their lives, they will have a nice future, they can choose their own destinies for themselves, but all these thoughts remain just dreams. The sisters tackle different problems. Unfortunately, they are too young and not enough wise to struggle against them. They do not have enough strength to accept the challenge of Destiny. Being a little bit older, I consider, they could resist their confusions and problems. This story shocks the neighbors, especially those boys who know these girls, who spend a lot of their spare time beside them, who know various secrets about these the Lisbon sisters, who take care cautiously about memoirs concerning them, as boys never say in loud about their feelings, emotions, thoughts, dreams, and desires. Boys keep them deep in their hearts and think that it is a disgrace to be attentive, loving, kind, sympathetic, tender, and caring. Somewhere deep in their hearts there remain the images of elusive creatures. This story is retold by everyone adding it with new bright and sparkling facts, describing in all tones, colors, and paints. These boys admire the Lisbon sisters, as they regarded these girls as heroes who can rise above the prosaic everyday life, forget about urgent obstacles and be free o