In This American Life’s “Giant Pool of Money” two biases are present‚ the regression to the mean and the confirmation bias. Almost everyone thought that the housing market would increase forever‚ all the while intelligent people who knew better‚ kept listening only to what they wanted to hear. By dissecting these two biases we can gain a better understanding of what was driving the actions that lead to our most recent credit crisis. In doing so we can learn to make our own decisions without these
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this analysis is to maximize profit of Giant Motor Company which has 3 lines of products and offers 3 brands of cars namely Lyra‚ Libra and Hydra which corresponds to subcompact car class‚ sporty car class‚ and luxury car class respectively. Currently the company has 3 manufacturing plants and each of them is dedicated to a specific product line. For future planning‚ the company has an option of retooling its manufacturing capacity which would bring a major expense
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The author‚ Andres Padilla-Lopez‚ states informations about how teenagers can overuse technology in extreme ways. He includes a few personal stories by teenagers who overused technology. The author doesn’t only include one type of information‚ but instead he uses many different types of informations to show the ways that teens use technological devices. The types of information that Andres Padilla-Lopez use include the following: opinions‚ facts‚ numerical data‚ generalizations‚ and information
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In Malaysia‚ Giant will step into the age of 66 in year 2010; they are pioneer in the concept of modern supermarket shopping and has been ranked 11th of Most Valuable Brand in year 2007 and 12th in 2008‚ they also rewarded as the Top Retailer in Malaysia and Best of the Best in Asia Pacific Retailer’s Award for 2 consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. They also succeed in the Best Brands in Consumer (Hypermarkets)‚ Brand Laureate Award 2007/208 for Corporate Branding and also the Excellence Service
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Oscar Wilde’s ‘Selfish Giant’ Oscar Wild (1854 – 1900) ‘Selfish Giant’ is one of the short stories beautifully written by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and author of short stories. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s‚ he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams‚ his only novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The political and economic factors were caused by Suharto. 2. Why do you think foreign firms have been exiting Indonesia in recent years? What are the implications for the country? What is required to reverse this trend? The excessive red tape has driven foreign firms away. It takes 151 days for the paperwork to go through to open a business. The country will suffer because the economy is not being stimulated by would be businesses. The strict policies will have to change in order for Indonesia
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him that enough was enough. Jason jumped up upon the lunch table with his light-up Sketchers sneakers and immediately kicked Jake right in the face! I can remember seeing Jake wincing in pain while all the kids around him celebrating that the bully has been beaten. . Even though I knew that was not the way to handle the situation‚ everyone was pleased to see him gone. What followed were cheers of happiness from all of the children in the cafeteria. Quickly the teachers came to the rescue but the
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Ecological role of giant kelp: Depending on the fauna species‚ the ecological role of giant kelp varies from providing food for grazing invertebrates‚ or hosting fish seeking shelter. Also‚ Sea otters like to stay around and in the kelp forest looking for sea urchins‚ their favorite food. The giant kelp forests provide food and habitat for hundreds of species including fish and invertebrate animals that belong to several groups including crustaceans‚ starfish‚ mollusks‚ anemones‚ sponges and tunicates
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My favorite team‚ the Giants‚ are there and I would go what them play a baseball game. The Giants ballpark has always been an amazing park. It has such a beautiful field with the bullpens in foul territory. I love the glove and the coke can the are out in left center. If I could just get the chance to hit BP on the field then it would make my dream. Being able to meet the players would be something cool too. There have been so many legends that have gone through the Giants organization that I wish
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(page 278) This quote is from Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is about a 10-year-old boy named Patrick Clarke‚ but everyone calls him Paddy. This books ’ setting is in 1968 ’s Dublin‚ Ireland. At the beginning of the book‚ Paddy is a cruel boy; he enjoys the Three Stooges‚ Geronimo‚ Father Damien and the Lepers‚ and also his favorite soccer player George Best. Paddy has challenges in life just like every other 10-year-old boy he has problems at home‚ but when he ’s with his
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