Do you agree with Milton Friedman’s (1970) claim that : « the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits » ? Milton Friedman was an American economist‚ statistician and writer‚ who had a massive impact on the research agenda of the economics profession. His famous words “the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman‚ Milton. 1970) led to many controversial debates on whether businesses should have ethics or if profit should be their main goal. Corporate
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est paying jobs. Furthermore‚ Sinhala‚ the language of the Sinhalese‚ became the official Sri Lankan language. The Tamils had hoped that the island’s independence would bring equality to the country‚ but the cultural differences were just too great. Rioting broke out in 1958‚ followed by some compromises with the Tamils. The Sinhalese prime minister was assassinated Neal Lineback 1959 and there were ultra-leftist terrorist activities. Finally‚ in the early 1980s‚ and Mandy Lineback Gritzner Sinhalese
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Nowadays‚ whether citizens should pay tax to their countries or not is becoming a frequent topic of discussion. From my own perspective‚ I hold the opinion that people are supposed to pay tax to state and I am going to argue about this issue as well as exhibit my own ideas in this essay. To be sure‚ I would acknowledge that there exist rational reasons for not paying tax to state. The most important one is that residents can undoubtedly feel stressed because of being asked for paying tax to their
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8001/01‚02/O/N/07 ‘The most effective learning takes place away from school.’ How far do you agree? Learning‚ according to the Wikipedia‚ is the knowledge acquired through study‚ experience or being thought. Parents often think that learning only takes place in the school area for their children‚ where the information that are being thought to their child are sufficient for them to be able to get a good grades. For me‚ this is not true. Effective learning also takes place beyond the school
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Tactic #1: Presenting the public with two “equal” sides and making the scientific community seem divided. The best way that contrarians interfered with a scientific consensus was to generate doubt within the American public by creating a divide between scientists. For example‚ the harmfulness of acid rain was questioned when Fred Singer1 contradicted the factual evidence of his committee2 by claiming in an official government report that the causes of acid rain were not certain and that a reduction
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In the quest to find one’s place in the world‚ an individual must overcome the challenges they face‚ and learn to embrace the opportunities. In Baz Luhrmann’s film Strictly Ballroom‚ many characters are significantly impacted by the barriers associated with the repression of individuality‚ before they are able to feel accepted. The speaker in John Foulcher’s poem‚ Raymond Wells and the Burning‚ also faces various obstacles‚ and although he is given the opportunity to develop a friendship‚ the pressure
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How far do you agree with Nick’s view that Gatsby is “worth the whole damn bunch put together”? The title character of The Great Gatsby is a young man‚ around thirty years old‚ who rose from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. Indeed‚ Gatsby has become famous around New York for the elaborate parties held every weekend at his mansion‚ ostentatious spectacles to which people long to be invited. And yet‚ Nick Carraway’s description of the protagonist asserts
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inexperience of the harsh reality down at the dock. Being fully aware of the danger she might put herself into when she persists her remaining in Hoboken and presses her investigation further to the dark violent world at the dock‚ yet Edie decides to do so in order to bring back justice for the death of her brother. With her determination and a strong moral code based on religious belief‚ Edie awakens the dozing self of Father Barry‚ “a saint hiding in the church”‚ triggers him to be more progressive
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Monopolies can be national (royal mail)‚ regional (water companies) or local (petrol station). Unlike a perfect competition situation were firms are ’price takers ’ and only respond to consumer demand‚ a monopoly finds itself in an imperfect competition market. In this type of market the firm is more of a ’price maker ’ and can therefore influence the market price. When comparing monopoly and perfect competition under the same conditions‚ we can find that the monopolist when in equilibrium produces
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Mussolini rise to power through the use of violence is widely evident as it is summed up in this Mussolini himself ‘for my part‚ I prefer 50 000 votes to 5000 votes’. Alternatively‚ there are also many other factors that shows Mussolini did not depend on violence but however considered it a useful tool. This could be from his foreign policy‚ effort with socialist trade unionist and his effort in gaining political power legally. As Fascism began as a radical socialist movement‚ it was only inevitable
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