obligation to deliver it arises. However‚ he shall acquire no real right over it until the same has been delivered to him. (1095) Art. 1165. When what is to be delivered is a determinate thing‚ the creditor‚ in addition to the right granted him by Article 1170‚ may compel the debtor to make the delivery. If the thing is indeterminate or generic‚ he may ask that the obligation be complied with at the expense of the debtor. If the obligor delays‚ or has promised to deliver the same thing to two
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Walmart’s Economic Break? In Neil Irwin’s article “How Did Walmart Get Cleaner Stores and Higher Sales‚” there is discussion on whether or not Walmart’s corporate decisions to increase wages‚ offer better opportunities‚ and better training are an impact on the greater wealth of the economy. An experiment brought on by Walmart executives after noticing a significant decline in sales as well as store appearances. Irwin‚ who reports on economics for a living‚ put together an interesting article basically
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Economic Forces In the movie and or novel The Grapes of Wrath‚ John Steinbeck approaches and takes on‚ many political and social problems that the depression held. One topic that seems to be overlooked is how the storyline has many examples of economic forces at work in the film. One of these economic forces‚ which are also one of the most apparent‚ in the film is the message of unemployment. At the opening of the film the family of the grapes of wrath are faced with eviction from their farm home;
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1. Early in their article (pg. 24)‚ Milroy and Milroy (1978) describe a Clonard woman who is the “most corrected” of their subjects in her pronunciation of (a). What reasons do they give for her more standard pronunciations of (a)? Why might these things be expected to influence her pronunciation? (Hint: make sure the social variables you discuss in your response include network-related variables) Milroy and Milroy attributed the Clonard woman’s more standard pronunciations of (a) to being of
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The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History Edited by John Parker and Richard Reid Oxford University Press 536pp £95 Colonialism was predicated on the negation of African history or‚ as one of the two editors of this volume‚ John Parker‚ wrote in his African History: A Very Short Introduction (2007): a ‘general European perception [...] that Africa‚ especially Sub-Saharan Africa‚ had no history to speak of’. The emergence of sub-Saharan African history in both western and African universities
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Robert Maclin Microeconomics Economics in One Lesson Henry Hazlitt’s book starts with a single lesson-that economics means looking beyond the immediate effects of any act or policy to the consequences of it for everyone. The rest of the book is a series of short chapters giving examples of the application of this lesson. Hazlitt’s lesson in itself is great. I wish it were better known. His examples vary in quality. Some are a bit dated; natural for a book‚ which mostly dates to 1946. The chapter
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Investment within a country can be seen as a vital component in terms of promoting economic prosperity. This essay is going to outline the importance of investment in terms of current and future economic activity by examining the effect of investment on growth and employment. The importance of the ability of the South African government to differentiate between private and public investment will be addressed by the use of a graph illustrating the investment rates of the private and public sectors
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An Economic Analysis of Financial Structure FACTS ABOUT FINANCIAL STRUCTURE The financial system is complex and contains institutions like: Banks‚ insurance companies‚ mutual funds‚ stock and bond markets. The most important role of the financial markets is to channel funds from savers to people with productive investment opportunities. For the financial structure their are eight basic facts‚ where the four first emphasize the importance of financial intermediaries and the relative unimportance
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rendered by the Articles of Confederation was the impetus its shortcomings gave to those who favored a strong central government." After the Declaration of Independence‚ there was a sense among Congressman that they wanted a written document creating a government justifying the existence of the United States. The delegates of the Second Continental Congress were attempting to codify arrangements that had never before put into legal terminology. As a result‚ in late 1777‚ the Articles of Confederation
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Economic Analysis the Federal Reserve Amy Camp GOVT 200-D17 December 08‚ 2014 The Federal Reserve is the central banking system of the United States. It was created in December 1913. The Reserve is government licensed and privately owned; also it is not accountable to anyone. It was created by Congress and signed in by President Woodrow Wilson. The U. S. Congress established three key objectives: Maximum employment‚ stable prices‚ and moderate long-term interest rates. Today its duties have expanded
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