Reaction Paper Freakonomics: Documentary Emmanuel S. Garcia Managerial Economics Land Bank of the Philippines Freakonomics was a good way to introduce the basic concepts of economics applied in everyday living and what we can learn from that. It primary aim seems to open the eyes of the general public to the fact that economics should be a conscious part of our way of life. Generally‚ what it says is that economics is a good tool in understanding and eventually helping us decide important aspects
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Chapter 1: Using Rhetoric in our everyday lives. Chapter 2: Changing the mood‚ mind‚ or willingness to act. Chapter 3: Three issues with rhetoric Chapter 4: Character‚ Logic‚ and emotion Chapter 5: Decorum Chapter 6: Converting character into a tool for persuasion. Chapter 7: Tactics of Practical Wisdom. Chapter 8: Using selflessness for personal gain. Summary: Rhetoric is the art of influence‚ and therefore
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Chapter 1: What is Positive Psychology Traditional Psychology: * The Milgram study‚ people thinking they were shocking individuals. 66% continued to deliver shocks * Study suggests that ordinary people will go against their own judgment and morals under pressure from authority * Human nature‚ as it appears cannot be counted upon to insulate society from acts of brutality * Similar with people following orders in war * Psychology typically focuses more on the negative that
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boy and a girl Loved each other very much. Unfortunately the Girl Died..:( . Boy was Upset so much; and he couldn’t Stop his Tears. ...He kept on Crying Day and Night..:’( . Many People gave Sympathy‚ but no Argument could Stop His Tears. . One Night He Slept and had a Dream; He saw the Girl in Heaven with so many Girls of Her age. He felt Relax.. . But He Noticed that every Girl was in Fairy Dress; and had a Lightened Candle in their Hands‚ but his GF had a Candle which was not Lightened
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Chapter 1 The Corporation Chapter Outline 1.1 The Four Types of Firms 1.2 Ownership Versus Control of Corporations 1.3 The Stock Market Copyright © 2007 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. 1-2 Learning Objectives 1. List and define the four major types of firms in the U.S.; describe major characteristics of each type‚ including the means for distributing income to owners. 2. Distinguish between limited and unlimited liability‚ and list firm types that are subject
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later as one drives around to the pickup window. He recounts his conversation with a JetBlue personnel and depicts how a Toshiba laptop gets fixed when shipped through UPS. Each of the 10 factors and how they have worked to increase competition or “flatten the world is described in detail. Tom’s 1st flattener states that the fall of berlin wall in 1989 paved way for a flat world and lead to the spread of the Windows operating system. This comparison is disappointing and irrelevant. The next one is the
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The ceremony of 12 was coming up for Jonas the ceremony of 12 is the change in adulthood. As the newborns were brought into their families it went to the ceremony of release to elsewhere. As it got closer he was ready‚ but he was number 52 as soon as one came it went waiting it felt like a whole life and when he heard number 51 he was ready but as she went she left with
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The title of the book introduces one of the main characters‚ Digory‚ who is the nephew of Mr. Andrew Ketterly‚ a minor magician. The story begins in London during the summer of 1900 where two children‚ Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer who live in a row of connected houses‚ meet while playing in their gardens and decide to travel through the passages in the attic to get into a vacant house and explore it. In place of discovering an abandoned house‚ the children find themselves to have appeared into
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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it’s spending everyday with their loved ones living happily. A lot of people misunderstand what leads to success. Success is more than just being able to fill your bank account with loads of money‚ it’s about being satisfied with the lifestyle that you have. Of course having money makes you happy‚ but it can’t buy happiness‚ love‚ respect‚ or even trust. Everyone is born with their own unique talents and is better at a specific skill compared to
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