Answer 1: Thomas Friedman‚ New York Times columnist and author‚ claims in his book titled‚ ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ’(2005)‚ that globalization and technology has flattened the world to a ‘level playing field’. He analyses the ten ‘flatteners’ or events that happened over a period of around ten years to make the world go flat. The first flattener‚ that Friedman writes about‚ was the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and end of the Cold War‚ that brought forward
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Gogol recognizes these struggles within himself and finds comfort in it most likely believing that they can both support each other‚ ultimately allowing both to find their identities. Furthermore‚ Friedman agrees by noting that Moushumi has the same sense of “privilege and entitlement” of Gogol (Friedman). As the similarities compound‚ it is clear to see that Gogol finds security in the stability provided by those parallels. After a tough split with Maxine‚ Gogol feels as if the outside world is cold
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Analysis of Milton Friedman-Article Milton Friedman’s article on how the entire value of the organisation belongs to the shareholders and the organisation is nothing but a ‘mere legal fiction’ was a revolutionary idea. If it wasn’t for Milton’s stature and reputation it would have been bombarded as an insane idea and would have been forgotten on the day itself. But‚ instead it went on to become one of the guiding principles for owners of the private firms‚ other stock holders and even the executives
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Friedman Family Assessment According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) “Each family is an unexplained mystery‚ unique in the ways it meets the needs of its members and society” (p. 550). Family nursing is a special field that involves the nurse and family working together to achieve progress for the family and its members in adjusting to transitions and responding to health and illness. The Friedman Family Assessment Model serves as a guide in family nursing to identify the developmental stage of
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matters outside their business in matters critical to their business’s survival. According to Friedman‚ there is one social responsibility for a business “engage in open and free competition without deception or fraud.” My personal reaction to this article was that it was very difficult to read and comprehend. I had to reread the article and several sections of it several times to figure out what Friedman was trying to convey. I agree with Friedman’s one social responsibility for a business. However
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both Milton Friedman and Robert Almeder have strong opinions. Although their opinions are polar opposite they have valid arguments. The objective is to analyze both opinions from their perspective point of views based on the examples given in the text. A mixture of both positions would provide a common ground for all people involved. Friedman specifically states that the main objective of business is to maximize profits in any way‚ shape‚ or form as long as it is legal. Under the Friedman doctrine
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Friedman vs. Head on the Effectiveness of Online Writing *** ----- ----- The Effectiveness of Online Writing Courses (MOOCs) Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are one of the revolutionary trends in education across the world. Many controversies surround it with some education stakeholders viewing it as very costly but of little value. In addition‚ other critics consider it a cheaper model of teaching especially in higher education (Vimeo‚ 2014). Cheaper in the sense many students
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less competitive with other countries in terms of employment‚ inventive ideas‚ and stronger education systems. In The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman‚ he divides globalization into three different eras‚ our current era involves individuals competing globally for jobs and power. Our world is only getting more competitive and making the world “flat” as Friedman describes. Meaning the world is now a level playing field for all countries to compete for the most power and success. As diverse as the Yakima
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Milton Friedman was an American Nobel economist and his major concern was in the fields of economics and statistics. According to the The Economist‚ Friedman "was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century." He was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis and his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy. According to the "Lesson of the Pencil" video on YouTube‚ Milton Friedman used the pencil to
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incited much criticism from classical economists‚ especially in the latter half of the 1900’s. Milton Friedman was a leading economist at the forefront of this counter revolution‚ and he became a very influential advocate for free markets around the world. Many of his ideas for market policy‚ however‚ are criticized for being too misleading or overzealous. A lot of economic thinking developed in the 1800’s and 1900’s has been based on the ideas of Homo economicus or the Economic Man‚ whose economic preferences
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