The failure of the Philippine economy to achieve a full industrialized state is a confluence and a result of political and economic policies that can be traced back to as far as the post war period. The Philippine post war economic policy is said to have taken the trajectory of Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI) —which puts premium in strengthening the locally owned industries catering to a huge domestic market to contain dollar outflow and encourage domestic entrepreneurship (Kuruvilla
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LED-backlit LCD TV: Sony KDL-55XBR8 Hoeun sousdey Part time Group II Level 11 A few weeks ago Senior Editor David Katzmaier reviewed Samsung’s LN46A950 LED-backlit LCD TV and declared it‚ "The most advanced television money can buy." He also said it "represents the peak of flat-panel LCD performance and picture quality." But then the Sony KDL-55XBR8 arrived and stole the crown from the Samsung. In the world of LCD TVs‚ the hot feature is LED-backlighting--and it doesn’t come cheap. The
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The American Dream The American Dream in the Roaring Twenties generally consisted of materialism. The protagonist Gatsby portrays the American Dream in the novel because he has what all people wanted at that time which was money‚ a mansion‚ and cars. The East and West egg consists of only wealthy people like Gatsby and the Buchanans‚ and in between these areas is the Valley of Ashes where the poor lower class live including Mr. Wilson. In Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby money is essential for
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The characteristics of greed and materialism are a disguise‚ and provide a distraction that is ephemeral‚ ultimately leaving one feeling dissatisfied. In today’s world‚ people are searching for something monumental and better than what they previously had. If one were to ask someone what their objective was in their lifetime‚ most would say to be happy and successful. Who doesn’t want that? As time passes‚ the misconception that happiness and money are the same is more widely found. This confusion
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A man named Avis D. Carlson wrote in a New Republican article “The impact is like a shovelful of sand flung against the face (The Dust Bowl of the 1930s). By “impact” Avis was referring to “Black Sunday” in the “Dust Bowl.” The Dust Bowl was made up of parts of Colorado‚ Oklahoma‚ Kansas‚ and Texas. The Dust Bowl was an area of the Great Plains that was devastated by depression and drought. The area was 150‚000 square miles‚ had little grass and soil‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ had abundant winds. “Black
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OUTLINE BACKGROUND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM FOUNDATIONS FOR HISTORICAL MATERIALISM HISTORICAL MATERIALISM RELEVANCE OF THE CONCEPT TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CONCLUSION BACKGROUND Society is constantly changing. History attempts to catalogue these changes and tries to explain them. But what are the laws that govern historical change? Do such laws even exist? Just as the evolution of life has inherent laws that can be explained‚ and were explained‚ first by
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Wednesday‚ July 11th 2012 Materialism Changed People’s Attitude In the 20th century‚ after the World War I‚ rapid surge of industrial and technological growth swept throughout the world. At the same time‚ people started to build their own ideas and belief based on the materialism rather than giving higher priorities to moral and individual values. As Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portrayed a story happening in that time period‚ it contains various contents about materialism. In order to display the
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D.H. Lawrence’s 1926 short story‚ The Rocking Horse Winner‚ can be seen as an exemplum of love and materialism to coexist. The various family members in the story expose the greedy and materialistic obsession. The mother in the story‚ Hester‚ portrays an unsatisfiable desire for a luxurious lifestyle. Although Hester was born beautiful and “started with all the advantages”1(436)‚ Hester believes she has become unlucky after marrying. In an attempt to satisfy his mother’s desires‚ Paul‚ “went off
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In The Great Gatsby‚ every character is consumed by materialism. Everyone’s main concern is attending the biggest party‚ having the sharpest clothes and the buying fastest cars. The cars are a very important symbol used by Fitzgerald in the novel. Gatsby’s car specifically‚ is bright yellow which is meant to represent his wealth. “ It was a rich cream colour‚ bright with nickel...and terraced with a labyrinth of windshields that mirrored a dozen suns.” (Fitzgerald 63) Just like him‚ his car is extravagant
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The Great Gatsby was written by American Author in 1925 one of the literature’s most read book. Moreover‚ we see the lives of Nick Caraway a young man from Minnesota who moves to New York City to learn the bond business. Then meets Gatsby the man whose name is in the title a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Tom‚ Daisy‚ George‚ Myrtle‚ and many more characters are introduced. In the book‚ the author glamorizes the American dream by writing about Gatsby and how he
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