A Review of “Allocative Efficiency of Markets with Zero-Intelligence Traders: Market as a PartialSubstitute for Individual Rationality” Dhananjay K. Gode and Shyam Sunder Through this paper the authors Dhananjay Gode and Shyam Sunder try to understand the effect of various elements such as institutional structure‚ market environment‚ and agent behaviour which effect the performance of an economy on the allocative efficiency of a double auction. Through their experiment they prove that a double
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“The ends justify the means‚” is the epitome of Robert K. Merton’s social strain/anomie theory‚ one of his biggest contributions to sociology and criminology. According to Calhoun (2003)‚ Merton’s work in sociology include theories of the middle range‚ the sociology of science‚ the sociology of knowledge and mass communications‚ the notion of structural-functional analysis‚ the interaction between social and cultural structures and science‚ several concepts including but not limited to self-fulfilling
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over 100 different languages and dialects spoken. Teaching reading is a real challenge‚ especially in grades K-1 (Dean‚ Dyal‚ Wright‚ Carpenter & Austin‚ 2012). The district’s answer is to identify excellent teachers and assign them to a reading and writing coach position to mentor their peers. Enter Sue‚ a former first grade teacher‚ newly assigned to a coaching position for grades K-1. Sue wanted to be a coach‚ but felt she lacked the training to do so. Since her district did not offer coaching
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The article‚ “Does Pre-K Make Any Difference?” by Kirp (2015) suggests that Pre-school programs are essential in closing the achievement gap‚ as it allows young children to take an active role in their education from early on. As stated‚ “New Jersey‚ poor children who went to prekindergarten and are now in fifth grade have closed 20 to 30 percent of the achievement gap between poor students and the nationwide average” (Kirp‚ p.1‚ 2015). The author posits that pre-kindergarten programs are beneficial
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Holocaust‚ the war in Africa involving dictator Joseph Kony‚ or even events such as Jim Jones and the People’s Temple? The question comes to‚ where be God during these awful catastrophes? Why doesn’t God intervene and stop the evil before it happens? John K. Roth expresses his opinion on God and Evil in the book Encountering Evil. Roth explains God in the midst of evil by a Theodicy of Protest‚ which he mentions can also be expressed as an anti-theodicy. Roth easily gets flustered at other theodicies
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My name is Miriam Morris; I am the eldest of four children. My family has moved more than what most do in their entire lifetime. I have lived in Illinois‚ Texas‚ Nebraska‚ and for the last nearly seven years we have called North Carolina home. My family is a culturally mixed family; my father comes from a small coal mining community that has Irish‚ German and English immigrant backgrounds. My mother is a first generation Mexican American with rich Mexican traditions that are still influential in
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Gandhi was one of the most successful in using non violence to resolve a conflict. A very unsuccessful protest was Tiananmen Square. There are many different determining factors in order to have a non violent protest succeed or not work. Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most famous nonviolent peaceful protesters. Gandhi led protest against economical and political restrictions. He fought for national independence and taught his followers how to use his methods. One method that Gandhi used was
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Leadership & Governance from Julius K Nyerere perspective This essay will critically discuss the speech made by the former President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere in his speech at the Conference of the Commonwealth of Universities in Canada on 17th August 1998. It will also compare to its practical relation to the present Fijian governing leadership. The former President is seemingly a replica to late Fijian pre colonial leader Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna who has similar special quality of being selfless
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In the book “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” the author David K. Shipler discusses barriers and biases toward employability an example would be the appearance of Caroline in chapter 2. People are discriminated against because of their handicaps they couldn’t prevent and that keeps them from being hired or promoted even if they are hard workers. In the second paragraph the character that is talked about the most is Caroline‚ a woman who lost her teeth because of her economic state and inability
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In chapter 6 of Children and Their Art…‚ the author highlights the importance of age-appropriate media use to introduce art to K-12 students. Art can be very beneficial to students when introducing in the correct way. Drawings have been known to help children explore the types of media‚ create symbols‚ develop themes‚ and solve visual problems. Art can be used to explore a child’s point of view or their own free spirit ideas. It allows they a way to express themselves. The book states‚ “drawings
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