Employment Law Outline General Theme for Regulating/Not Regulating: Structure of Legal Responses to Problem 1. Economic Rational a. Inefficient for government to intervene b. People best at knowing what they want (rational beings) 2. In balance of information between employer/employee (safety) 3. Power inbalances a. Employees may have no other options (captive) b. Employers have more power in general 4. People are irrational‚ don’t know what is best for them 5. Social cost to society from “rational”
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Economic aspects The so-called "Monte Carlo of the Orient‚" Macau’s economy relies heavily on gambling. Nowadays‚ the gambling industry generates over 40% of the GDP of Macau. Since the early 1960s‚ around 50% of Macau’s official revenue has been driven by gambling. The percentage remained steady until the late 1990s. In 1998‚ 44.5% of total government revenue was produced by the direct tax on gambling. Then there was a 9.1% decrease in 1999‚ probably due to internet gaming. After the handover of
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P A R T 1. A N A L Y Z I N G F I C T I O N MODULE 1 1.1. The fictional world of a literary work Literature is writing that can be read in many ways. We can read it as a form of history‚ biography‚ or autobiography. We can read it as an example of linguistic structures or rhetorical conventions manipulated for special effect. We can view it as a material product of the culture that produced it. We can see it as an expression of beliefs and values of a particular class. We can also see a work of literature
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University of South Florida (USF) Scholar Commons Open Access Textbooks 1-1-2012 Social Science Research: Principles‚ Methods‚ and Practices Anol Bhattacherjee University of South Florida‚ abhatt@usf.edu Recommended Citation Bhattacherjee‚ Anol‚ "Social Science Research: Principles‚ Methods‚ and Practices" (2012). Open Access Textbooks. Book 3. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted
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50 HARMFUL EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS In a sentence This article outlines the many harmful effects of GM or genetically-modified foods (known also as genetically-engineered foods) and representng lab-created GMOs or genetically-modified organisms. By Nathan Batalion‚ ND We are confronted with what is undoubtedly the single most potent technology the world has ever known - more powerful even than atomic energy. Yet it is being released throughout our environment and
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ASSIGNMENT TITLE: The Sound and Music Industry Reference No: Dennis Tuckerman Tutor: Adam Morris Assessor: Date Set: 10/09/07 Completion Date: 18/11/07 Learning Hours: 60 Unit no Unit Title(s): This project assesses the following module Outcome(s)/Assessment Criteria: 39 The Sound and Music Industry 1 Assignment BRIEF: This assignment will introduce different areas of the music industry and should on completion‚ provide an overview of the bigger picture ’ of the industry as a
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Introduction It’s so simple really‚ the problem of violence: Hurt people hurt people. The motivation is revenge‚ not because human beings are fundamentally evil‚ but because vengeance is part of the innate survival mechanics of a complex social species. The desire for vengeance is as old – or older – than humankind and to understand this complex and ancient response‚ we need to push aside our socially developed notions of revenge and look for its roots. Reciprocity‚ or “tit-for-tat” is the basis
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VOLUME 15‚ NUMBER 2 January 2008 AN IEER PUBLICATION Published on the Web as Énergie et Sécurité and No. 40 Nuclear Power Costs: High and Higher A BY ARJUN MAKHIJANI‚ Ph.D. 1 fter the spectacular crash of the 1950s propaganda of nuclear power that would be “too cheap to meter‚” evidenced in dozens of cancelled nuclear power plants because they were too costly to build or complete‚ there is a new push for nuclear power in the United States. Some advocates of a nuclear
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Halmstad University School of Business and Engineering Master Dissertation in International Marketing Master Dissertation in Strategic Management and Leadership The Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities in Brand Extension Authors: Chen Si Jia 891028-4986 Gu Jing 880711-T284 Supervisor: Gabriel Awuah Date of Submission: 31 May‚ 2012 Acknowledgements We would like to firstly thank our supervisor‚ Professor Gabriel Awuah‚ for his constant support and inspiring advices during
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HISTORY OF ARTIFICIAL HUMAN REPRODUCTION B.C. 4004f. From our very first ancestors onward‚ for almost 58 centuries all fetuses except Jesus were conceived from sexual intercourse by their human fathers. All without exception‚ Jesus too‚ were gestated in the wombs of their biological human mothers. Hippocrates: "I will not give a woman a pessary to produce abortion." 450f. A.D. 1790f. London. First reported successful artificial inseminations from husband (AIH)‚ engineered by Dr. John Hunter
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