Do you agree with Milton Friedman’s (1970) claim that : « the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits » ? Milton Friedman was an American economist‚ statistician and writer‚ who had a massive impact on the research agenda of the economics profession. His famous words “the only responsibility of business is to increase its profits” (Friedman‚ Milton. 1970) led to many controversial debates on whether businesses should have ethics or if profit should be their main goal. Corporate
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Stalin was more effective than any other ruler of Russia in the period 1855 – 1964 in dealing with opposition. How far do you agree? During the second half of the 1920s‚ Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party. The machinery of coercion had previously been used only against opponents of Bolshevism‚ not against party members themselves. The first victims were Politburo members Leon Trotskii‚ Grigorii
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How far do you agree that the brutality of the Bolsheviks was the main reason why they remained in power in the years 1917–24? This essay shall address the issue of how the far the brutality of Bolshevik Regime ensured the maintaining of it’s power between the years of 1917-24. This essay shall explore topics concerning the ‘Dictatorship Of The Proletariat’‚ The Cheka‚ War Communism‚ The Red Terror and other potential reasons for the Bolsheviks remaining in power. This essay shall also explore the
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The definition of failure is “an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success”. Failure is something people never intend to do but end up doing because they don’t work hard enough for what they desire. When people fail at something they have two options: quit what they’re doing and give up‚ or work even harder so they can reach success. Everyone in life will fail at some point. People cannot let one failure stop them from reaching their goals. When a person fails they should
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what extent do you agree with the view that ‘the Old Poor Law made poverty worse’ The Poor Law was the way that the poor were supported in 1815. Each parish had to take care of its own poor and provide money to cover the basic costs of living for those who couldn’t. However‚ the cost of the Poor Law was increasing every year and many criticisms were found raising ideas of whether the poor law was helpful or not. A major and obvious problem with the poor law was that the population was rapidly increasing
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study atmosphere. How happy they are! Secondly‚ another reason why I disagree is that the chief goal of university education is to teach students working skills. Obviously‚ libraries provide more useful information to students than sports activities do. For example‚ more and more libraries are also equipped with computers which can encourage students to surf the Net to widen their horizons. Without the Internet‚ there will be less chances to make friend with the foreigners and catch the latest worldwide
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How far do you agree that the limited appeal of Mazzini’s ideas was the main reason for the slow progress of national unity in Italy in the years 1815-48? In 1815‚ Italy had just emerged from Napoleonic rule and was completely divided into nine separate states; with different rulers and different cultures. By 1848‚ these states had progressed towards‚ albeit merely to a limited extent‚ some kind of national unity – national unity meaning the feeling of being united and together as one country
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SYSTEM FAILURE CASE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2009 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 06 A Half-Inch to Failure At 6:05 pm‚ on Wednesday‚ August 1‚ 2007‚ the Interstate-35 West (I-35W) bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. On the day of the collapse‚ four of the bridge’s eight lanes were closed for planned construction. Four weak connector plates fractured under the combined burden of rush hour traffic‚ concentrated construction equipment‚ and previous heavy renovations. The bridge fell 108
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superpowers of the Cold War and therefore playing a role in it’s development. Whether Stalin was to blame for the Cold War can also be judged and evaluated through the use of sources‚ offering a number of interpretations‚ from extreme Orthodox and Revisionist views to the more diplomatic reasonings of the post revisionist stance. It is correct to say that development of the Cold War‚ between 1945 and 50‚ was definitely impacted and heightened through provocative‚ and at times‚ aggressive actions on
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1905 Russian Revolution At the beginning of the 20th century the Russian industrial employee worked on average an 11 hour day (10 hours on Saturday). Conditions in the factories were extremely harsh and little concern was shown for the workers’ health and safety. Attempts by workers to form trade unions were resisted by the factory owners and in 1903‚ a priest‚ Father Georgi Gapon‚ formed the Assembly of Russian Workers. Within a year it had over 9‚000 members. 1904 was a particularly bad year
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