the progressive movement was effort by reformers to use gov’t as an agency of humanitarian welfare The political roots of progressive movement lay in – Greenback Labor Party & Populists Late 19th century social critics & their criticisms: Thorstein Veblen – “conspicuous consumption” & “predatory wealth” new rich class 1899 The Theory of the Leisure Class p.665 (12th ed.) Jack London – destruction of nature – 1903 The Call of the Wild‚ etc… p.677 (12th ed.) Jacob Riis – slum conditions in cities
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Write an essay which outlines the view that a consumer society is a divided society. PLAN Intro – What a consumer society is‚ shift from industrial‚ class ect. Paragraph 1 – Largest division Money – ability to consume. Bauman + Veblen Consuming a way of showing wealth and success. Able to be a consumer. Buy products for what they mean not just their purpose. Paragraph 2 – In-crowd vs outsiders Consumer goods aimed at certain market‚ can alienate those who don’t fall into this market eg old
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1. Because we live in an economy it is important to study economics‚ simply because economics affects everyone. We are part of an economics system‚ where every day we engage in economic activities. Economics helps us to appreciate that the earth’s resources are limited in comparison to human beings want‚ which are infinite‚ and constantly changing along with technology and people’s taste and preference. This excess of wants over what can actually be produced with the limited resources‚ brings about
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Discuss whether marginal utility theory is a realistic piece of economic analysis in explaining consumer demand. [13marks] Marginal utility is the extra satisfaction gained from the consumption of an additional unit of a good or service. It can be specified as the change in total utility divided by the change in quantity. The concepts of market demand and law of demand often utilized marginal utility as the backbone‚ the theoretical basis. An example would be the demand curve‚ which is usually
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JOHN DEWEY CONTENTS 1. EARLY LIFE 2. WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY 3. WORK IN PHILOSOPHY 4. EDUCATIONAL REFORMS 5. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM 6. CONCLUSION EARLY LIFE "If I were asked to name the most needed of all reforms in the spirit of education I should say: ’Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life‚ and make of it the full meaning of the present life.’" - John Dewey John Dewey‚ an American philosopher‚ psychologist‚ and educational
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Microeconomics Vocabulary |Word |Definition | |Market |A market is any situation or place that enables the buying and selling of goods and| | |services | |Perfect Competition |Perfect competition is a market structure
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LUXURY GOODS: NO SIGN OF SLOWING Discussion question : a) The word “luxury” is ambiguous‚ in the sense that the perception of luxury is subjective. A poor person with less than $1 each day to survive on would think that a proper dinner is luxury while the CEO of a MNC would consider five Ferrari cars as luxury. Thus‚ everything could be luxury depending on the circumstances‚ experiences and features of an individual. Chevalier and Mazzalovo (2008) define a luxury brand as a brand that is
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1. Short introduction to the essay. 2. Definition of consumption. a) Historical background 3. Definition of concept of seduced and repressed society. 4. Place of consumption in contemporary consumer society. 5. Examples how both seduced and repressed lives interlink with consumption. 6. Different motives for shopping. a) Everyday shopping for essentials b) Non-essential shopping: i) Luxurious or upgraded products‚ like expensive food ii) Luxurious goods and services like holidays
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divisions; desire to build new institutions‚ fear of alien‚ desire to end abuses of power‚ efficiency‚ and desire to achieve perfection Society is responsible for individuals and should HELP them! Intellectuals offer new social views Thorstein Veblen - sharpest critic of new business order. Wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class in which he satirized the lifestyle of the newly rich captains of industry- “conspicuous consumption” argued they were selfish people who flaunted their wealth and
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Ancient‚ medieval and early modern * Hammurabi (died c. 1750 BCE) * Confucius (551-479 BCE) * Socrates (470-399 BCE) * Mozi (470-390 BCE) * Xenophon (427-355 BCE) * Plato (427-347 BCE) * Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BCE) * Aeschines (389-314 BCE) * Aristotle (384-322 BCE) * Mencius (372-289 BCE) * Chanakya (350-283 BCE) * Xun Zi (310-237 BCE) * Thiruvalluvar (c. 200 BCE-c. 30 BCE) * Han Feizi (?-233 BCE) * Cicero (106-43 BCE) * Pliny the Younger (63-113 CE) * Saint
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