Paper # 1 The Notion of Consumption In the process of globalization‚ the world that we live in today has become more preoccupied with the notion of consumption. Exploitation of the vast majority has led to movements like Occupy Wall Street. The Occupy Wall Street movement was a movement that pinpointed and spoke out against some of the injustices that the working class faces from day to day. Capitalism has become the social norm in just about every country across the globe. This is especially
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Jay Naidu FIN5220-001: Security Analysis Port Mgmt. Dr. S. Zong 18th November 2014 A Random Walk Down Wall Street By Burton G. Malkiel Introduction A Random Walk refers to the term that future steps or directions cannot be predicted by past history. In the investment world this means that how a stock performs in the immediate future cannot be predicted from its past performances. Academics point out that any randomly selected group of securities would perform just as well or better than carefully
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Many people from the younger generations recall the movie Wall-E. Although it involved a cute robot‚ it also had an eerie message demonstrating the possible future for humanity. The humans were morbidly obese and were constrained to mobile chairs because all their muscle mass deteriorated. As the movie progresses‚ it shows how all these people who had succumbed to sloth consistently gorge themselves in fast food. Wall-E may be a beautifully animated film‚ but it has an underlying message for the
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Wall Street Journal Article Review #2 Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees Article by Authors‚ Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig Abstract In the article “Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees”. Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig discuss how getting rid of such a system will benefit the company. The authors cite several sources. They don’t go into too deep of detail on why CEO Mr. Ballmer decided to implement the change‚ only that before he leaves the company for good he wanted
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marked shift in the political and public consciousness regarding racial inequality in the country. BLM protesters have demonstrated on the streets of
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Gattaca is a movie in which many common themes are apparent. The themes that will be discussed are Potential‚ Determination and Perfection. Although many more themes occur in Gattaca‚ these are the most relevant ones. Potential comes up a lot during Gattaca because that ’s what the entire movie is based on. The reason some one would get gene modification in the first place would be to increase there "potential". The doctor even said‚ "don ’t you want your son to be able to have the best life possible
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WSJ/Fortune Essay 2 In a Wall Street Journal article titled “Greed is for Wimps”‚ the writer talks about how the new generation‚ Generation Y‚ is becoming more socially aware. According to the article‚ this new generation of professionals wants to give back to the community. Apparently it’s not enough to be successful and make all the money in the world. These young professionals are no longer satisfied with driving expensive cars and wearing name brand clothes. An interview with one such young
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Melissa Parks Professor Galloway Business Ethics 11/2/12 The Occupy Wall Street Movement began on Sept. 17‚ 2011‚ when a diffuse group of activists began a loosely organized protest called Occupy Wall Street‚ camping out in Zuccotti Park‚ a privately owned park in New York’s financial district. The protest was to stand against corporate and government greed‚ social inequality and the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic
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YOU MAY HAVE A HOUSE BUT NOT A HOME In the novel The house on Mango Street‚ written by Sandra Cisneros many themes are discussed but one major theme is a house but not a home‚ homelessness‚ which catches a reader’s attention. Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in the year of 1954. Sandra Cisneros is a brilliant writer. Her novel is read not only by adults but also by children. This novel is used in elementary school‚ middle school‚ high school and even Universities and all because of the Simplicity
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Wall Street Journal Article: Fed Splits over how long to keep cash spigot open In my opinion‚ the Federal Reserve bank should not ’keep the cash spigot open’. Mr Stein‚ the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston has stated that low rate policies help the U.S economy‚ however some institutions and individual investors may take on too much debt‚ or too many risky assets‚ resulting in the toppling of banks and other financial institutions. I have to agree with Mr. Stein. Low interest
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