BACK TO BASICS TO THE EDITOR What Is Inflation? Ceyda Oner I T may be one of the most familiar words in economics. Inflation has plunged countries into long periods of instability. Central bankers often aspire to be known as “inflation hawks.” Politicians have won elections with promises to combat inflation‚ only to lose power after failing to do so. Inflation was even declared Public enemy No. 1 in the United States—by President Gerald Ford in 1974. What‚ then‚ is inflation‚ and why is
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compound) Instead of being an individual and continuing facing the elevator doors‚ this man joins these random people in unison by facing the opposite direction of the door. What is it that distinguishes us apart from each other? Society norms seem to be helping people in creating their identity. Daring to be different is what makes a human an individual. Andres Martin‚ author of “On Teenagers and Tattoos” and Brent Staples‚ author of “Black Men and Public Space” both describe experiences with identity
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“What is Philosophy?” According to the famous Greek philosopher Socrates‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living”. But what does he mean by this? He means that we should look and think through life deeper. Examination of life is more than just a use of common sense. Hard thinking is necessary even though it disturbs. With the use of Philosophy‚ we better understand things and answer the most important questions in existence. Philosophy‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ begins
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What is personality? Everyday people meet new people and sometimes they try to figure them out in order to see what kind of personality they have. People do this subconsciously or unconsciously. Personality isn’t easily defined because it’s a broad topic that is still being researched. A brief definition of personality would be that personality is made up of characteristic patterns of thoughts‚ feelings and behaviours that make a person unique – that means that the personality of an individual rarely
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What is a drug? A drug may be defined as any substance other than food that by its chemical nature affects the structure and function of the living organism. Why do people use drugs? It has been shown that there are two main reasons why people use drugs. 1. Using drugs because it feels good and/or their friends are doing it 2. Using drugs because they are suffering from emotional or physical abuse‚ or because they suffer from mental disorders. When is it considered abuse? Medical and governmental
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Gender: ______ Age: ________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ Elena’s Bakeshop vs. Panny’s Bakeshop: Which of the two (2) competing local business ventures is most preferred by the Taclobanon’s? Direction: Encircle or fill-up the blank that corresponds your answer. Answer briefly. 1) Which do you preferred? a) Elena’s Bakeshop b) Panny’s Bakeshop 2) How often do you visit
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working place and manuals will be given to them so they will know every detail they need in order to start their work. Next‚ the novices will be given details such as their salaries‚ benefits and incentives‚ holidays‚ leave and so on. Here‚ the supervisors will emphasize on the importance of attendance and punctuality and what kind of punishment will be situated if they fails to adhere to the rules. After that‚ the HR department will then explain and provide certain important information regarding
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What is Education? “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world‚” said Nelson Mandela‚ the tenth president of South Africa. Education can be the key to changing the world‚ but it is not just a simple object to achieve. Education is the life long process of obtaining knowledge through the home‚ the classroom‚ and through real world experiences. The knowledge obtained in each of these categories can be overlapping‚ but each section provides its own method of presenting
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What is marketing: Managing profitable customer relationships. The aim of marketing is to create value for customers and capture the value from customers in return. Five steps of marketing process: 1- Understanding customer needs 2- Designing customer driven marketing strategies 3- Integrated marketing programs 4- Building customer relationship 5- Capture value fir the firm Zappos:a passion for creating customers value and relationships: Example for customer focused and heavily committed to marketing
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What is Intelligence anyway? Intelligence is based on situation. Have you ever tried defining Intelligence‚ I mean like for real? What is Intelligence? Sure the first thing that comes to mind is being academically sound right? Making A’s‚ staying tops in your class‚ making dad and mom happy right? Well Intelligence isn’t all about academics; I say “Intelligence picks what it is depending on the situation”. Take for example‚ I take this
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