What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? by Jared Diamond |The New York Review of Books. I find the topic extremely fascinating: why do some nations prosper‚ and improve the life of their citizens‚ and others fail? Why do some nations have better education‚ while others are still in endless search of their identity? Some people in modern political economy say that countries succeed because of their natural resources and their control over others. This article brings us to take a closer look
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Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner’s article‚ “SuperFreakonomics: What Should You Worry About?” is a piece that explains what we as humans worry about that aren’t as big of a deal as we think. Levitt and Dubner claim that we are terrible at assessing risk and that we focus more on things like shark attacks and lightning strikes versus things like heart disease which has a more likely chance of doing harm to us. Economics is a key term that they use to explain how we can assess the risks that
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What makes criminals? by: Richard Wilson and Dan Marks Why are crime rates higher among some social groups than the others? Are some groups more prone to crime‚ or are they in situations more conducive to crime? Many factors can influence a person to commit a crime‚ but is there a common trait that lead people down the road to actually committing a crime. Some traits that can influence criminal behavior are: Families‚ Economic status‚ Gender‚ Race‚ and Age. Below I will briefly describe
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chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior. A Psychopath is misunderstood‚ overlooked and marked as killers‚ rapists‚ sadists‚ etc. Even though‚ that’s not always the case‚ and there are ways to mis-diagnose this. Finding out what makes them a Psychopath is key‚ whether it’s a mental illness or chemicals in the brain‚ there are tests to prove or disprove this. Psychopaths are often diagnosed with ASPD (Antisocial Personality Disorder). Many Psychopaths have ASPD but not all people
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The relationships we have with others greatly help define who we are as a person. In the story “What‚ of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?” Sergei used to be surrounded with family and they had caring relationships among each other. Sergei himself was a caring guy. The family had a few health issues with some of the members and because Sergei was so caring he used wishes to bring them back to perfect health. Later Sergei wanted to secluded himself from people and when Yoni came that’s when he didn’t
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It can be fascinating how when you look at someone’s receipts‚ you can what kind of person they are. My own receipts over the past few months‚ for example‚ can show a lot about who I am and what I like to do. Listed with different titles of many movies and how much I paid for them‚ once can clearly realize through these paper strips that I have been a very serious movie watcher of action movies‚ movies in which the good guy is the hero. When I was in Saudi Arabia‚ during my teen years‚ I use to
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Describe a job that you would like to do in the future. A job I would like to do in the future would be to work as a foreign correspondent journalist. I’m somebody who loves to travel and loves to learn about other cultures and the way they work‚ and also the history of other countries and places around the world. So this is a job that..err... really is attractive to me. I also really enjoy writing. It’s something I get a lot of pleasure from‚ so that job would allow me to combine my interests
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from characters‚ motivations‚ morals‚ and themes. “What of this Goldfish‚ Would You Wish?” by Etgar Keret‚ is a story of a young boy who gets the idea to create a documentary about the wishes people if they were given the chance by a magical goldfish. The boy‚ Yonatan or Yoni‚ believes he can become rich and famous by filming this documentary. He knocks on the door of a Russian man by the name of Sergei‚ who he asks the question of what he would like to wish for. Sergei does not understand and ends
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These illusions are evident in the main characters of Iago‚ Michael Cassio and Othello. This review will discuss the illusion versus reality that is seen in the play. Illusion being judgements of an individual from what is seen from the outside‚ and reality being the truth and what is on the inside. This review will also discuss the various ways in which the theme of reality versus illusion are evident and how the value of the play Othello‚ is tied to its concern with the theme culminating in the
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What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? More broadly‚ how can cross-border activities add value in an industry as apparently localized as cement? - Reduction of tariffs associated with exporting - Due to internationalization these companies have been able to spread their risk. Therefore‚ if one market is not performing they can rely on the other (diversification) - Talent across markets - Ability to identify new emerging markets and having
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