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Global Poverty Reduction

International releases an annual Corruption Perception Index, which does not seek to measure actual levels of corruption present i...

The Politics of Social Security

system and the alternatives that politicians bring. First, a look at the history of Social Security and its design is appropriate....

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Bowling for Columbine

emotions and sympathy for the Columbine victims and families. For example, it is difficult not to agree with Moore that the decisi...

Benefits and Difficulties of EU Membership

By 2013, 28 nation states had joined the European Union. With increasing membership, and more countries expressing a desire to jo...

An Efficient Organization-the USPS

Despite claims to the opposite, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is an extremely efficient organization. It may be the most...

In Defense of Military Funding

This essay offers a comprehensive argument against the military budget cuts mandated by sequestration. While acknowledging the le...

In Pursuit of Small Government

to negotiate with governmental powers ultimately ended in the form of the Revolutionary War in which the colonies won their indepe...

Economic Development's Effect on World Peace

In some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations see no real problem with sweatshop conditions or child l...

Will Cancelling Debts to Global Financial Institutions Help or Hurt Developing Nations?

and indirectly. Therefore the issue is not only the financial burden, but the conditions that were attached to the loans and the h...

The Good Ship "Lead Balloon"

aluminum alloy." One of the problems is that the Saturn 5 was built by a bunch of different contractors, and there is now no compl...

Unequal Pay For Women In America: Income Disparity

social aspect and to help with the economics in forwarding their belief in their cause. The effectiveness of these groups are dep...

Sustainability, Economic Stability, and Regulation in International Fisheries

world society as though they were controlling the pieces on a chessboard, every individual in that great game of chess has the inn...

Mato Tilpali: Conflict in the Black Hills

Mato Tipila regularly as part of my religious observations, this is not only a political issue for me but also a personal issue. ...

The Core Model and Comprehensive School Restructuring (CSR)

such finding the state demands stability and predictability, non-manipulability, responsiveness, ease of administration, feasibili...

Lesser Developed Countries and Economic Development

no collective voice. It is them that we must be concerned about. If we are to effect positive change in these countries...

"Heart of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now"

become a renegade, a murderer, and set himself up as a sort of king over the natives of the region. Conrad makes the exploitation...

American Imperialism

strategic outposts for expanding trade with Latin America and Asia, particularly China" (History of the United States, 1865-1918, ...

Industrialism: Impact Upon The United States Population

who effectively directed the masses. According to Perry M. Rogers, author of Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Source...

The Rise and Fall of Civilizations Between 1500 and 1815

world population was only about 425 million and most of those people lived in Asia (Roberts 279). Hence, Asia had quite a lot of p...

Comparative Politics; Influences on Policies for Female Healthcare in The African States

patriarchal, this may be argued as reflecting in the policies, specifically in the health policies that concerns a womans health. ...

Is Islam Compatible With Democracy?

political values," which are necessary in order for representative democracy to flourish, values such as "separation of religious ...

International Terrorism

As most people would well assume, it was not really until the powerful attacks of September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States...

Plato/Apology of Socrates

Clouds by Aristophanes. Reasonably, Socrates points out that the character in the play speaks nonsense and should not be confused...

The First Persian Gulf War

to it as the First Gulf War (Zwier and Weltig, 2004). It is also known as the First Persian Gulf War. In Kuwait it is referred t...

Japanese Values and Business Culture

means that the Japanese revere them greatly, and that they are important parts of current Japanese culture. Their cultural values...

Impact of the Baby Boomer Generation

food is a thing that is sold. It is a physical substance or an article of commerce. People think of commodities as corn or grain ...

'The Clash of Civilizations' by Samuel P. Huntington

the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankinds ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal d...

British and the Zulu Threat During the 19th Century

1998). Shaka died in 1828 and was succeeded by his half brother Dingane who was involved in the assassination with another half b...

U.S. and Schools of Economic Thought

and that and other factors were wreaking havoc on the national economy. It was the position of John Maynard Keynes that gov...