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Tourism and the Beneficial 'Public Good'

The same principle applies to any such public good. There are toll roads of course, but they represent only a small fraction of t...

The Landscapes of Thomas Gainsborough

and returned to Sudbury, but later moved to Ipswich for seven or eight years. His success as a portrait artist, however, came in 1...

Wealth of Whitney Houston

million singles sold WORLDWIDE, it is easy to see how this might translate into unprecedented wealth for this one time church sing...

'Nightmare of History'

In three pages this paper examines the observation by J. Baldwin that James Joyce 'is right about history being a nightmare--But i...

United Kingdom's Power and Wealth Distribution

In seven pages the inequities of wealth and power distribution in the postwar United Kingdom are examined and the impact of such i...

Telecommunications' Mergers and the Creation of Shareholder Wealth

In forty pages this paper assesses if telecommunications' mergers and acquisitions generate shareholder wealth. Twenty two source...

Societal Perspectives of John Kenneth Galbraith and Adam Smith

differences. Some have suggested that Smith, whose real name is George Goodman, has a more cynical view of society. Goodman seems ...

Shareholder and Business Imposition of Government Regulations

In five pages this paper examines how businesses are regulated by the government in matters considering the wealth of shareholders...

Power and Wealth of J.P. Morgan and Julius Caesar

In three pages this paper compares these two men of considerable power and wealth in terms of their similarities and differences. ...

To Buy or Not to Buy Annuities is the Question

investor must be extremely knowledgeable. Th investor must also spend a significant amount of time shopping around. There can be a...

British Colonialism and Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper discusses how structural differentation patterns including status of social class, ...

The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, and Cinematic Reflections of America

In five pages this paper discusses how these films reflect expansionism, individualism, success, economic wealth, the 'American Dr...

Two Perspectives on Economic and Social Development by Foster and Landes

In nine pages a comparative analysis of two texts that consider social and economic development and the influence of capitalism, T...

Historical Overview of the Industrial Revolution

In five pages the Industrial Revolution is examined in an overview that includes social and technological changes, wealth, consump...

Social Change as Viewed by David Landes and John Foster

In ten pages two comparative and contrasting views on social change are examined as they are represented in John Foster's The Vuln...

Capitalism According to Adam Smith

In five pages the social theory developed by Adam Smith within the pages of his text The Wealth of Nations is explored as is its p...

Retirement, Wealth, and Social Security

In twenty pages this paper compares the Social Security systems of Chile and the United States in a consideration of wealth and re...

Montclair, New Jersey's Municipal Demographics

In six pages this typical suburban U.S. town is examined in a consideration of its municipal demographics including its geography,...

Division of Labor and Adam Smith

worker certainly could not lay claim to 4,800 pins daily and likely would have had difficulty in producing only twenty (Smith 89)....

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Marriage

status. However, her best friend Charlotte Lucas was considerably less romantic and much more practical. In Chapter VI of Pride ...

John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith on Liberty

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares how liberty is reflected in The Subjection of Women and On Liberty by John Stuart ...

Capitalism and Adam Smith

The economic system of Adam Smith as described in The Wealth of Nations is the focus of this five page research paper. There are ...

Global Stabilization Sustainability and OPEC

In eleven pages this paper discusses OPEC in a consideration of the effects of globalization and wealth distribution. Six sources...

Argument That Happiness Cannot Be Purchased with Money

he made suggestions that half of all consumption is wasteful (Lebergott as cited in Stabile 685). Veblen had good company as Adam...

General Equilibrium Theory and the Market Economy

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares the perfect competition general equilibrium theory with the market economy model r...

Business According to Adam Smith

Smith and his beliefs. Reading further, in particular about Smiths ideas of the division of labor, reveals a man who believes that...

A look at Faulkner's Absalom Absalom and Wild Palms

the wealth that lingers in the background. Yet, this rags to riches story includes murder and mayhem and the fact that Sutpen earn...

Social Stratification and Money

This 4 page paper discusses the way in which a person’s wealth is used to put him/her in a particular social “strata.” There is 1 ...

Social Stratification and Money

the wealthy who are not multi-billionaires but who still have vast resources and are immune to economic upheavals. Together these ...

McWhorter/Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Another feature that is unique to English is the way in which English uses the that "-ing thing" (McWhorter 2). In English, the pr...