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Papers On Miscellaneous Economic Issues
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Human Service Organizations
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(5 pp) What was once seen in the light of the
Biblical admonition, 'the poor are always with us,'
the human service organization is beginning to
look at some vital retooling in the new century.
This discussion will examine some of the new
challenges and potential solutions that face human
service organizations.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBhumsrv.doc
“A Random Walk Down Wall Street”: A Review of the Book by Burton Gordon Malkiel
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A 5 page review of this classic investment guide. First published almost thirty years ago this book provides tremendous insight into the investment world of Wall Street. Malkiel’s philosophy is actually quite simple. He views the active management of mutual funds too complex and unsure for the individual investor. So too is the management of securities. Instead, Malkiel recommends the purchase of a broad range of index funds. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPwallSt.rtf
“Malthusian Economics: a Global Perspective”
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A seventeen page paper which considers whether the theories of Malthus and his modern successors can be described as ‘doomsday economics’. The writer looks at several different viewpoints on global economics, in terms of the difficulties of assessing population increase, food supply and productivity, and the impact which development in the industrialised West has had on poorer nations.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLmalthus.wps
“Mr. Clean”: Reaction Paper
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A 3 page reaction paper on the article “Mr. Clean” by Elizabeth MacDonald and Michael Maiello as it appears in Forbes. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmrcln.rtf
“Socio-economic theories regarding the minimum wage”
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A six page paper which looks at the theories of different economists and sociologists with regard to the instigation and implementation of a minimum wage, and considers how far different socio-economic structures would support such an innovation.
Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: JLminwage.wps
“Technologies of Control: The New Interactive Media for the Home”: A Review of the Premises Presented in the Book by Kevin Wilson
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A 5 page overview of Wilson’s premises regarding the incredible capability of modern technology to not only monitor individual and group behavior but to utilize the information collected in that monitoring to change and direct that behavior. Wilson contends that this practice is not simply the collection of general information to be utilized in marketing goods to consumers, but rather as a restructuring of communication practices which will result dramatic changes in practically all aspects of modern society. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPinfoP2.rtf
"The Theory of the Leisure Class" by Thorstein Veblen
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A 4 page paper which
discusses the reality of the leisure class as it is presented by Veblen and argues that the
leisure class still exists today. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAleisure.wps
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