Alan Greenspan

The Comedy of Nothingness: Nihilism of the Comedian in Watchmen In Alan Moore and Gave Gibbons’ 1986 comic Watchmen, a recurring theme throughout the novel is the use of Nihilism. I will be doing a close reading/literary analysis of how nihilism is reflected and used in the comic Watchmen. I will argue that doing a close reading of the character The Comedian in Watchmen, I can show how the philosophy of Nihilism is reflected not only in the comic but how that connection is represented in present…

TV Series Review: Empire “Empire’s are not built in a day but this one was created in one season. Writer and Producer Lee Daniels has once again out done himself with his creativity and adaption of his new hit series Empire which first aired on FOX news last spring. Daniels directed and produced many other hit movies such as Precious and The Butler which won several awards for its outstanding production and outstanding performance by the cast. Empire, a new television series created by…

On January 7, 2015 Empire premiered on Fox. The show quickly gained a strong fan base. Not far into the first season Empire was ranked one of Fox’s number hit television shows. Empire is about the hip hop and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders’ family. It is about their fight for control of the company. It stars Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, who was a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and CEO of Empire. After Lucious learns that…

The Little Prince, by Antione de Saint Exupéry, isn't an ordinary story. In fact, it was tailored for the child inside of us, but even as grow-ups we can't seem to understand it fully. However, Saint Exupéry's use of Archetypal theory, the hero's journey in specific, assists the reader throughout the story and eventually reveals the meaning of it. There are conflicting opinions on who exactly goes on this heroic journey. In my opinion, it's only the the little prince: the pilot on the other…

Knowledge is what makes one thrive and grow, this is best done through the interaction of others. When the Little Prince and the pilot meet, the pilot had just crashed his plane in the Desert of Sahara. The Little Prince asks the pilot to draw him a sheep. Since the pilot had only drawn two drawings in his entire life (a boa constrictor from the outside and a boa constrictor from the inside), he was really confused. When the pilot drew the first sheep, the Little Prince rejected it saying the…

I think Alan Greenspan’s commencement speech was realistic about the possibility of business ethics. He talked about how some people look to take shortcuts to be successful in life, whether they’re in or out of the workplace. According to Alan Greenspan, he has seen people have success by taking shortcuts and exploiting people during their daily lives and in the workplace. This proves that Greenspan recognizes that people pursue this strategy and have succeeded in life. Even though people have…

Introduction The events of the Great Recession will go down as one of the moulding events of the millennial generation. The end of extended periods of bullish markets and an economic view of the only way forward is up will have long standing effects on millennials in the future. One of the most life changing results of the Great Recession took form in the housing collapse. It changed the way communities looked and where people would live. In this paper, we intend to examine several of the…

Clinton’s proposal was also estimated to cut the federal deficit in five years by $500 billion (Patterson 333). Much of President Clinton’s decisions were advised by Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Benson and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, he depended on these two men to help reduce the national budget (Patterson 332). One of Clinton’s biggest accomplishments as President was the 1993 budget deal that further improved his reputation as an economic manager. Over time the passing…

Throughout President Clinton's two terms the economy rebounded. A revolution in Information Technology was the reason for the rebound. During the 1990’s millions of new jobs were created. The country enjoyed slight inflation and low rates of unemployment. During this decade the prices of the stock triple. stocks for new technology companies were listed on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. these stocks grew by almost 800%. Clinton receives some credit for this development. Many commentators said…

incurred in. This was mostly due to banks sharing members’ financial and private information to other companies which proceeded to charge them for services they hadn’t subscribed to or began telemarketing harassment towards uninterested members’. Alan Greenspan was the Chairman of the Fed from 1987-2006. He was the main ambassador of any new monetary policy. During this time frame he went through 2 short recessions, for which he acted quickly in order to return the economy to a stable phase. His…