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There is a common concept in some parts of the world that globalization of a community or country is wrong, and that it will have irreparable impact on the culture. This concept, while it may seem true for some people in their own opinion, for all it will not because globalization is inevitable. Kwame Anthony Appiah in Cosmopolitanism, calls to question this idea of globalization and the effects it has on homogeneity and culture. Essentially, the cultivation of his argument is the idea that…

1. Genteel culture sought to sophisticate the whole, in general, they believed that a person’s time both at work and in their free time should be constructive. The new mass culture was tired of genteel culture and wanted to go beyond the limitations set by genteel culture. This included things like more exciting leisure activities. For example, instead of looking at art, they enjoyed going to the amusement park and physically taking part in the fun of the attractions. The transition from genteel…

1. The federal government regulates and subsidizes states and localities. It subsidizes them through both matching and block grants for specific purposes. In the past, it also provided general revenue sharing. In matching grants, the amount received by states and localities depends on the amount they spend. Indirect aid is provided by the exemption from taxation of interest on state and local bonds and the tax deductibility of state and local income and property taxes. 2. The arguments…

Colombia is a Spanish speaking nation, located to the South of Venezuela. Colombia, as of 2016, has a population of 48,481,028 people. The Official Colombian currency is the Peso. The Peso is worth a miniscule 0.051 American dollars. Colombia’s main export is petroleum, with coffee and coal not far behind. Colombia’s main imports are most mechanical, and technological products. The United States, the main trade partner of Colombia provides most of these imports. The capital of Colombia is Bogota…

The resources that are available in Canada definitely make it a better place to live compared to other countries around the world. First of all, the large amounts of fresh water reservoirs that are available in Canada greatly affect the quality of life. These reserves include the Five Great Lakes and other underground reservoirs. This ensures that freshwater is available for daily usage as well as for the future, as Canada as a country does not need to be anxious about freshwater quantities as…

lowering their tariffs. In fact, the average nominal tariffs fell 30 percent from 1987 to 1995. In 1993, the Brazilian government also liberalized their markets (“Has Globalization”). These trade liberalizations have resulted in a drastic increase in international trade. In Ginna Hauge’s and Marier Magnusson’s, study on the Globalization of Brazil, a quote reads, “During the 1990’s, Brazil and the other Latin American countries changed their trade and development policies, to varying degrees…

Anqi Li Li-Kuang Chen Siyao Song Econ 5103 May, 22nd, 2016 Submission Question 10 (a). What factors may have led to the changes in interest rate taken by RBA in 2011-2015 (Tradingeconomics.com, 2016) In 2011 the reserve bank of Australia decided to cut interest rates and continued to reduce them over the next 5 years. The RBA did this in response to a slowdown of the Australian economy as shown by the downward trend in monthly GDP growth, decreasing trade scale and lowering of commodity…

A Discourse Community is not Absolutely Independent “Discourse Community” is first constructed by Martin Nystrand in 1982 (Heilker & Vandenbergh). All of us can be considered as a part of discourse community. Sometimes we do not recognize that we are in discourse communities, but we will feel a sense of belonging when we in the right discourse communities. However, what is “Discourse Community”? and how to divided discourse communities? According to James E. Porter, “ A discourse community…

According to the Pew Ideology Poll I am classified under the category of Solid Liberals, along with about 65% of my classmates. When I analyze my views with the pew typology profiles I find that most of my views align with the secular democrat profile. My political opinions are strongly driven by social issues, I am not very religious, I am very pro-environment, I support government to the extent that it functions efficiently and is not manipulated by money and power. These views on politics are…

Collaboration is increasingly important in the highly developed society. Today’s society is no longer a self-sufficient one, but one in which all the people depend on each other for existence. Every loaf of bread，every article of clothes, every house or apartment, every means of transportation is the product of cooperative efforts. One can almost accomplish nothing without joint efforts. In “Committees, Juries, and Teams”, James Surowiecki acknowledges that sometimes collective knowledge can…