Capital accumulation

By Cheyenne Schaller “Where we could see how the “rich” lived and experience - even if just for an hour a day”(Alyssa Rosenberg). As wealthy tv shows begin to fill channels. “A fantasy world where we have started to induce ourselves into the lives of the 1%” (Farnoosh Torabi). It's true, we all prefer to watch the rich, even if we don't like to admit it. You most likely have a tv. Over 98% of of people in the early 1990’s had a least 1 tv. Back then a tv was a necessity, you could see what a…

Wow! It is already time to blog. Man, my time seems to be finite in high school, because it feels like I just blogged last week. I finished Forbes Greatest Technology Stories last week which was about 350 pages worth of great insight on being a successful inventor and entrepreneur. I started a new book called American Lightning, by Howard Blum. I'm 170 pages in, and I can say the story is quite intriguing. As of now, I have half the book read and will finish it up this week to meet my reading…

I would spend my one million dollars in three very distinct and controversial ways. I would portion the money out to be donated to three different causes. My number one cause is factory jobs going to other countries, which is going to receive six hundred thousand. Second, homelessness would be nonexistent due to people having more jobs and my donation of three hundred thousand. Lastly, the income gap between the rich and poor would be substantially lower and the middle class population…

current crisis has undermined the legitimacy of neo-liberalism, shifts in social policy will require a combination of greater resources and commitment to program specific responses’(Fine, 2008: 109). The emphasis on ‘effective’ pathways to ‘human capital accumulation’ and the pressure on governments to produce falls in ‘absolute’ poverty and inequality illustrates how ‘the extension of competitive forces is married with aggressive forms of state downsizing, austerity financing and public service…

with two sectors, each producing capital and consumer goods, respectively. Moreover, the model was assumed to the closed economy without government. Thus, capital good entered into the production of the consumer good and of itself, whereas, the capital was not subjected to diminishing returns. This implies that a greater initial allocation of investment to the production of capital goods would leave the economy with a higher stock of the same in the future. Thus, capital goods being the physical…

reduces the ability of the host economy to take advantage of the potential spillover effects of FDI. This suggests an inevitable roles institutions or intermediaries play to lure foreign capital flows and for that matter economic growth as Shaw (1973) recognized the importance of institutions in enhancing capital accumulation and economic growth. Taking cues from Alfaro, et al (2004) and Shaw’s (1973) emphasis on the role of institutions in the growth literature, the general assertion remains…

According to Brym and Lie (2012), social capital consists of the networks and connections individuals have with others that are of value, as they enable individuals to have more opportunities depending on the amount of possessed diverse networks (p.121). This paper will provide an example of how I was able to use social capital to my advantage in terms of employment, and how this is example is connected to the concept of stratification and conflict theory. Then I will end off with explaining how…

TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT The aggregate capital means in start of the unit absolutely the amount of capital ought to be need. It alludes to the capital, which should be close by while beginning the unit. The following table shows the total capital investment in “xyz enterprise”. SR NO. PARTICULARS AMOUNT 1. Land…

importance of education. The human capital theory is a concept that suggests investments in education, job training and marketable talents will lead to increased knowledge and generate higher wages for the individual. In relation to poverty, the more human capital our society has, the fewer cases of poverty we will endure. While this may be a convincing argument, there is often a bias that occurs in the eyes of the law for individuals that possess significant human capital. White collar…

Human Capital and Social Capital Two areas of improvement for my employer include the company’s investment in both human capital and social capital. Investments should be made in both human capital and social capital “with the intentions of reaping future returns or benefits” for both the individual and the organization (Kinicki & Fugate, 2016, p. 9). According to an article written by Arena and Uhl-Bien, many organizations are shifting from focusing on human capital to social capital (2016)…