12 July 1726. Had this been a typical Tuesday Morning, a Boston resident could have taken a stroll down cobbled King’s Street, perhaps picking up a copy of this week’s Boston News-Letter, on their way to the merchant shops at the Long Wharf. Once there, they could have gazed at dozens of deep sea vessels going about their trade in the Boston Harbor, or headed into Crown’s Coffee-House to hear the latest news from throughout the Atlantic told by sea hardened sailors. However, this particular…
close to the player’s actual value to the varsity. This combined with the facts that players within the revenue sports receive no pay, and are restricted to once they will go skilled, exemplifies oppressive policy set forth by the association, in collusion with the skilled…
Question no. 1 Difference between profit and cash flow (Jordan, Dolvin & Miller, 2015) defines profit as revenue after deducting the incurred expenses which is also called net income, where revenue includes total sales and any gains and cost & expenses includes cost of goods sold, salaries, maintenance, utilities insurance, rent, interest, transportation, depreciation. And cash flow is the difference between the actual cash that is received and the actual cash being utilized in the business.…
Abstract: The Port of Singapore has a multi-pricing structure. The costs are arranged in three categories: port-calling costs, terminal-handling costs and concession pricing. Port-calling costs are the costs of all services offered to the vessel, ranging from access to quay or terminal, to pilotage, to the supply of water and bunkering, i.e. they encompass all ship-handling costs. Terminal-handling costs comprise costs for loading or unloading, storage, customs clearance, repacking and…
‘Arab-Israeli conflict in the period 1896-2002 was dominated by the great powers for entirely selfish and cynical reasons.’ To what extent is this a fair assessment of their involvement in the Middle East during these years? The Arab-Israeli conflict is often contemplated as one of the most important global issues over the past centuries.the is conflict is often described as the fight for Arab nationalism through the state of Palestine and a claim for the jews, through Zionism the right to…
"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." [0] In the fight between Apple and federal law enforcement over a locked iPhone, the government is overreaching because the collusion of what the executive and judicial branch is asking for does not resemble America’s democracy. The government in tandem is acting more like a totalitarian government by forcing a private company to do their bidding. If Apple allows the…
Net Neutrality and Data Discrimination “They who can give up their essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin. When you sacrifice your freedoms for security you deserve neither. The same goes for internet freedoms. When you sacrifice the freedom and openness of the internet for any type of law you deserve nothing. The internet started on the basis of the words, free, open and…
Everyone is fully aware of the Trump phenomenon where criticism had no effect on his popularity. In fact, most every time he acted indecent and/or immoral, his poll numbers went up during the primaries. We’ve never seen anything like this in our nation. Even with this advantage, he still never would have gotten where he was if some other critical factors weren’t in play. Trump stood out against the whole slew of his other GOP rivals. Most were indeed decent conservative candidates with…
Immigration Reform in the United States There are hundreds of thousands of immigrants who come to the United States from all around the world every year. The main reason for immigrants, legal and illegal, coming to the United States is that they all want a chance for a better life. Many people believe that the United States is one of the best countries for immigration because it has been known as the land of opportunity for centuries. Therefore, many illegal immigrants from Central and South…
ROUGH COPY OF A SUMMARY OF ADAM SMITH’S WELATH OF NATIONS (Book 1) Book I - Of the Causes of Improvement in the Productive Powers of Labour, and of the Order According to which it’s Produce is Partially Distributed among the Different Ranks of the People -Pallavi S. 3rd year, BA. Economic (H), Christ University, Bangalore In the first chapter, Smith details specialization as the key to economic efficiency through the division of labour. Specialisation has made the process thousands of times…