Daniel Burnham

Behavioural economics employs insights from psychology experiments to help explain examples of economically irrational behaviour, when dealing with consumer theory. The two most prominent ‘irrational’ preferences are reference dependence, and loss aversion. Although it is a fairly recent development, there have still been many papers written about behavioural economics; such as ‘On the Value of Incumbency: Managerial Reference Points and Loss Aversion,’ ‘The Forward-Looking Competitive Firm…

One of the driving forces that differentiates the lifestyle of Piraha and westerners, is that, both cultures enforce different ideas of success. The Piraha take life lightly, live in the moment, and have no hierarchal system—consequently leading them to strive for overall happiness and pleasure. Westerners on the other hand, plan for the future, work long hours to make money, and self-define their worth on a class system—driving them to achieve wealth and material possession. With both cultures…

What do you think of when you hear that someone is an individual of good character? Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines character as, “one of the attributes that make up and distinguish an individual.” The word character was first used in 14th century Latin, meaning distinctive quality. I say character is defined how a person reacts when their back is against the wall. I say this because, it is only then when you have two options, either to stand and fight or lay down and die, is your…

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is a portrait of a woman 's life from birth to death. The novel is supposedly based in fact, and possibly even loosely based off the real life female criminal Moll King (Howson 167). Stylistically, it 's written as an autobiography of the vivacious Moll Flanders, detailing the adventures her extravagant, action-packed, and dramatic story. Defoe uses his title character to explore identity, morality, and ethics through the…

The devil is always roaming the world to tempt us and to sabotage our faith in God, but God uses multiple tests to develop our faith in Him. We as a human being must be tested by faith for God to trust us with His word. False faith fails at times of us being tested in our trial, but crazy faith helps us to grow and mature in areas to edify God 's Kingdom. Faith clarifies why God authorized the three "black" Hebrew men who names were, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be tested by their faith.…

dangerous world of There will be Blood, and in particular, the negative influence of his adoptive father, Daniel Plainview. Despite these obstacles, H.W. is able to overcome, both by learning from his father’s example and by using his shortcomings to further his growth,…

Daniel utilizes a new introductory formula in this verse to focus the attention of the reader to the climax of the visions of the beasts. From this group of ten horns, comes up “another horn, a little one” which displaced three other horns. This little horn had “eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.” Nothing specifically is said about the nature of what is being said, however, within the Bible’s wisdom literature, through the eyes or speech of a person, their…

economist, Bruno Frey put it, “The agent of economic theory is rational, selfish, and his tastes do not change.” The Homo Economicus, whom psychologist Daniel Kahneman refers to as “Econs” focuses on rationality to understand how choices are made; however, Kahneman was determined to prove rationality is not always the be-all and end-all of economics. Daniel Kahneman is one of only a couple non-economists and the first psychologist to win the Nobel prize in Economics…

When thinking about when the novel became a recognizable genre, we must first look at what the actual term “novel” refers to. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary the term novel can be defined as an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events. Does this simple explanation shed light on what an individual considers a novel, or does this broad definition only show that a novel can be defined…

The philosophical quandary introduced in Daniel C. Dennett 's “Where Am I?” plagues the imagination and inflames internal debate. “Where Am I?” presents the case of a philosophical academic who is approached by the government to undergo a dangerous task where his body would be exposed to a plethora of toxic radiation. While his body was said to be able to withstand the toxins embedded within the radiation he was told his brain could not. As a necessary precaution, the government proposes to…