Deregulation

Introduction - Historic Enron Financial Scandal The merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth produced Enron in 1985 which started off slowly specializing in the natural gas and then grew to start increasing its product range. Kenneth Lay founded Enron and became Enron’s Chairman and CEO. However, Enron management aggressively decided the need to grow faster, increase investor’s confidence, attract more investments and increase their credit rating. In order to achieve their vision, the…

First, you said only one eye has leukocoria in this infant. Leukocoria is a common clinical feature of retinoblastoma, and this indication is usually a late sign of the disease (Balmer et al., 2006). Retinoblastoma can be either a hereditary disease and a nonhereditary disease. Generally, 60% of the cases of retinoblastoma are nonhereditary, with the remaining 40% being hereditary. Usually, 25% of the hereditary cases have family disease history, which is what we have in this case (NORD).…

Unemployment Definition Unemployment refers to the situation whereby individuals want to work however are unable to secure employment, therefore resulting in the underutilization of an economy’s labour supplies. Measurement Unemployment is measured monthly and is calculated by: Labour force participation rate refers to the percentage of the population aged 15 and over in the labour force that is employed or unemployed and is calculated by: Current statistics and Trends Australia began…

Since the beginning of the post-war period, thinking on how best developing or ‘Global South’ countries can advance to the level of the United States or Western Europe has been notably altered. From its origins as a colonial discourse on direct intervention to a system based on financial aid and development projects, development theories encompass a wide range of ideas from plumbing like Water Aid to exported democracy and renewable energy. Diane Elson was among several 20th-century feminist…

The 2008 financial crisis was caused by an excessive corporate appetite for profit by the United States. When one of the largest banks in the United States fell into bankruptcy, fear spread globally. Starting in the nineteenth century, Canada and the United States took contrasting paths. The United States allowed a difficult system to develop, with more small and less stable banks. Canada, however, set up a concentrated banking system that controlled mortgage lending and investment banking under…

The definition of which could differ to individuals but during a press conference by President George W. Bush he clearly relates the American Dream with home ownership. “Right here in America if you own your own home, you're realizing the American Dream” (G.W Bush, Remarks by the President on Homeownership, St. Paul AME Church Atlanta, Georgia USA, June 17, 2002). In 2003 the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates to 1% (Labonte & Makinen, 2008) this caused America to start spending big and the…

The Crime Control Model is one that has been around for just about 50 years now and as it has progressed from its early days with Nixon to now it has progressed with the waves of crime. The most influential act set forth by the United States Government in an effort to control a growing crime problem was the Violent Crime Control & Law Enforcement Act of 1994. This act, according to the original bill itself, did many things such as banned assault weapons, added more offenses to the federal death…

Homelessness Still a Problem In reading a several articles on homelessness, I found that there is a direct correlation to social capital. In a study on the problem behaviors of homeless youth, it examines and compares their social capital to youth that are not homeless. Social capital paths that relate to homeless youth are, family structure, number of siblings, number of years raised by biological parents, connection to institutions such as churches, their education, education of their…

Event Name Type of Event Causes Course Consequences 1980 Election This was a political event because it caused a change in the government. Americans wanted a firm, patriotic leader who had a plan to fix the economic problems carrying over from the 1970s. Jimmy Carter was running for reelection, and Americans overall were very unhappy with his leadership. Ronald Reagan emerged as his challenger, a former actor with great public skills and a plan. They elected Ronald Reagan in 1980 who had a…

Net neutrality is the idea that the Internet should be free and open to everyone equally. Without FCC regulation, this free Internet can not exist. The present and future world will need the free Internet to maintain the economy and our everyday lives. The FCC privacy rollback that you voted for this past March is a landmark in the decline of these vital regulations. Consumer privacy is important and voting against it is directly working against the people you represent. Consumers do not benefit…