Economic ideologies

Liberalism is a complex ideology that supports individual freedom, the right to use reason and rationality to pursue independent interests and inherent dignity and worth of every person (58). The broad ideology encompasses a number of smaller sub-categories that all support the greater ideal of individualism and representative government, but in unique and specific ways. Liberalism is identified by the text to have three main ideological branches that work towards the same greater goal of…

push for civil liberties, social equality and are considered to be very progressive. They do not believe in classifying people and placing them within certain social groups. Thus, the Greens feel that everybody is the same no matter their political ideologies, their religion, gender, sexual orientation, and age. Likewise, the Greens do not support the government as they feel it is controlled by political elites so they call for an extreme reorganization of the government. One might call the…

I have heard of the term Liberalism, but I never understood what the term really meant. I learned that Liberalism is “an ideology that regards the individual as a rational being capable of overcoming obstacles to a better world.” Also, it “supports changes in the political and economic status quo.” John Locke an English philosopher is known for this form of American ideology. Until today I only knew of one form of Liberalism, but I now know of another form called Classical Liberalism. I learned…

of the reality faced by individuals in the Global South within the context of a neoliberal economic paradigm. The concept of the invisible hand refers to the logic of the free-market, espoused by Adam Smith, which posits that there is an invisible hand in a free market framework that ensures the most effective and socially optimal allocation of resources. Despite the widespread acceptance of this economic theory, the reality faced by individuals especially in developing countries, does not…

agents, a college education is the goal and racial discrimination is the hindrance. Also a political concept, equality of outcome is often described in contrast to equality of opportunity. It is the political ideology that people all have the same amount of wealth in goods or their economic standpoints are similar. To achieve this, a transfer of wealth is needed to eliminate the inequality in society, giving from the rich to the poor. Equality is seen as the most desirable state that society…

2015 General Election. There are several factors that have contributed towards Labours performance in the 2010 and 2015 General Elections. For example; economic performance, party identification, communication, rise in power by the SNP, support by the media, poor leadership, tactical voting, the introduction of challenger parties and political ideologies. One could argue that the Labour party performed worse in the 2015 General Election than the General Election in 2010, this essay seeks to…

In this chapter, I here analyze economic aspects of Lee Child’s novel Tripwire. Here, I analyze Jack Reacher and other major characters. This thesis deals with American lifestyle and culture which offers different perspective to the field of literature. The perspective of my analysis is economic contract theory or in another word “Behavioral Economics”. I also focus on exploring evils of capitalism by discussing the ideology of “Economic Man”. Behavior of an individual is always mapped through…

section begins by revisiting Kenneth Pomeranz’s argument in The Great Divergence which attempts to answer the question about why industrial revolution did not occur in China in the Ming/Qing Dynasty. His studies were largely based on comparing the economic developments in China and Europe before the great divergence happened, in particular the Yangzi River Delta in China and the core regions of England. As Pomeranz (2000) put it, these two places were similar in technological levels, functioning…

German Reunification” Germany has had a tumultuous history and inspiring rise to international prominence over the last century. This political anomaly is referred to in German as “wirtschaftswunder” which translated is the phrase the “wonder of economics.” This eminent rise has been recognized by the leadership role the German government is currently playing in the European Union, in relation to monetary policy that is intended to alleviate the Euro-zone crisis. The nation has weathered two…

My personal ideologies correlates best with Canada’s Green Party due to a similar foundation of trust in citizens, powerful advocacy for Canada’s hushed and underlying issues in which the Green Party vocalizes on a prominent platform. To begin, my ideology consists of strong social liberties in which the LGBTQ community is no longer a minority group and coloured people aren’t labelled under the stamp of black, hispanic or yellow. I believe the relationship between the government and its people…