Exclusive Economic Zone

Primary Source Document 1 Casas, Bartolomé De Las. “Bartoleme De Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies.” The Cuba Reader, Jan. 2009, pp. 12–14., doi:10.1215/9780822384915-003. Bartolomé de las Casas created this document. He was a 16th century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. His significance was that he was the first to expose the oppression of indigenous peoples by Europeans in the Americas and to call for the abolition of slavery there. He arrived…

There are many responsibilities of being an adult. Being an adult does not mean that someone can go out and buy cigarettes, alcohol, or lottery tickets whenever he or she wants. Being an adult means having responsibilities of bills, taking one’s self to the doctor, and managing one’s money. The definition of an adult in the dictionary is: a person who is fully grown or developed. There are many adults today that still act like teenagers and do the same activities that teenagers do. This is one…

Costly Savings Overview The day following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, corrects for the out of place joy the holiday brings to the dreary wintertime by completely opposing its basic principles. Where Thanksgiving brings appreciation and contemplation, Black Friday brings an insatiable appetite and a total disregard for others. While the dangers and rewards of Black Friday may often be exaggerated, total success will be a challenge. With enough planning and preparation any Black Friday goals can…

Taleen Alawadi Article: Do rent controls work? This article briefly disputes the consequences of rent regulation. It can be argued that it is beneficial, but it is also important to consider why it may not be. The article begins by addressing two different forms of rent regulation, first of which is known as rent control. Rent control essentially places a cap on how much can be charged for rent. The second form of regulation is known as rent stabilisation which sets limits on how much rent…

Critical Commentary Introduction “Is Hyperloop the Future of Travel” is an article from BBC that talks about Hyperloop, a conceptual transportation system that would shorten travel time by a great amount. I choose this article because I like travel and I believe that travel will become easier and faster in the near future because of innovations and new technology such as Hyperloop. This article mainly focuses on two parts: the first part explains what Hyperloop is and how it works; the second…

opposition. Due to the two sides, the perceived lack of morality in wealth matters to the less wealthy individuals of society. Mahatma Gandhi states in (book name) his own opinion of the moral indifference in terms of wealth. He believes that when we make economic gains, we hinder our social progress. This social progress is described as our moral state. Despite Gandhi’s belief, I must disagree with him. Many societies do not decay socially because of wealth, on the contrary, our social progress…

Theodore Adorno and Walter Benjamin were both theorists associated with the Frankfurt School of Social Research. They proposed the idea of mass cultural marketing in the modern era but differed on the purpose of the culture industry. Adorno believed that culture had developed into a consumer good where profit was made and Benjamin saw culture, specifically artistic creativity such as music, to play a role in political ideology. Although differing views on the function of culture separated the…

13 Name Professor Course Date BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM INTRODUCTION Bretton Woods’s system was established in 1944, the main aim of the system was to set pose regulations which led to the dollar to be the main international currency. This currency was the main requirement to of payment and purchase of foreign goods and services. This led to the straining of the underdeveloped markets which were not able to access the dollar, this led to them depending on the US to rend them the dollar to help in…

will entice consumers will translate into money and therefore, profits. Lastly, the Global capitalism approach focuses on the effects of globalization on capitalism. The theory argues that this is the epitome of capitalism and the political and economic parts of globalization will benefit the most. The ideology of consumerism is discussed, and that media promotes encourages consumerism by showing content that shows the ideals of living a certain…

Kimberly Ma / Bus5-187 Sec 13 Participation/ Discussion Questions: Discussion: Why would government need to interfere? Government will interfere for political, economic, and cultural reasons. In the economic sense, the government might intervene to protect, regulate and control the resources. Some political motives involve securing jobs, national security, responding to unfair trade, and gaining a bigger influence in the market. For instance, in order to secure jobs, the government might…