Exponential growth

The clothes you are wearing right now were likely made in a sweatshop. Whether expensive athletic wear or cheap and trendy fashion, much of what constitutes America’s retail fashion industry is produced in sweatshops. America relies on sweatshop labor to sustain its business model revolving around consumerism. By outsourcing clothing production overseas, American companies are able to increase profits by saving money. Capitalizing on cheap labor allows for companies to constantly sell clothes…

was also affected. Farmers brought their yields to the urban centers where tradesmen were. However, there was little competition. Landes claimes that “The aim was an egalitarian social justice, but it entailed a serious constraint on enterprise and growth – a safety net at the expense of income. ” This system could account for some of the tardiness of development that existed both long before and a time after 1500. The agriculture of many European nations had also been affected by the Black…

Douglas Massey uses the conceptual “language of categorization” in his discussion of inequality. When he says “language of categorization”, he talks about stratification and layers. He suggests that categorization comes in a stratigraphical form. Massey subscribes to the stereotype content model. This model states that the population can be arranged on “independent axes of warmth and competence” (Massey, 11). This separation into groups suggests that only one type of group is good: the esteemed…

In a recent article by the New York Times, Eduardo Porter examines the historical context of American income. Since the onset of the Great Recession, 2015 marks the first time the Census Bureau reported an increase in median U.S. incomes. Even more optimistic, though, incomes of the poorest fifth of the population increased by 6.6% and poverty decreased from 14.8% in 2014 to 13.5%. Although these statistics elicit a positive outlook for the years ahead, Porter cautions the reader to examine why…

The economist is a world leading news magazine, and in recent years, it made a study that found “Developing economies account for 43% of global GDP but 65% of crony wealth.” (economist) ‘Crony capitalism’ is when businesses and policymakers have a mutual relationship, that allows each other to have a beneficial gain, for example, a policymaker might get compensated financially from the reciprocal business and equally the policymaker will do favor that might reduce certain regulations or give an…

There are 3,142 counties or county equivalents in the U.S. When looking at regional county growth rates from 2015 through 2016, counties in western and southern states have generally increased in population while population growth in counties in the Midwest and Northeast have remained steady or declined. According to the U.S. Census Bureau as of July 2016, five of the top ten fastest growing counties in America are in Texas and Utah. Real estate is one of the key reasons why people decide to…

Environmentalists like to use the metaphor of Earth as a “spaceship” to imply that the world possesses an infinite amount of resources available. However, in reality, the depletion of Earth’s energy and resources imposes a serious risk on the environment and well-being of future generations, such as your children. As Garrett Hardin explains in his article “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor”, the world resembles more of a “lifeboat” where the wealthy are in the lifeboat, while…

continued under the Song Dynasty from 960-1279 CE (1). During the Song dynasty, China experienced extraordinary commercial growth. The growth is considered to be “premodern”. During this era, China experienced growth in the production of non-agricultural goods like silk as well as the production crops that are to be sold not consumed by China such as tea. This leads to growth in the Chinese markets as well. In fact, this was an important form of Chinese production and market development until…

Envision timeless on Earth. Wouldn’t that be something? Wrong! Life on Earth for eternity would be worse than the Holocaust. Just think of the worst way to live, and then think of unending time on the Godly gift, Earth. Many factors cause me to believe that eternal life on Earth would be a living hell. First and foremost, if every person who set foot on Mother Earth lived without end, overpopulation would take charge in a matter of days. Just imagine, the Earth is already exceeding its limits…

engaged at all levels with city leaders and community members in an effort to move this city forward in a positive way. One obvious thing that I have noticed in the past one year is that this city has seen a sharp increase in its population growth. Some of the growth can be attributed to the fact that the city has a lot of employment opportunities and a very low crime rate as compared to other cities of our size. Within the past year, the city saw an increase of eight thousand people in its…