Industrial espionage

Tragedy of the Commons in the American West: The Cattle Boom Garrett Hardin’s Tragedy of the Commons is a fundamental principle in the study of environmental science. Hardin’s classic example is the herdsman who desires to selfishly maximize their economic gain at the expense of their community’s shared pasture. In his example, the commons are a shared resource or the open range. Each herdsman is located in a society that prioritizes constant economic gain, while there are limited resources.…

A sweatshop is a factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. As mentioned in the article, “The Noble Feat of Nike”, by Johan Norberg, globalization is the main key to open the multinational corporations and provide job opportunities to the workers especially in poor or developing countries. The goal of this multinational corporation is to bring trade agreement and friendly relationships…

Abstract: Nishat Mills Limited (NML) is one of the largest textile multifaceted unit of Pakistan that is involved in the business of textile manufacturing and of spinning, combing, weaving, bleaching, dyeing, printing, stitching, buying, selling and otherwise dealing in yarn, linen, cloth and other goods and fabrics made from raw cotton, synthetic fiber and cloth, and to generate, accumulate, distribute and supply electricity. The market for clothing, home textile and accessories has always been…

The industrial revolution woke up the sense of humanity in people, yet at the same time It turned it off. To begin with, from the year 1819 through 1901, Great Britain was beginning to face an all new era called the Victorian Era. In fact, this era was named like that, because of queen Victoria. Also, this era was very important because it introduced medical advances, scientific knowledge, technological knowledge that helped increase work efficiency. However, not all the things that occurred…

Rebecca Solnit illustrated the development of new technologies during the 1800s in “The Annihilation of Time and Space,” which is excerpted from her interesting historical book, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West. In the article, Solnit argued the invention of photography, railroad, and telegraphy, which greatly impact people’s life by changing time and space. Through the paper, Solnit used other historical scholarships as evidence to support her thoughts. The…

Growing up on a farm and growing up in the city are very different cultures. When one thinks about farm life, some think about the filth and all of the hard work that comes along with it, yet some think of all of the lessons learned and the tight knit community involved. On the other hand, while thinking about city life, some think about the pollution and the lack of community that it has, or thinking of the different cultures and amazing technology in a large city. In the story, “A Wagner…

As stated by Jay Parini, "We [the United States] are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors" (BrainyQuote). America is the culmination of peoples and cultures from all across the world. As a seamstress adds and moves pieces while making the American quilt, each change brings different challenges and excitement to the beautiful work. One such dynamic alteration to the fabric of America was the Great Migration, in which millions of African Americans moved north, driven by opportunity.…

During the 1920’s the Harlem Renaissance was happening. This was an explosion happened in New York. So many African Americans wanted to move up north because there were more job opportunities their than the South. They would be able to make money, have a job, and be free from all the bad stuff that was happening. This was after the civil war happened. Back then the still had the Jim Crow laws and dixie. In the Poem “One Way Ticket”, the author is telling us that he does not want to stay their…

Peasant life also improved under Alexander III, who in 1882 established the Peasant Land Bank to help peasants buy additional land from the nobles. Which mitigated some of the financial burden faced by the peasantry after the emancipation of 1861 and diminished distress and unrest in the countryside. Polunov asserts Nikolai Bunge is credited with the founding of “a Peasant Land Bank, on May 18, 1882”, however, it's likely Alexander III would receive the credit even if he was not at the forefront…

Brazil’s GDP, with GDP growth predicted to increase further from the then rate of 1.2% (CountryEconomy). As Brazilian economy started to take-off in the early 2000s (Factbook), the need for electricity increased at an exponential rate, due to both industrial and domestic needs (Economist). The construction of the dam would add valuable energy to Brazil’s power grid that would help power factories and homes, thus helping the country fulfill its economics potential. The $14 billion investment was…