Joel Bakan

William Martin “Billy” Joel...who is he? Well to the current youth, he might just be a random name with no meaning, but to those of us who have heard his songs and watched his performances, whether on TV or in person, we know that this is no ordinary man. So who is he? He’s the Piano Man. As a big fan of Billy Joel’s songs, especially “Piano Man,” not only do I enjoy listening to his music, but I also feel like I have a connection with Joel. I feel like I can identify some of my life with his…

It is Worth it to Dream “You can get what you want or you can just get old,” this is what Billy Joel once said, and it is still true. This can be interpreted as meaning that if someone doesn’t have any dreams or doesn’t go after them, there is no point in life. All someone would do without a dream is go through the motions and get old. Although sometimes it may be disappointing and seem like a waste of time, dreaming is worth it, they give people something to work for, having dream’s can…

Have you ever heard of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel? “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel is a song released in 1989 that touched upon topics from 1949 to 1989. This song was a very well-known song by Billy Joel. He also wrote this song to express his long lost love for History. Billy Joel wanted to be a high school history teacher before he started his singing career. Six history topics from this song have been picked to inform you about a little bit of history. Those…

becomes lucrative. Once Forrest’s mom dies, he leaves the shrimping company to Lieutenant Dan and is able to show his kindness by donating money to the church, a hospital, and Bubba’s family. After Jenny dies, Forrest cares after Forrest Jr. (Haley Joel Osment). He did this because he loves Jenny (Zemeckis,…

psychologist, Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is shot in his home by an ex-patient that he couldn’t help. The ex-patient then shoots and kills himself. The next fall, we see Malcolm is fine and now has a new patient, a young boy named Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment). Cole seems to be very…

According the Alex Gibney’s movie, I would say that I believe in the correctness of Joel Bakan’s arguments. Enron Company shows “psychopathic” traits that provide effect to their employees and other people lives. The actions involve immoral actions, shadow business and money manipulations that destroy people careers. Joe Bakan gave clear view that what Enron did was planned. Moreover, Enron took a risk that could make a huge profit, however; was over their opportunity. In my opinion,…

It is their opinion that partaking in these games don’t actually affect its young players. A twelve-year-old boy quoted in Mr. Bakans book shares insight into his thought, “It’s just fun blowing people up” (Bakan 20). Underage, self-professed avid gamer, “Eric” admitting “Violence (in video games) definitely affects the player, you get more used to seeing violence and you become more tolerant of it.” (Netzley 9). This…

Inspired by Joel Bakan’s book, “The Corporation: The Pathologic Pursuit of Profit and Power”, The Corporation is an evoking documentary that presents the history of the corporation and the role it plays in society and our daily lives. The documentary presents the corporation as a paradox: “an institution that creates great wealth but causes enormous and often hidden harms.” Originally, corporations were gifts from people to serve the public. After the civil war, corporation lawyers gained rights…

“The idea that community or faith based charity were more efficient, effective and capable than the government of addressing ecological stringency hasn’t been true since the industrial revolution transformed the US from agrarian to an urban nation” (LA Times). When I was 14 years old, my mother, brother and I were evicted from my mothers then boyfriend’s house and forced to share a one bedroom apartment with no furniture. I would drink water to feel full and when we did get groceries, we would…

“The Corporation” documentary by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan shows that businesses are dishonest to the people to continue earning more revenue while the people are getting sick. The film also shows how corporations cause health problems and environmental issues by using unethical methods to obtain additional profit. This documentary examines the history of the corporation and the role they play in society. The main point throughout the documentary is that competition is important…