John Kenneth Galbraith

In a world filled with online connections and virtual realities, it seems like the populace would enjoy the privilege of getting to present oneself in their own way, to craft their identities and shape people’s perception of them. As appealing as that proposition sounds, research is beginning to show another reality, one much darker and more pervasive is realized. Social media has been raised on a pedestal of glory, being flaunted as a way to connect with the world, to interact with more people…

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9 Mergers That Epically Failed The article describes the nine famous corporations that failed to merge. Fairchild (2013) states that “the owner of Arby's bought Wendy's for $2.34 billion” (para. 2). Nevertheless, only after three years, Wendy's sold Arby's. The fail occurred between Bank of America and Countrywide, when the deal cost the bank approximately $40 billion. Kmart and Sears are also among the epic fails due to the considerably dropped revenue of the first one. eBay bought Skype for $2…

Enron was firstly a natural gas pipeline company that combine as the combination of Nebraska and Omaha’s natural gas company, Houston Natural gas and InterNorth. It took 15 years from 1985 to 2000 to climb up into the one of the largest gas company in North America. Behind the successful of the company, it was a story of betrayal and greed of the executives of the largest natural gas company in North America. For example, the plant was moved to Mexico in order to avoid the minimum wages. Also,…

The book, “The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron” was written by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind and was published in 2003. It was all about the company of Enron and the downfall of it all and the scandals associated with it. Enron was an American energy, commodities, and services company which was located in Houston, Texas. At one point in time, it was the 7th largest company worth almost about $70 billion. There were many scandals involved in all of this,…

The film ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room painted a picture of corporate greed and all the practices one might see in the creation of fraud. It dove into personalities of the top executives surrounding the scandal and the lies created to establish a successful persona. The governmental investigation revealed that the intricate entanglements of deceptive communications were fed from near the top of the chain to traders, analyst, and investors. Traders proactively drove the mechanisms that…

In Branagh’s version of Hamlet the scene took place in a modernized castle, the costumes weren’t typical medieval dress instead they were very common wealthy outfits. Even the so called “maids,” like Ophelia were dressed nicely; this allows the audience to focus more on the obvious storyline rather than the different social classes. This was a very effective way of presenting ‘Hamlet’ because instead of looking at the controversy in Ophelia and Hamlets relationship I looked at the overall plot…

During the 1980's, state regulated monopolies were responsible for the manufacture, transmission and sale of electricity and natural gas to customers. However, these monopolies were rather incompetent and unreliable in the eyes of the customers [7]. At the onset of the Corporation, Enron has made claims that it could revolutionize the energy industry, and the Internet [6]. Enron then began to advertise through the means of Wall Street, claiming that energy could be treated as a stock or a bond…

As revealed by his speech immediately following Macduff’s flight to England, Macbeth, the newly crowned King of the Scots, acts spontaneously, without serious rational thought. In the “Castle of Macduff” speech (Act IV.i 144-156, Macbeth decides to fully discharge any previous ability to reason. Immediately, he challenges “Time” (allegorical figure), which he sees as an adversary, trying to stop him from ever acting on his thoughts. Furthermore, he uses the specific diction of “dread” and…

From comic book heroes to the ordinary teacher, masks have been a part of our life, whether we are traveling through the worlds of Marvel or just searching for evidence about who we truly are. Kenneth Gergen in his essay, “The Defense of Masks,” talks about the necessities that forces people to employ masks which will tend to hide their true identity. Things such as being with those you are comfortable with or being in front of the chairmen for an important business firm demonstrate that…