Karl Otto Koch

Smith and Marx created the industrial revolution and they have some similar ideas and have different ideas of our economy. Smith and Marx only in common was the creation of the industrial revolution. These two economies guys do not have much common, in fact that they have the opposite ideas from another. Smith ideas is the Laisser-faire where the economy is not to have the government be involved with it and he think the economy will fix itself that is the visible hand. Marx idea is different…

Marco Polo reveals a mercantile approach when describing his understanding of the world. The main goal of this approach was to increase a cities wealth by imposing government regulation concerning all of the cities commercial interests. Marco Polo was born into a family of merchants which is the main reason he encounters this approach and is a privileged member of society. Many societies had tight control of limited wealth and if someone was interested in getting into business, they would need…

decades that have passed us by there were many great philosophers. These brilliant minds created theories, examples, and opinions on topics that are still controversial in our time today. The two that I’d like to draw attention to are Andrew Carnegie and Karl Marx. Although, their opinions are similar they have different standpoints on the ways our economies would become more efficient. In the Gospel of Wealth, Carnegie’s views were open-minded. He elaborates on his idea that our economy would…

Free Will…..No Such Thing What does a collective society mean, how dow does it work? The purpose of this is to give insight to those who know nothing about a collective society. The society in the novel Anthem is a brutal one, that requires everyone to think less of themselves in order for the group to better survive and thrive. Collectivism is a social outlook on society, that says that the interests of the group should be put above everything else. In a collective society people cannot…

and I like Soldiers I could see how unhappy and broken people were, not from years of War but from what I know now as Alienation. I think Karl Marx hit the nail on the head with that one, the people I worked with were miserable! Of all the Philosopers we have studied I think I align more with the Stoics Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus and the Materialist Karl Marx, an interesting combination I know. Like the Stoics I believe that the only thing we can really control is our attitudes and…

Although some may argue that the short story, “Moving On” by Diane Cook, reveals the discrimination against woman’s rights in society, this position limits the significance of the narrator’s defense mechanisms used to cope with the struggle between the classes to maintain power. This class struggle, identified through the narrator’s forced grieving process and defense mechanism of repression, reveals the bourgeoisies’ control over the proletariat in the shelters. Through the resale possibilities…

In their essay, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels examine the history of the classes regarding how one exploits the other. Applying this idea to “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner reveals how this theory is present not just in industrial settings, but in towns and communities…

The implementation of the Berlin Wall brought on many divisions in Berlin. Not only were East and West Berlin geographically separated, they were divided politically, economically and culturally. Erich Honecker, leader of East Berlin in 1971 through 1989, and the German Democratic Republic Party played a humungous role in the separation of this city. Erich Honecker’s working hours economic policy and the German Democratic Republic’s socialist foundations acted as a political wall in the…

A raw diamond mined in an area of loaded rivalry and traded illicitly to help fund rebellion groups are known as conflict diamonds or blood diamonds. Many people don’t realize that there are many diamonds today that are conflict diamonds. Many people may not realize that they are purchasing conflict diamonds because they are not aware of the conflicts in Sierra Leone and because the Kimberley Process may not fully guarantee that all certified diamonds are not from conflicted areas. Diamonds in…

A good percentage of early socialist thinking seemed to be in response to the more individualistic thinking that was coming to dominate economic and philosophical circles around the early to mid 1800s. Indeed, the guiding principles of the socialist movement seemed to be fairness and community; early socialists such as Louis Blanc championed the idea of Universal Suffrage, or at the very least, Suffrage for all men, regardless of economic status. In addition, Blanc fought heavily for an end to…