Kavan Smith

Measles and Krippin virus stem from the same family but are radically different. Both viruses have a (-)ssRNA genome, as KV is developed from MV. Due to the common origin, there are similarities, however, one of which being developing a cancer treatment for each virus. In KV, the measles virus was genetically modified to target and kill cancer cells. As Alice Krippin states, in 10,009 clinical trials, there were 10,009 cancer-free patients (Lawrence). In Measles, the virus targets cells…

The Pursuit of Happiness, directed by Gabriele Muccino, tells a story about an African American man living in San Francisco. His name is Chris Gardner, who devoted all of his life savings into an investment to sell a device known as a portable "bone density scanner." He is a hard-working, caring and loving father who struggles financially to provide for his wife and son. With his wife working back to back shift to make ends meet with their rent bills. She is unable to live a life of stress with…

people do as they choose”. 8. Capital is unrelated to private property. 9. John Locke believed that people have a natural right to private property. 10. Smith gave careful arguments for the view that humans are acquisitive creatures. 11. Smith believed in the law of supply and demand. 12. There are no operational objections to capitalism. 1. The persons who provide the capital to a…

16. The Benefits of Exercise I recently met a woman who claimed that she didn’t want to exercise because she feared losing her curves. That’s one of the craziest and laziest statement I’ve ever heard. Exercising will not make you look less attractive nor will it cause you to lose your curves. I know plenty of thick women who exercise and still maintain their curvy physique. So ladies, don’t worry about getting your curvy card revoked. Besides, being healthy and exercising will prolong your life…

Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher, who found logic in economic selfishness. He introduced capitalism, an economy driven by self-interest, which remains the basis of our economy today. It is a political and social system where the trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the government. Adam Smith reasoned this with his metaphor of an invisible hand, which is described as the…

Karl Marx and Adam Smith are both economists with theories of capital accumulation. Karl Marx was a German doctor of Philosophy. Adam Smith who was a Scottish moral philosopher developed a similar theory. The theories differ in the way they perceive labor value. Smith’s theory has a clear argument on capital accumulation such as his explanation for unproductive/productive labor in comparison to Marx. Marx’s explanation of productive labor, critique of abstinence theory, exploitation, and the…

Adam Smith, the father of microeconomic theories, puts faith in a virtually unregulated, free market that maximizes the dynamic efficiency. In his view, an ideal system of market should be based on free competition, increasing size of market, and considerable capital accumulation. He believes the production function is an increasing return to scale that would expand the market, lead to internal and external economies of scale, and ultimately, lower the cost of production. With the foundation of…

Fall 2016 IPED 202 Final Exam Questions Which of the three findings in the article do you find most troubling about our economy and society? Please list and explain each briefly. (20 points) Unemployment rate increased highly so that people had hard time to find jobs. In the article, the annual survey depicts, "Unemployment skyrocketed to 10 percent and the jobless rate is still a stubbornly high 9.6 percent." Therefore, people hard to earn money if people do not have jobs. As the unemployment…

Ethical decisions may not always be the right decision according to law but they can be right according to the circumstances. Ethics is a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct. We are all faced with ethical decisions in our life at some point. We have to determine whether or not the choices we make are worth the compromise of our values. At the beginning of every priests career they take a vow of obedience, celibacy, and…

One might have same views, but what is different is that they approach them differently. Adam Smith and Karl marx are two economic philosophers best known for their social and economic thinking on how to drive an economy of capitalist views. These ideas in each of their works the Wealth of the Nations by Adam Smith and The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx both portray their ideologies on how a society functions. These ideas still lives with generations and gives lineage to the capitalistic…