Microeconomics

In the book “Globalization and its Discontents” by Joseph E. Stiglitz, there are a lot of arguments about how the international community can do better when it comes to providing developing nations with aid. He discusses big organizations like the IMF and the World Bank, and how their efforts might even make the situation worse in some cases. The last chapters in the book, Stiglitz also discusses steps he sees are needed and that he argues should be applied by the international community.…

Tim Harben History of Economic Thought Feelin’ the Hayek When contemplating the philosophies of macroeconomics, two names may come to mind, John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. The intellectual differences between their two ideas are still being debated today. Keynes may have received a Nobel Prize for economics but he died before the Nobel prize in economics was created in 1969. Because of this fact, I have chosen to focus my attention on the intellectual competitor and…

not simply contemplate what it means to be conscious or research the French revolution quickly. Capitalism in its speed and efficiency has dragged the humanities through the mud. I see this happen every single Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in my microeconomics course. Theories and analysis of economic properties is just assumed to be fact. The negative aspects of these economic policies is not explored or developed at all. Critiques of our current system of economics is not welcome in a 100…

CTP Final Paper To what extent does our subconscious will interfere with our ability to make solid choices? Throughout The Illusion of Conscious Will by Daniel M. Wegner and Blink, by Malcom Gladwell that is a prominent question that is presented to us the readers. That thought provoking question lead to me to look back on my past after reading both books. I became aware that many of the choices that I’ve made that I previously made, were often the result of another event or decision. That’s…

At its essence Cavanaugh’s book explores economics in light of the Christian faith. The title of the book, Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire, is an appropriate one, because it relates well to the content matter discussed in the book. This book deals with the free market and questions whether this market really is free. Cavanaugh suggests that the definition of freedom as proposed by free market ideology is indeed not freedom at all, because any desire that exists in the absence of a…

Research Paper- Tragic character flaws in Oedipus the King and Othello, the Moor of Venice Oedipus the King and Othello, the Moor of Venice are both plays that explore character flaws that every common person possesses. Both poems tell stories about noble men (Oedipus and Othello respectively) who end up succumbing to their tragic character flaws. A tragic character flaw is accurately described in the Journal article “The Tragic Flaw: is it a Tragic error?” when it says: “ Distinct from this,…

Begin to imagine a country’s population, made up of an indigent mass majority and the seldom remaining elite. Imagine, this country which is composed by two completely opposite side of the economic scale, the availing majority and unprecedented minority. With a society that has two polar opposite social classes corruption and greed form. From this corruption and greed turmoil begins, many of the elite begin to only care about their success, with no regard to the families struggling through…

Introduction Economic growth is a priority for nations around the globe. Nations are trying to increase the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time. There are two major key components in order for economic growth to take place. These key components are innovation and creativity. Nations as well as organizations must always look for ways to stay ahead since there is always a competitive market. One is aware that resources are scarce. With this in…

America go to women, yet women only hold about 15% of all fortune 500 executive positions, and less than 20% of congress. The amount of educated women does not add up to the low level of women available in the labor market. I am currently taking a microeconomics class and since Slaughter mentions that due to the current economics women can’t have it all, I thought I would carry that thought and analyze her argument. Economics in short is the study of how one makes choices. I believe that it is…

Analysis of Scheiber’s “Raising Floor for Minimum Wage Pushes Economy into the Unknown” Franchesca Garlett Dr. Wenyi Shen Introduction into Macroeconomics 2103.61167 Due: November 1st, 2016 Analysis of Scheiber’s “Raising Floor for Minimum Wage Pushes Economy into the Unknown” The article, by Noam Scheiber, “Raising Floor for Minimum Wage Pushes Economy into the Unknown” explains a mostly political viewpoint, without actually explaining, in depth, the political situation that arises from…