Neoliberalism

To say that America experienced great advancements and developments in the 1980?s and beyond would be an understatement. Many of the things that happened during this time period have helped shape the America that we know and see today. It is because of these advancements and developments that we are able to experience such a high level of globalization, free markets, and neoliberal economic policies; if these changes had not taken place, we would be living in an entirely different country than…

Throwing a Wrench into the Literary Machine: A Poststructuralist Examination of The Monkey Wrench Gang Chapter One: Statement of the Problem An army of bulldozers propels its way through a nearly vacant town, churning powerfully towards the buildings it intends to reduce to meaningless rubble. The remaining inhabitants, left powerless to negotiate with the destructionists, all share an indignant determination to ax the onslaught of the place they call home. As the mechanized gears continue to…

President Obama’s speech stressed the importance of the theoretical tradition of liberalism in America’s view of international politics. President Obama’s ideology of international affairs can be explained using Joseph Nye’s three strands of liberal thinking, which are economic, social, and political liberalism. However, although his speech is dominated by liberalist views, his policies are the creation of intellectual pluralism and therefore his liberalist views are mixed with the theoretical…

After watching all three films you come to notice a similarity between the three. All though there were economical differences between all eras the films took place, the recession of 1980’s, technology breakthrough of the 2000’s, and the recession of 2008, there was one common theme, greed. All films, take place in a capitalist society, which has created the social value of the American dream. Bud Fox, Seth Davis, and Jacob Moore all are reaching for this American Dream but are only willing to…

Marxism/Communism The Marxist communism theory is one of the most influential theoretical advances in the past two years. However, only a few people are aware of the communist concept because of the negative misconceptions about communism that has been propagated by the leadership. Most allegations held in the communism ideologies attracted the attention of many intellectuals of the 20th century because the period was characterized by the tussle between capitalism and communism. Communism is…

At the beginning of the 20th century, the country of Australia became unified and The Commonwealth of Australia officially came into being on January 1, 1901. Today, Australia’s economy is one of the largest mixed market economies in the world, and has since the Commonwealth’s establishment over hundred years ago experienced numerous changes to its economy in terms of its focus. Often regarded as primarily a producer of agricultural commodities, minerals and energy but all of these products…

Privatizations efforts also come hand in hand with massive layoffs. For Telkom’s case, twenty thousand workers were also fired. Another thirty thousand jobs were loss in nationalizing the state-owned electricity firm Eskom. Proponents of GEAR promised 3-4 percent annual employment growth, but instead delivered 1-4 percent job loss during the late 1990s. Unemployment rates grew from 16 percent in 1995 to 30 percent in 2002, coincided with the sale of over 30 SOEs at value of over R35 billion…

Hola abuelita, I cannot believe it’s almost been a year since I was graced with your presence and I know that you are always with me but sometimes it does not feel that way. I am not doing so well Tete. and I hate to worry you but you are the only person I can turn to when my heart is this heavy and hurting so bad. You always seem to know what’s in my heart and the pathway to guide me in. Ever since you left, I had to learn how to be strong and independent just like you are but Tete this…

During the summer of 2016 I completed a STPEC requirement doing an internship in the office of Arise for social Justice. My time period was during the middle of May, through the end of June, and then completed during the month of August. Looking at my time working with Arise, I aim to discuss the following issues of observation through the perspective of a trans person, an environmental activist, and a person with physical and mental disabilities. In addition to describing what Arise does, what…

Gun control violence is the hottest controversial issue in the Unites States alone, especially with so many massive shooting of helplessness people being killed. The worse is that these heartless individuals are not being protected enough from these criminals. Also, if such a persons who can prevent crimes through using personal firearms and legally from not having them, they would be less killing more likely a lot of these innocent civilians be alive at this present time. At the same rate, in…