Rent seeking

living in New York City. Many would agree with this fact, since gentrification has been able to be spotted in many parts of the city. Many large companies and businesses have been buying or renovating, building all throughout the city, resulting in rent as well as real estate property value to increase. By doing this many low-income families or even middle class families are forced to move out of the city. The New York Post reported that a bedroom loft that was once considered to be in one the…

From: Julien Ghisellini To: Bincy Abdul Samad Date: 9/29/2015 19th Century: The expedience and enslaving tendencies in America. In his book A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki compares the Americas to the wilderness in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Written in 1611, this play was based on an English ship that was going to Virginia but accidentally ran into the Bermudas. By using this type of metaphor, Takaki wants to represent English expansion into the New World. Caliban – a native of the…

to “make markets work for [it], to make [it] more profitable” (Stiglitz 398). Firms also designed a tax system that allows the rich to pay a lower amount of taxes than the poor. Furthermore, the financial sector was involved in several forms of “rent seeking”, getting income at the expense of the rest of society rather than through one’s efforts, by obtaining hidden and open grants from the government, establishing laws that shape the marketplace in a way that is more profitable (to the firms),…

apps to connect drives with passengers. This is a very popular business in the big cities. With technology becoming more and more prevalent and expanding more then ever this is a great idea. But of course, with every great idea comes competitors seeking to do the same thing but only better. And according to recent news reports and blogs, Uber is not liking this at all and does not have the best reputation when it comes to being an ethical company. One blog refers to them as the "most…

This is all true issues that take place during the Posada, and it is not because there isn’t vacancy; it is because of who they are. This intersects because when Mary and Joseph wanted to stay they were despised Galileans seeking stay in Judea. It is hard to see the slightest bit of similarity in these situations. I believe that is why they celebrate with the Posada, because they want an accurate representation of the story during the holiday. You must understand that both…

they have earned a reputation for being known as a third world country. Growing up in a Hispanic family, I learned that many of my family members left Latin America because of its underdevelopment and corruption. They came to the United States seeking a better life with opportunities. Now that I read these two articles I began to understand why my family as well as other families immigrate to the United States. What I learned from both of these…

Third Written Report This section of Reframing Contemporary Africa by Peyi Soyinka – Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie looks at external and internal factors were affecting the African nation. In ‘The New Oil Gulf of Africa: Global Geopolitics and Enclave Oil Producing Economies” by Okbazghi Yohannes looks at the participating of Africa in the world economy and how resource reach African countries have been affected by it. In "The Politics of HIV/ AIDS in Africa: Representation and the Political…

on stigma, and shows this to be the case in hiring practices, where employers would not hire someone because they belong to a diagnostic group. Also, he mentions this to be of the case in obtaining houses as well, where landlords would decide not to rent the place to the labeled groups. Corrigan explains that the “groupness” followed by homogeneity illustrates how stigmatization and stereotyping effect people diagnosed with mental illness…

Northeastern Kingdom learning services is non-profit. The organization is funded by the government and does not charge for services. All the students or community members that use the services are not required to pay a fee. Everything comes as a cost, so the center is given money to continue services. Northeaster Kingdom learning service serve students and community members that need additional services or need to increase there skills in any academic area. The organization has a lot of…

place at some period prior to the 28th of October 1788 (Hamilton 1828: 548). After experiencing this disaster the Rajah retreated towards the frontiers of Tibet in order to re-assemble an army, and to solicit assistance from the Deb Rajah of Bhutan and the pontiff Lama of Lhasa (ibid). Gorkhas captured most of the Sikkim territories up to the Teesta river including all of the modern districts of South and West Sikkim as well as Darjeeling. It coincided with the Sino-Gorkha war (1788-1792)…