Rent seeking

including when “food was rationed so that no one would go hungry” and “everyone's rent was given a ceiling of 10 percent of the renter's income. That translated to about $10.00 per month even in the 1980s” (“Fidel” Newsmakers). These policies were significant to Cuba and improved its economy greatly, and some other of his policies much like this one raised the literacy rate in Cuba to 96%. Castro also had an idea of seeking a “revolution” of sorts. This revolution would bring about many…

If you are walking on the road and hear the word “Liposuction”, what kind of ideas would come into your head? Perhaps dangerous, risky, scalpel and bloody, or all of those terms I just mentioned. I think that’s how those rich celebrities who have more than 7 digits in their bank account spend their money with. Liposuction is a type of plastic surgery that can involve both a person’s appearance and confidence. In today’s society, the beauty standard is a skeleton-thin model being over-published…

Due to the high college costs, many students are seeking alternatives to help them pay for college tuition. Some of the basic financial programs include the FAFSA, scholarships and private loans. Other alternatives include Pell grants, work-study jobs, and enrolling in a community college. Private loans…

That is American citizens being denied their constitutional rights, in the face of a decision that has no constitutional basis whatsoever. Business owners and property owners cannot decline to hire or rent to peoples affiliated with the LGBT group despite their religious or moral conscience. New laws in government schools has largely eliminated the requirement of parental permission for teaching children these sexual subjects. Doctors in California can…

Growing up in poverty can have a tremendous effect on those living within the indigence as well as the community itself. These areas are often filled with minorities, especially African-Americans, which struggle with inadequate education, minimum wage jobs, and very little resources to create a better lifestyle for their families. A large portion of these families relies on government assistance, non-profit organizations, and often time’s churches to help them through there troubled times.…

If not for the medically inspired separation of the two parts of Dr. Jekyll’s whole, this novella by Robert Louis Stevenson might only be the sad tale of a man who is forced, by society and societal morals, to be a man he never wanted to be. Much like Mary Shelley’s monster of Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde is a by-product of society, but, in this case, he is also a by-product of the suppression of self, frequently based on moral and religious beliefs. Mr. Hyde is a reflection of the inner self we…

The Wealth of Nations (WN) was a pioneering book exploring economic ideas which contradicted those that were in place at the time it was written. Many of the theories outlined are still relevant today. Adam Smith published the WN in 1776, by this time he already had gained a reputation as a notable writer following the publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759. The plan of the work is logically structured and provides good summaries of the main themes which follow. The first four…

My client Pauletta Patterson is the main character in the Black Entertainment Television series Being Mary Jane. Throughout three seasons and thirty episodes many people viewed Mary Jane’s life as successful because of her financial stability. Many times when someone is financially stable everything else in his or her life is overlooked. Success to Mary Jane is not financial stability but being loved, she prefers to be married and have children as opposed to having a higher socioeconomic status.…

America from Italy by boat. They lived in New York, had kids [one of them was then Renee’s grandfather], and opened an Italian family restaurant. From what we have learned about global flows, people migrate around the world for many reasons; and that seeking economic opportunity was what both Renee and I believed why her great-grandparents chose to leave Italy for America. Apparently, they made the trek to the United States for a better life not only for themselves, but also their children,…

Describe the setting: The setting of George Orwell’s 1984 is set in the future of Oceania. Oceania is a country, which is in a continuous state of war. In Oceania the living conditions of the country are extremely poor and the buildings are in ruins. The clothes given are poorly made, people are paid in small wages, and the food served out are restricted and artificially made. Also telescreens are placed in almost every room to visually and audibly monitor behaviour. What happens in…