Scarcity

decision”, which is freedom in this case. The world is so desperate for protection, they don’t realize they are giving up their freedom. In economic class, we learn that when one product is increasing, the other product decreases. Life revolves around scarcity, unlimited wants and desires but limited resources. The United States of America is mostly known for freedom and chances, which is why immigrants come from all over the world. Recently it has came to the attention that the government’s…

And following this is a second law. When others are willing, a man shouldn't limit his liberty against other man, again, in his words, as he would allow other men against himself in order to promote peace and self-preservation. But Hobbes accepted these natural laws were not going to be effective in the state of nature. And, thus, he argued we would agree to establish a state that would govern over us. So to create a government, everyone must agree to pass on their rights to absolute liberty to…

In her essay Development, Ecology and Women, Vandana Shiva describes maldevelopment as “the violation of the integrity of organic, interconnected and interdependent systems, that sets in motion a process of exploitation, inequality, injustice and violence”1 (6). Notably, her criticism of maldevelopment does not present it as the opposite of development, but rather the same process merely viewed under a different paradigm. Specifically, while development and globalization are typically depicted…

government improving lives and focus on equality especially with living needs. Instead the communist government focused more on creating weapons of war to stand up or go against other western nations like the United States.This created a scarcity for the availability, affordability, and quality of life-sustaining material goods meaning the basic needs of life (i.e., food, water, housing, and clean air). In some countries everyday life consisted of searching and waiting for these basic…

David Schuberth Environ 306: Global Water Professor Gaden Conflict in the Murray-Darling Basin The Murray-Darling Basin is a large region in Australia consisting of a network of irrigation systems and two rivers crossing over three states, and stakeholders sharing them causes quite a lot of conflict. The Murray River itself is the third longest river in the world at 2520 kilometers and supplies water to 1.5 million households, including the Aboriginal people who have lived there for more than 40…

A wide open field in upstate New York turns into the hotspot of the country in 1969. Same event 30 years later, in an abandoned airport terminal, turns into a horror story, all over national news. This event; Woodstock. The ideas behind the original hippie concert were destroyed after the 1999 anniverary concert, but never forgotten. The 1969 Woodstock had a much deeper value to the world than other anniversary concerts. In 1969, the idea of Woodstock came about as an idea of creating a music…

In the book, Changes in the Land by William Cronon, he describes the drastic changes of the environmental landscapes and natural resources in New England during the colonial era. According to Cronon, these drastic changes occurred as a result of human interactions, which depleting the natural resources and destroying the ecosystems. He stated that Native Americans and Europeans played a significant role in changing these landscapes by depleting the natural resources and destroying the…

America in the late 1700’s was divided up into social classes that gave more power and privileges to certain groups. You were born into a class and stayed there your whole life. America was ruled by Spain and was therefore called colonial Latin, or Spanish, America. Peninsulares, or people born in Spain who moved to the colonies and became the leaders of America’s government and society, were at the top of this social hierarchy. Slaves were people of African descent who could be bought or sold…

that 13-20% of children every year need professional help for mental health problems. Timely access to appropriate care results in better outcomes for children and families, as well as decreased inappropriate utilization of medical services. The scarcity of pediatric mental health resources for children is well documented, with only 8,300 practicing child and adolescent psychiatrists and over 15 million children in need of services. Research published in the May, 2015 New England Journal of…

When any scientific theory is first conceived and considered, bad science will usually give itself away with it's unsubstantiated claims and scarcity of evidence. On the other hand, Gould suggests, testable proposals and hypotheses that can be tested and measured using the scientific method are examples of good solid science. Good science doesn’t mean that it is perfect or complete but it does…