Social Welfare Institutions

This documentary, produced by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck, was about how the Republican Majority leader of the state of Texas attempted to sell out Congress. “The majority leader is a partisan position in a legislative body”[1]. Tom Delay took advantage of this position to do what he pleased. The first thing he did was […]

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The movie “Life and Debt” by Stephanie Black clearly illustrates the most hurtful side effects of globalization in terms of third world countries. In fact as in this case Jamaica is being stroked with all these lending policies set by the International Monetary Fund, The world Bank and the American Development Bank. As the history […]

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After watching Life & Debt, I’m a little more appreciative of the rights and lifestyle that I have living in America.  We can travel with pretty much more ease than the people in Jamaica since they have to go through extensive searches and questioning before they can leave the country.  For us tourists, it’s easy […]

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I felt so sorry for those people who were hired to work for such low pay. 30 us dollars for two weeks! Thats crazy. Americans are paid at least more than 100 us dollars per week. It is really unfair how they don’t even get near our minimum wage amount. That is why those countries […]

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Even though I already had an idea of the completely different views of tourists and the residents living in Jamaica, I didn’t realize that it’s really that bad.  It seems like those people have no real way out.  They are barely surviving, and the whole country is in debt.  Because of globalization, which is great for the […]

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I don’t know what else Wal-Mart can do, besides buying back all the tapes. Yes, it might be a ludicrous amount of money to buy them all back, but I think it’s better than actually closing down all Wal-Marts. Like the government, businesses keep a lot of secrets from the public. This is shouldn’t be […]

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this article is interesting, it is an example of how the laws governing deebt defaults can be structured to either help the lender or the borrower…  in this case, maryland is passing legislation that greatly helps borrowers - people who own houses and face forclosure (debt default):
Maryland Greatly Lengthens Foreclosure Process
from naked capitalism by Yves […]

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This is intersting:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/for-sale-the-video-archive-walmart-should-have-erased-807813.html
I wonder what is going to happen, but it makes you realize how much information is usually kept under tight control - and how dangerous it can be (for some) when information becomes available to the public…  What will happen? Will Wal Mart eventually just buy back all the footage for an insane […]

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One of the main topics we discussed in our last class was based on reading of digital diploma; whether or not we thought it was a bad idea. According to the article, Noble believed it was a bad idea. Throughout the article, he brought up several points about why having digital classrooms to achieve a […]

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The idea of a Liberal Arts education is something that should be embraced in our society but unfortunately it is seen as something that one would be wasting their time on. It think that getting exposed to a Liberal Arts education makes a person more aware of their surroundings and also gives them an opportunity […]

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So today in class we discussed bankruptcy and what some of the new laws were so since I wasn’t really sure of what they were I thought it would be a good idea to look them up and to see  what happens to your credit after your 7 years is up and this is what […]

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According to http://www.businessethics.ca/greenwashing/ - Greenwashing is defined as “a pejorative term derived from the term ‘whitewashing,’ was coined by environmental activists to describe efforts by corporations to portray themselves as environmentally responsible in order to mask environmental wrongdoings. The term ‘greenwashing’ was originally confined to describing misleading instances of environmental advertising, but as corporations’ efforts […]

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The ugly side of Micro-Lending Micro- Lending is the extension of very small loans to people needing to borrow money. Micro- lending is given to the poor, people out of work, people with bad credit or anyone who does not qualify for traditional bank loans. Micro-lending originated in developing countries where it has successfully enabled impoverished […]

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What is wrong with our Country? Lots of things! We are far from perfect but we certainly do live a comfortable life compared to everyone else.  A major issue is our Country’s obsession with being a “Super” power.  Why must we be the most powerful and the richest Nation in the world.  Politicians may say […]

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What should I start off with….  We talked about a Draft in class this past wednesday and then we changed topics really quickly. We weren’t able to sink our teeth into the topic.  I feel that some sort of National service should be mandated on everyone after they turn 18 and they should serve for […]

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In my last postI was talking about professional and I brought up the issue of whether or not an Army Officer is Professioanl or not. Talking about that I went to the movie called Stop Loss and I really encourage every one to go to, My preivous understanding of the military was really unfair for […]

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This is from a blog called “naked capitalism” - my friend sent me this link because I always make fun of her for wanting to be an economist…  pretty much for the sorts of reasons that this study shows….  It couldn’t be a more perfect example of the ‘professionalism’ we read about in class.  Can’t […]

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This comic refers to the financial crisis the United States is currently facing. The crisis is a very complicated situation, but I’ll try to bring up the main points:

From 2001 to 2005, the value of homes in the United States increased sharply. Because their homes increased in value, many homeowners borrowed money from what they […]

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Today in class we talked about how the media holds information to the public in America. It seems as if they are only allowing us to hear what they think we should hear. By hiding information, it seems like they are trying to set our minds a certain way and make us view specific situations […]

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