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Coal mining came along in 1700; coal mining was an easy process in the early days as it was inexpensive and easy as coal was close to the surface. 2 types of coal mines existed before the industrial revolution had begun. The drift and bell mines, both were small and produced large quantity of solid…

Students that go to school wouldn’t be any different than ones that paid they’re way in. Though, a student is still a student and we would both have to deal with mundane prerequisites and overwhelming course loads. If it was free, it just wouldn’t mean as much because everyone would have one. When it comes…

The Income Inequality of Brazil The gap between Brazil’s richest and poorest people has been a persistent issue throughout the history of the nation. Since 1960, Brazil’s GINI index, a tool used to measure the income inequality of a nation, has remained between a staggering 0.519 and 0.63. Besides very slight improvement, the nation continues…

Baumann’s theory of the seduced and repressed depicts modern society as one where consumption dominates people’s material existence and helps to understand the division between the included (seduced) and excluded (repressed). In this essay I will discuss this concept of seduction and repression and highlight some of its strengths as well as some of its…

“Countries with Free or Nearly Free Tuition.” This is not necessarily an article. Rather, it is a listing of countries whose colleges provide free tuition. However, that is not necessarily all that it does. The information that it presents is listed in a chart- like format. The sections of the charts differentiate between whether or…

The concept of being labeled ‘psychologically abnormal’ is thoroughly examined in Rosenhan’s study ‘On Being Sane in Insane Places’. This study sheds light on the significance and repercussions of diagnostic labeling. Rosenhan’s study tests the idea that ‘We cannot differentiate between the mentally sound and mentally unsound in psychiatric hospitals’ (Rosenhan, 1973). It is a…

Homework: Foreign Currency Transactions and Hedging – Hedging Currency Risk at AIFS Case 1. What gives rise to the currency exposure at AIFS. Currency exposure or currency risk is the type of risk that an individual or a company faces due to the fluctuation in price of one currency against another. For AIFS –a student…

The Philippine Constitution declares its independence as a constitutional office, grants it powers to audit all accounts pertaining to all government revenues and expenditures/uses of government resources and to restrict accounting and auditing rules, gives it exclusive authority to define the scope and techniques for Its audits, and prohibits the legislation of any law which…

I think there’s a misrepresentation in the follow realm of income inequality between men and women. The gender wage gap is something only being proven in a pseudo, emotionally charged way. I think this is important because there’s an idea of falsehood being spread and the questions regarding income inequality and the wage gap are…

This paper aims to analyze Marx’s perspective on the exploitation of workers by employers in order to maximize profits, with a specific focus on the increasing prevalence of internships and unpaid labor. Marx argues that employers prioritize profit over selecting qualified employees based on their knowledge and skills. Marx argues that the rise of intern…