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Motivation Theories

In five pages types of employee motivation are considered in the theories of Adam Smith's 'economic man, Taylorism, social man of ...

Capitalism and Labor

In five pages capitalism and labor are examined through the perspectives offered in E.P. Thompson's 'Time, work-discipline and ind...

Responsibility, Philanthropy, and Stakeholders in Business Ethics

do unwittingly (Nickerson, 1999). There is a simple reason for this result. As individuals produce goods in order to gain a profit...

Malthus, Ricardo, Smith and the 'Invisible Hand'

trade tariffs and taxes, but also measures such as minimum wages legislation as well as production limits. The policy that was fou...

Using the Sociological Model to Understand Will Smith’s Life Cycle

second of four children of Caroline and Willard C. Smith; his mother worked for the school board and his father owned a refrigerat...

Shark Slayer

and so on. But what really sets Oscar apart is his style-or lack thereof. He wants to be cool and hip, but hes actually pretty sil...

Adam's Characterization in Paradise Lost by John Milton

In nine pages Adam's characterization and the contributing factors to the Fall are considered within the context of Paradise Lost ...

Adam's Fall and Paradise Lost by John Milton

In five pages Paradise Lost by John Milton is examined in an analysis of the fall of Adam....

Distribution and Value Economic Theories

In 1776 Adam Smith defined capitalism in The Wealth of Nations. His theory became the theoretical basis of the United States econ...

Values of the Enlightenment and Romanticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Enlightenment and Romantic values in a consideration of 'The Tyger' by William Blake and '...

General Equilibrium Theory and the Market Economy

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares the perfect competition general equilibrium theory with the market economy model r...

Influences of Classical and Keynesian Economic Schools

In nine pages this research paper considers the classical and Keynesian schools of thought in terms of their economic influence an...

Social Journey of Economic Theory

In six pages the influence of society upon economic theory is considered in a discussion of theories by J.M. Keynes, Karl Marx, Th...

Economic Contributions of Smith, Ricardo, and Keynes

university in 1751 as a professor of logic. The lectures he gave covered subjects such as ethics and jurisprudence as well as the ...

Free Trade's Positive and Negative Attributes

In five pages the concepts of Adam Smith are included in this theoretical assessment of free trade's beneficial and detrimental as...

Human Happiness and Capitalism

war between government and the people ends when freedoms are expanded. For example, in a communist government, individuals cannot ...

Application of International Trade Theory

In ten pages this paper examines the applications of international trade theories by David Ricardo and Adam Smith and also conside...

Factors Behind FDR's Splendid Deception

This paper examines the ways and means FDR utilized to hide his paralysis from the American public. The author also discusses lai...

Issues Pertaining to Economic Philosophy

This research paper examines eight questions that pertain to issues concerning economic philosophy. The topics addressed include t...

Arendt's The Human Condition

In sixteen pages this paper examines the concepts of capitalism, fascism, and liberalism as represented in the theories of Adam Sm...

Achieving Equity in the Taxation System

proposals will be seen as fair and equitable, and why they may, or may not be, see as fair. When assessing...

Reflections on The Nature Of Political Things

the controls and values that are applied in the way that man comes together in a state and the applications of morals categorizati...

Smith, Ricardo and International Trade

good for the people who work in those industries (Smith mentions corn, wool, silk and linen), but not for everyone equally; Smith ...

Sustainability, Economic Stability, and Regulation in International Fisheries

world society as though they were controlling the pieces on a chessboard, every individual in that great game of chess has the inn...

U.S. and Schools of Economic Thought

and that and other factors were wreaking havoc on the national economy. It was the position of John Maynard Keynes that gov...

Fairness, Liability, and Proposed Tax to Assist Education

contribute toward support of the government "in proportion to their respective abilities" (Weiner, 2002). In other words, citizens...

Economic Growth and Innovation

of laundry detergent. Levitt (1986) used the railroad industry in the US as his example. Railroads began to decline when t...

Theorists and Theories of Management

achieving efficient operation. In his well known example of the operation of the pin factory, Smith (1776) describes the division...

Wealth and its History

"common" birth (Defoe). She enlists the help of many aids along the way, and finds money to be an especially interesting and infl...

Motivating Factors of Greed, Free Trade, and Profit

that people can earn money while being frugal at the same time. Webers argument concerning the origin of capitalism in his classic...