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    Why buy a motorbike rather then a car? My name is Michael Kay‚ and the simple fact is that I know better then you do. So put down that meaningless road safety brochure your worried old mother gave you and let me educate you. There are thousands of ways in which I could persuade you to buy a motorbike but I’m sure that the argument that will make your eyes gleam like the coins that you don’t have is the fact that they are cheap. Indeed you will be paying half the bread then you would have

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    Argument Analysis Most people would prefer kissing than smoking a cigarette. But not according to Florence King‚ the author of “I’d Rather Smoke Than Kiss.” The title deceives readers who believe it has to do with the issue: smoking. King presents the audience with smoking topics‚ but behind all the words is an extremely political article. This article demonstrates how conservatives today are slowly shifting core beliefs into liberal views. King’s smoking addiction started at the

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    Devils Advocate

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    Devils Advocate- Short Paper Between 1540 and 1850 an estimated 13 million African slaves were transported to the Americas. An estimated 50% saw land again. Slaves were transported as if they weren’t even living‚ just like lumber‚ or grains. The blame for this torture lies on the white captains of the ships. Each captain knew exactly the conditions the slaves lived in but always turned a blind eye or even made conditions worse for self-satisfaction. Captains were guilty of multitudes of crimes

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    Relevance of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Economic Ideas in the current Scenario of India Dr. M.R.Singariya1 Dr. S.C.Naval2. Abstract Dr. B.R Ambedkar was among the most outstanding intellectuals of India in the 20th century. His work in economics is noteworthy. His views deals with public finance and agriculture are landmark in the economics. Ambedkar’s commitment was internal stability‚ and he was convinced that only an automatic system based on gold standard with gold currency could achieve this desirable

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    Thinking Like an Economist

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    Chapter 1 Thinking as an economist Answers to review questions 1 They probably mean that‚ given the competing demands on their limited resources‚ there are other things (a holiday‚ private school fees‚ a new computer) that they choose to spend their income on rather than a plasma screen television. 2 Your friend probably means that your tennis game will improve faster if you take individual lessons instead of group lessons. However‚ individual lessons are also more costly than group lessons‚ so those

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    changes‚ both on the outside as well as on the inside. That’s why I definitely agree with this statement‚ and there are many reasons why. Firstly I firmly believe that people must work much harder in order to afford a car. Because they are not only expensive to buy‚ but also cost a lot to run. Nowadays the gas price gets higher and higher and also not to mention how much it costs to fix the damages if you break your car. That’s why I am inclined to believe that one has to work more hours if

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    ’Id rather be a senator than a member of the house of representatives’ Both houses need each other in order to function as they are both part of the legislative branch of government however there are many arguments to suggest that senate is more prestigious that the house of representatives. American citizens see a lot more pride in their senator as they represent the entire state not just a small region within it. For example Representative Joe Baca represents a single congressional region

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    Report on the Reason of Why the Companies Should Implement ABC Rather than Traditional Cost System Report on the Reason of Why the Companies Should Implement ABC Rather than Traditional Cost System 1 Report on the Reason of Why the Companies Should Implement ABC Rather than Traditional Cost System Acknowledgement I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to‚ Ms. Tanzina Haque‚ Associate

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    Human behaviour is learned rather than based on instinct This argument can be discussed also using the nature vs. nurture theory‚ it has been studied widely and there is evidence to support both sides of the argument. The nurture theory argues that human behaviour is the way is it because they were taught that way or grew up in that type of environment. *[1] ’Children raised in healthy‚ positive environments are more likely to grow into productive successful adults than children raised in negative

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    Consumption Theories

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    314 Coursebook‚ 2010 Jeffrey Parker 16 THEORIES OF CONSUMPTION AND SAVING Chapter 16 Contents A.  Topics and Tools............................................................................. 1  B.  The Kuznets Paradox ....................................................................... 3  C.  Relative-Income Hypothesis .............................................................. 5  D.  Life-Cycle Model and Permanent-Income Hypothesis .............................. 7  Life-cycle

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