ECON 260 Freakonomics Freakonomics‚ by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ is book that not your typical economist would write it was co-authored in 2005 and if morality represents how we would like the world to work‚ then economics represent how it actually does work in this award-winning book. Steven D. Levitt is a not your typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing and whose conclusions
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embarrassed he was to have talked that way‚ so disrespectfully‚ to the president. During the thirty-odd years Holmes lived in Washington‚ he visited the site of Fort Stevens a number of times. And some of our best Civil War historians‚ including James McPherson in his the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom‚ record the Fort Stevens incident as fact. Today a marker identifies the spot where the incident occurred‚ with a photograph of a hundredth anniversary reenactment. In any event‚ even
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The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield is a look into the culture of a warrior. He looks back on history and explains how different cultures have a code of honor and ethics when it comes to warfare. He persists that a person does not need to fight for a flag or cause in order to have a code of honor. Ethos is defined as: “The moral character‚ nature‚ disposition and customs of a people or culture.” Pressfield’s book is about all of these things as they pertain to warriors throughout history. He
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In the first episode of 10 part documentary series Making a Murderer‚ Steven Avery‚ who was the victim of brutal beating and sexual assault‚ is freed after 18 years from a wrongful assurance.According to sociologist C. Wright Mills‚ personal problems may result in social issues. The same concept of Wright Mills come up true in the real life story of Steven Avery who was suffered from mental stress and depression because of the people in the community. People viewed him as troublemaker by considering
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Steven George Gerrard MBE ( /ˈdʒɛrɑrd/; born 30 May 1980 in Whiston‚ Merseyside‚ England) is an English footballer who plays for and captains Premier League club Liverpool. He also has 89 caps for the England national team. He has played much of his career in a centre midfielder role‚ but he has also been used as a second striker[4] and right winger. Gerrard is best known for his tremendous long-range striking ability and has scored in numerous cup finals‚ including the 2005 UEFA Champions League
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207 1/16/14 Freakonomics Theme Analysis Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner shows that in life‚ everything has a hidden side. The book also discusses many topics‚ such as: incentives are the cornerstones of modern life‚ the conventional wisdom is frequently wrong‚ dramatic effects often have distant causes‚ “experts” often use their informational advantage to serve their own agenda‚ and knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world much less so
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Holocaust Film Review Schindler’s List (1993) Cast: Liam Nesson‚ Ben Kingsley‚ Ralph Fiennes‚ and Caroline Goodall Director: Steven Spielberg Synopsis: Shortly after the outbreak of World War II when the German army beat the Poland army. Polish Jews were being relocated from areas of Krakow to a concentration camp in‚ Paszów. However‚ a man named Oskar Schindler played by Liam Nesson was a greedy businessman; he wanted manufacture goods to the German military. Not knowing how to run a business
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What is morality? It is defined as standards concerning the significance between right and wrong or acceptable and despicable behavior. In the article "The Moral Instinct" written by psychologist Steven Pinker‚ the ideology of morality as a sixth sense is analyzed as it pertains to everyday life. Pinker describes how one has learned to accept the standards of morals subconsciously. Pinker makes a claim that we tend to make excuses as opposed to utilizing reason when settling on ethical judgements
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The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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However‚ motivation can be used for completing great things for oneself or can lead to harmful situations. Through the use of approach‚ avoid‚ and attack motivation‚ King Claudius can be seen using aspects of Steven Stosny’s Motivation theory throughout William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Steven Stosny’s Motivation theory consists of three major types of motivation: approach‚ avoid‚ and attack. Approach motivation occurs when somebody wants to get more of something that interests them by learning
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