Few countries have endured as much violence and terror at the hands of imperial power as the island nation of Haiti. Liberated from French colonialism in 1804‚ the world’s first Black republic has become synonymous with the poverty and degradation that colonial powers have imposed on populations across the world. Nonetheless‚ these narratives often shield us from more humanizing portraits of Haiti that do not rely on stereotypes and clichés. Edwidge Danticat’s Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist
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Bertrand Russell is one of the greatest masters of English Prose. Bertrand Russell is one of the greatest masters of English Prose. He revolutionized not only the subject matter but also the mode of expression. He has in him a happy blend of greatest philosopher and a great writer. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1950. The subject matter of his essays may be very difficult but his manner of expression is so lucid and simple that even a layman can understand him without any special
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Bertrand Russell: ‘A Free Man’s Worship Russell’s essay begins with Mephistopheles’ story of the creation – God is bored (and also feeling a little vindictive?) so decides to create the World! Note the ‘evolutionary’ conception of the creation of humans: ‘from the monsters … Man was born’ with the ‘power of thought’ (whence ‘good’ and ‘evil’?) ‘All is passing in this mad‚ monstrous world’‚ humans must snatch their brief moment of bliss while it lasts! There must be some purpose in this world
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The purpose of this paper is to show that while Ernst Mach and Bertrand Russell share similar views on matter and knowledge‚ their end conclusions differ. Mach believes humans think in an economical manner where past experiences and knowledge are systematically reorganized to fit a pattern (Mach 211). Rather than analysing each experience in detail‚ humans refer to similar or related experiences as groups‚ which allows for the “least expenditure of thought” (Mach 197). In line with this mentality
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(10) “Ideas That Have Harmed Mankind” The Harm Done by Evil Passions The misfortunes of human beings have their main source in evil passions rather than in ideas or beliefs. People in the past enjoyed the spectacles of cruelty such as the burning of heretics‚ and many people even today find the brutalities of war to be enjoyable. Men’s cruel impulses can do tremendous harm to them. The Harm Done by Christian Asceticism and by Political Asceticism As for ideas and beliefs‚ much harm has been done
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prosperous colony. Labourdonnais is even considered as the greatest governors of Isle de France “As a colonial administrator‚ Labourdonnais stands out among French Governors.” (V. Teelock‚ 2009) In June 1735 under the French East India Company rule‚ Bertrand Mahe de Labourdonnais was appointed as the governor of Isle de France. When he came to Isle de France‚ Labourdonnais came with a baggage of experience and achievement which fitted him well for this post. The fact that he had many connections in the
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is‚ they may be anything within the range‚ and are unpredictable. Applying Game Theory to Oligopoly Price Competition (Bertrand) Location (Differentiation) : Hotelling Capacity Competition : Simultaneous (Cournot) Capacity Competition : Sequential (Stackleberg) The Setting Key Assumptions: 2 Firms Same Marginal Cost Homogeneous product Price Competition Bertrand model Sellers with unlimited capacity compete on price Suppose one of the two firms charges price p‚ above marginal cost
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best-response lines intersect Bertrand Model Few firms that sell to many consumers Firms produce identical products at a constant MC Each firm independently sets its price Barriers to entry exist Bertrand Equilibrium P1=P2=MC Cournot vs. Bertrand Competition may take place over different time frames Cournot competitors price less aggressively than Bertrand competitors Bertrand competitors can ‘Business steal’‚ and meet rising demand‚ end up with 0 profits Cournot competitors have set capacity
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Market structures and pricing Revenues Consumers * Inverse demand curve gives willingness-to-pay * Benefit consumer(s) derive(s) from additional good; * Area under inverse demand curve measures total willingness-to-pay‚ total benefit or total surplus. * Maximum price I can charge as producer determined by inverse demand function * Marginal revenues; revenue of next unit I sell Strategies * Profit maximization * Marginal profits equal to 0 (MR=MC) *
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Oligopoly From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia An oligopoly is a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers (oligopolists). Oligopolies can result from various forms of collusion which reduce competition and lead to higher costs for consumers. [1] With few sellers‚ each oligopolist is likely to be aware of the actions of the others. The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists
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