the United States of America has the highest incarceration rate than any developed countries in the world. America puts herself to shame to the rest of the world‚ despite ironically calling her the Land of the Free. The phenomenon of “Prison Industrial Complex” can be traced back to the mid-1970s when the politics around prison had a complete transformation. Nelson Rockefeller‚ the governor of New York until 1973 who later served as the vice president under Gerald Ford‚ advocated for enhanced sentencing
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Luis Valdez and Peter Malae on Prison Industrial Complex Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is a term used to describe the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance‚ policing‚ and imprisonment as solutions to social‚ economic‚ and political problems. Angela Davis is a journalist and American political activist who believes that the U.S practice of super-incarceration is closer to new age slavery than any system of criminal justice. She defines the PIC as biased for criminalizing
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triggered powerful hope and fear in their targets. And our present day civilization has many‚ many witch doctors. The medical industrial complex is a good example. Much of what the medical establishment does is hugely beneficial. Research‚ diagnostic tests‚ drugs‚ surgery‚ and trauma management have been wonderful blessings for mankind. But the medical industrial complex is also very big business. Researchers‚ medical staff‚ drug companies‚ and advertisers send out massive clouds of placebos
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Macroeconomic Impact on Military Spending during war While spending on the war has stimulated the economy through government purchases and consumer patriotism it has had a negative macroeconomic effects through increases in the national deficient and debts used to finance the war. While the initial effect on the GDP (gross domestic product) has been positive it has started to decline. Since 9/11 the increased military spending was largely financed through borrowing which has caused a higher debt
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Another Example of the White Savior Industrial Complex is the huge stereotype or thoughts that Americans have about Islam oppressing women and that they must always stay covered by hiding behind their hijab. In this case the United States is once again the savior and the victims are Muslim women. The United States acts like the savior of these women by allowing them to come into the country and giving them freedom and rights. Which in most cases these women already have freedom and rights in their
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Economics Honors 1 November 2013 Economics of Military Spending during Iraq/Afghanistan war People are under the impression that wars are beneficial to an economy. They seem to create jobs and give a variety of businesses work. But do they really turn a profit or is there more spending being done than profit being turned in. The Iraq and Afghanistan war has been very controversial. Part of that controversy comes from the economic perspective of the war. One of the many sub-topics to the war
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Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN FOR THE MILITARY AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES 3rd Floor‚ Ombudsman Building‚ Agham Road Diliman‚ Quezon City (1104) NELSON A. CALLEJA‚ Complainant‚ -versus- PO ABE ESCIO‚ ET AL.‚ Respondent. x------------------------------------x REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT I‚ ABE BARRERA ESCIO‚ Filipino
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of Defense The U.S. Department of Defense is the largest employer in the world‚ employing approximately 3.2 million people on active duty‚ in the reserves‚ and in the civilian sector (Alexander‚ 2012). The Department of Defense is an independent agency operating under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. More than half of the annual Federal discretionary budget goes to the Department of Defense. There are three departments within the Department of Defense: the
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Consumer Spending ECO 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics Anthony Le November 30th‚ 2011 Consumer Spending Consumer spending is defined as “the goods and services bought by the households in the satisfaction of their wants and needs.” (BusinessDictionary.com). It is also known as personal consumption expenditure and is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level. Why is consumer spending important in the U.S. economy? In fact‚ consumer spending is the
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Health Care Spending National health care spending within the United States is at an all-time high and continues to rise. The nation is driving into economic woes with health care at helm. This paper will provide an overview of current national health care expenditures. It will also provide opinions on if the spending is sufficient and where and why cuts should be made. To help understand costs and payment‚ a breakdown of how health care is financed is included. The second half of the paper will
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