In its use of data to make sense of seemingly unrelated events via economics- Freakonomics operates from a rather Godless perspective- denying His design. The authors work very hard to stick to the numbers and to be objective. However‚ as we learned in our primary textbook- “Values enter the picture at several stages‚ both consciously and subconsciously- when choosing a topic to research‚ when variables are chosen to use in analysis‚ and finally when suggestions are made as to how a problem may be
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Levitt‚ Freakonomics addresses those conventional wisdoms conceived by the partisan tendencies of the experts behind them; it delves into the economics‚ or as Levitt puts it‚ “incentives‚” behind…everything. Freakonomics does not attempt to constrain itself to discussion of exchange of goods and services. Its application of economic principles to a variety of scenarios ensures that the book appeals to a general audience rather than remaining an obscure book only read by the academia. Freakonomics is
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society live by. Freakonomics‚ is a book that really triggered my imagination as a kept on reading‚ I really loved it. I myself started asking myself a great amount of questions that I had never looked at before. Especially toward the end that he asks the importance of ones parents with him. Levitt uses a smart technique to catch the audience attention‚ he uses really weird questions as chapter titles like: What do school teachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? This chapter focuses on what
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entitled ‘AP Macroeconomics‚’ I truly had no idea what the ‘macro’ in the word meant. Of course I knew the meaning of economics—it’s everywhere in these trying times of the economy‚ plus‚ it was a vocab word in middle school. Now that I’ve read Super Freakonomics‚ I have an understanding of what the prefix in the word actually means and I find it interesting‚ perhaps even a future career option‚ or major in college. This book made me think in different ways‚ ways that I never imagined to think of before;
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Good evening class. Welcome to our version of Acco 400. Our assigned topic is chapter 4 – efficient market securities. We will be asking questions throughout our presentation and we have prepared a small pop quiz at the end to help get you some participation marks. And I’ll start by introducing our group to the class. My name is Kristina this is Chris‚ Yuanhao‚ Johnathan and Victoria. Here’s a Brief overview of what we will be talking about…. Now let’s begin the lecture…..chris the floor
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Chapter 4 Process Costing Chapter 4 Process Costing Solutions to Questions 4-1 A process costing system should be used in situations where a homogeneous product is produced on a continuous basis. 4-2 Job-order and processing costing are similar in the following ways: 1. Job-order costing and process costing have the same basic purposes—to assign materials‚ labor‚ and overhead cost to products and to provide a mechanism for computing unit product costs. 2. Both systems use the same basic
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Chapter 3 #2 - When is a company’s competitive advantage most likely to endure over time? A company’s competitive advantage is most likely to endure over time when the company has built barriers to imitation‚ which make it difficult for a competitor to copy the company’s distinctive competencies. Another element needed is the ability to quickly react to changes in the customer’s needs and have a high absorptive capacity in order to identify‚ value‚ assimilate‚ and use new knowledge. Lastly‚ the
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CHAPTER 4 PRESENTATION‚ ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of data gathered out of the instruments used in the study‚ and is presented according to the specific problem sited in chapter 1 and should present the answer to the test of the hypotheses. The result of the study is presented using the tabular presentations (use of statistical table)‚ graphical presentation (use of graphs)‚ and textual presentations (use of statements or sentences)
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Name______________________________ Class __________________ Date ______________ Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities Section 4–1 The Role of Climate (pages 87–89) This section explains how the greenhouse effect maintains the biosphere’s temperature range. It also describes Earth’s three main climate zones. What Is Climate? (page 87) 1. How is weather different from climate? Weather is the day-to-day condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place
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CHAPTER FOUR Q4.3. Power Toys (a) Since every resource has exactly one worker assigned to it‚ the bottleneck is the assembly station with the highest processing time (#3) (b) Capacity = 1 / 90 sec = 40 units per hour (c) Direct labor cost = Labor cost per hour / flow rate = 9*$15/h / 40 trucks per hour = $3.38/truck (d) Direct labor cost in work cell= (75+85+90+65+70+55+80+65+80) sec/truck * $15/hr = $2.77/truck (e) Utilization = flow rate / capacity 85 sec / 90 sec = 94.4% (f) (g) Capacity = 1
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