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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J. Diamond’s Collapse: Harappa Throughout the course of history‚ major complex civilizations have always found themselves in a state of decline‚ and possibly even collapse. In “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed” Jared Diamond lays out the questions and issues and issues at the foundation of his theory on the collapse of societies. Diamond uses five factors that could contribute to the collapse of a society: damage that people in inadvertently inflict on the environment‚ climate-change
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Jekyll continually seeks a scientific solution to a natural problem. The problem is social confinements‚ and the solution seems as simple as a concoction to Jekyll. Yet Jekyll learns that there is no solution‚ for his predicament is an inherent part of man. As Jekyll slowly becomes destroyed by his alter-ego‚ Mr. Hyde‚ one questions who or what is to blame for his defeat‚ and whether Jekyll is really good or evil. In all‚ it is because of Jekyll‚ and his attempts to toy with his own identity that he discovers
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John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8‚ 1839 in Richford‚ New York to a traveling merchant who sold medicines‚ and was away most of the time. He was born the 2nd of six children who were all raised by their strict mother. As his father was away most of the time‚ he took it upon himself to be the man of the house and scrounged up money any way he could. This included taking jobs from neighbors‚ selling candy‚ and raising turkeys. While saving money he always gave a portion of it away to charities
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John (CEO) and Jean Abernathy (CFO)‚ a husband and wife team‚ owned and operated J&J Electrical Contractors‚ Inc. (J&J).1 J&J performed commercial‚ industrial‚ residential‚ and public electrical-contracting work. Electrical work included wiring and installing anything to do with power‚ lighting‚ or other electrical equipment‚ and electrical contractors had to be licensed by the state of California. Often‚ electrical contractors were called to a job by a general contractor who had over- all responsibility
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7-Eleven is a international convenience stores that operated by Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd‚ which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan. 7-Eleven was founded by J. C. Thompson in 1927 as The Southland Ice Company in Dallas‚ Texas‚ and been take over by the Japanese company in 1991. (7eleven.com.my‚ 2010) 7-Eleven are selling franchise and license to entrepreneur to expand its business in lower cost and shorter period of time‚ it also the first franchisor in the local market to
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future space challenges using reconfigurable instruction cell based architectures Evans‚ A.‚ Martin‚ K.‚ & Poatsy‚ M. A (2011). Technology in Action (7 ed.). Pearson Learning Solutions) Nielsen‚ J. (1998). Nielsen ’s Law of Internet Bandwidth. Retrieved from http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980405.html Potgantwar‚ A. D‚ & Wadhai‚ V. M. (2009). Internal location based system for mobile devices using passive RFID and wireless technology United Nations Security Council: UN Webcast (2010). Questions from young
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“Economic Man” to Behavioral Economics A short history of modern decision making by Justin Fox SPOTLIGHT ON DECISION MAKING SPOTLIGHT FOR ARTICLE REPRINTS CALL 800-988-0886 OR 617-783-7500‚ OR VISIT HBR.ORG ARTWORK Millo‚ 2014 B.ART–Arte in Barriera‚ Turin‚ Italy Justin Fox‚ a former editorial director of HBR‚ is a columnist for Bloomberg View. He is the author of The Myth of the Rational Market (HarperBusiness‚ 2009). A short history of modern decision making by Justin Fox From “Economic Man” to
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An Overview In the years since 1945‚ it has become increasingly evident that the Grand Alliance forged between the British Commonwealth and the United States was often beset with disagreement over the correct strategy to insure the final defeat of the Axis powers. Early on‚ both British and American staffs could agree that Germany represented a greater military threat than Japan‚ but they did not often see eye to eye on the strategy that would most efficiently defeat the Reich. The Americans were
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Evaporite minerals____ a. partially melted 2. Cementation ______ b. stable in narrow range T‚P 3. Rounded particles > 2 mm c. mud 5. Still water detrital sediment ____ d. dynamothermal metamorphism 4. New England____ e. conglomerate 5. Banded metamorphic rock ____ f. gypsum and salt 6. Index mineral _____ g. glue grains together 7. Migmatite
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