RLGA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Upanishads, Taoism, Medicine Man

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Stonehenge one of several ancient rock structures thought to have been. Three worlds: humans have imagined the world to consist of 3 levels, sky (uppermost level) Heavens (highest level: home of the highest deity (male), who was the forerunner of the god of the monotheistic religions, earth, underworld. Why are humans religious? good afterlife intellectual dimensions. Wave 1: shamanism: shaman (medicine man, witchdoctor) type of priest, widespread among hunter-gatherer societies, who communicates w/ the spirit world on behalf of ppl. Coping with unfriendly spirits: spirits associated with natural phenomena have been believed to behave towards humans just as humans behave towards one another, many cultures have believed wild, inhabited areas to be guarded by resident spirits. This symbolic link b/w earth and sky is known as axis mundi (world axis: another common feature of neolithic religion was to associate certain animals w, powerful male deities are linked with strength and virility of the bull.

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Use the statement of cash flows to support managementdecision-making.

The Artisan Shutter Company, like many companies thatrelied on the construction industry, took a financial hit whenâhousing bubbleâ burst in late 2007. Lenders were making subprimemortgage loans to borrowers who really couldnât afford theprinciple and interest (P&I) payments and subsequentlydefaulted on their loans. This was followed, in 2008, by thecollapse of Lehman Brothers, a global bank, which almost broughtdown the worldâs financing system. Due to tighter bankingregulations, many individuals and companies found it extremelychallenging to secure loans. Despite the governmentâs decision toimplement quantitative easing as a means of stimulating theeconomy, unemployment, personal and corporate bankruptciesincreased. Looking at The Artisan Shutter Company and imagine thatyou were a member of the leadership team and noticed that the cashflow position of the company was being severely weakened by whateconomists perceived to be a pro-longer economic downturn. Theowners are understandably concerned about the long-term viabilityof the firm. Prepare a position paper that outlines strategies toimprove cash position of the company as it tries to âweather thestormâ and experiences a normalizing of the economy. In order toformulate your position paper, you may want to carefully considerthe problem (reflecting back to 2008 recession), collect relevantdata and information, critically evaluate the alternatives, anddocument your recommendations using sound arguments that are wellsupported, properly vetted, and logically presented. It isimportant that management carefully consider any potential ethicalimplications associated with their stated position. If there areany potential ethical concerns associated with your position, theyshould be identified and discussed in the position paper.

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What are the effects of world hunger? world hunger simply means that there are lots of people with an insufficient amount of food. World hunger has become a major problem nowadays. It is presented in media to the public and, as a result, people behave become aware of it. World hunger has serious social and environmental effects, but there is also some solution.

Some of the social effects of world hunger are malnutrition and illiteracy. When a human body does receive a daily sufficient amount of nutrients, it will not do its functions well. If this condition remains for a long time, the body will eventually die. According to Ziegler(2007) in 2006, hunger and diseases resulted from it were the main death cause of 36 million people (para2). Also, people who do not have enough food have few chances to go for education because obviously, they will not be financially mentally, and physically ready to study.

Some of the environmental effects of world hunger are logging and agriculture. Result in trees many services to the environment where there are they are in industrial areas absorb carbon dioxide and provide us with oxygen, which in agricultural areas are in addition to the above work windbreaks to protect crops and provide shade and provide us with wood, and dead trees in the forest other services important to the environment they lose their leaves periodically and the fallen leaves decomposed "humus" feeds the soil and maintains soil fertility, which provides a constant temperature of about wild animals that find shelter forest, a place suitable for life. According to Harcurt(2011) "many of these great impact on agricultural production and hence nutrition"(para3).
And forests from renewable resources, which goes a lot of human trees to get wood for the furniture industry, paper, and clothing.
Has resulted in over-cutting of trees and forest degradation and its orientation towards drought

Some of the solutions for world hunger are even though the government is doing a lot of solutions to reduce world hunger still are facing this problem. The solution is that government should have to pay all basic expenses to under 18 and over 50 and also give enough employment to young people. Accordingto Ziegler (2007) everyone should work together to find a solution to this problem(para4).
One another solution for decrease world hunger is government should give equal and free education to all citizens even they are rich or poor.

In conclusion: The government should help world hunger or poverty to support people with food and money. Also, someone must fix problems such as health or education to prevent hunger. Also, climate change should make the environment better. If everyone helps us to support people with money or food we won't find world hunger.

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home / study / business / economics / questions and answers / Question 1 Which Of The Following Is The Best Example ... Question: Question 1 Which of the following is the best exam... Bookmark Question 1 Which of the following is the best example of a positive externality? A car company lays off 10,000 employees in order to cut costs. An individual drives a large SUV, which increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. An individual smokes in a restaurant, which bothers other patrons. A child is vaccinated against a disease, which reduces the probability that other children will catch the disease. 4 points Question 2 As a result of a negative externality, the market equilibrium quantity is too ______ compared to the socially optimal quantity. As a result of a positive externality, the market equilibrium quantity is too ______ compared to the socially optimal quantity. high; high. low; low. high; low. low; high. 4 points Question 3 Based on the diagram below, the deadweight loss area associated with the market equilibrium equals: Week06_graph1.jpg $10 $50 $80 $1,000 4 points Question 4 A firm's accounting profit is given by total revenue: less implicit costs. less explicit costs. less economic profit. less implicit and explicit costs. 4 points Question 5 Suppose an activity has a private cost equal to $30 and a private benefit equal to $30. The associated social cost equals $35 and the social benefit equals $30. Which of the following statements is true about this activity? There is a negative externality associated with this activity but not a positive externality. There is a positive externality associated with this activity but not a negative externality. There is both a positive and a negative externality associated with this activity. There is neither a positive nor a negative externality associated with this activity. 4 points Question 6 The Coase Theorem implies that: the efficient level of an externality is generally zero. private individuals living in market economies should not be concerned with externalities. government intervention is not always needed to arrive at the efficient level of an externality. government laws are unnecessary. 4 points Question 7 An industry in which a small number of large firms sell products that are either close or perfect substitutes is: perfectly competitive. monopolistically competitive. an oligopoly. a monopoly. 4 points Question 8 When a negative externality is present in a market: a tax can increase the level of economic surplus. the social benefits are greater than the private benefits. there is generally too little of the good produced by private markets. the government should ensure that there are zero external costs associated in all markets. 4 points Question 9 In the presence of a positive externality, the government can arrive at the socially optimal output level by: paying producers a subsidy equal to the amount of social benefits associated with the activity. charging producers a tax equal to the amount of social costs associated with the activity. paying producers a subsidy equal to the amount of external benefits associated with the activity. charging producers a tax equal to the amount of external costs associated with the activity. 4 points Question 10 The tragedy of the commons is that: too few individuals have access to high quality healthcare. common people overconsume public goods. the quality of life for lower income people is generally lower than that of higher income people. a resource with no price tends to be exploited until its marginal benefit falls to zero. 4 points Question 11 One potential remedy to the tragedy of the commons is to: never allow a single individual to consume more than one percent of the common resource. criminalize the usage of common resources. allow individuals to use a common resource as long as they receive some benefit from doing so. place a common resource under private ownership. 4 points Question 12 As a result of a positional externality: contestants have a tendency to invest in a series of mutually offsetting investments in performance enhancement. there is generally an underinvestment in performance enhancement. the market price of performance enhancement materials is too high. the quality of performance in competitive situations is lower than the socially optimal level. 4 points Question 13 Which of the following statements is true regarding health insurance? 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