Gross is the author of numerous articles on the bond market, as well as the book “Everything You’ve Heard About Investing is Wrong” was published in 1997. In 1998 bill also published popular-market book on investing, also “Bill Gross on Investing”. He appears frequently in national publications and media. In 1996, he was the first portfolio manager inducted into the Fixed-Income Analyst Society Inc. Fixed Income Analyst hall of fame for his major contributions to the advancement of bond and portfolio analysis.
Describe the rise to prominence of the personality you have studied (10 marks) Albert Speer’s rise to prominence took place between 1931 and 1946, beginning with him joining the Nazi Party and his rise ending with his condemnation at the Nuremberg trials, however, he has remained prominent to today as a result of his work for the Nazi Part and for the manner in which he conducted himself at his trial. Speer’s decision to join the Nazi Party did not lead to his immediate, fully-fledged involvement in party affairs. Speer’s part work extended no further than driving party members around to meetings and rallies. However, Speer’s fortunes changed when he made the acquaintance of Karl Hanke. Hanke gave Speer the job of redecorating the headquarters of a district branch of the Nazi Party, Grunewald Villa.
Harvard has been respected for its academic excellence for many, many years and it is assumed that it has produced some of the finest minds of our time. One would typically not think to challenge this assumption. William J. Bennett did just that in 1989 with his speech entitled “Drug Policy and the Intellectuals”, in which he attacked the intellectuals and chided them about their approach, or lack thereof, regarding drug policy, legalization in particular, in the United States. Even though he does attack the intellectuals during his speech, he manages not to alienate them by giving a smooth, yet highly passionate account of his personal beliefs regarding drugs and drug policy, legalization in particular. Considering that Bennett’s audience was likely largely Harvard University students and staff, the fact that he criticized the intellectuals so thoroughly was probably not lost on anyone and was very daring.
In 1909, Herbert Croly was determined to better the United States and did so by writing a book called, “The Promise of American Life”. Croly’s book caught the eye of many politicians and has often been called “…one of the few genuinely important political studies written by an American in the early twentieth century… it has generally been considered an expression of progressivism”(192). During this era the United States experienced constant change due to the Industrial Revolution. As a result, the wealth in the United States was granted to fewer and fewer individuals because big businesses were taking over. Additionally, the economy was not balanced and Herbert Croly devised a plan to regain this balance through federal regulations.
Ms. Clinton had a long record of political achievement in Arkansas and beyond, but was unsuccessful in achieving health care reform. President Clinton can also be credited with reappointing Alan Greenspan as head of the Federal Reserve. Greenspan was considered a master at handling interest rates. The appointment of Alan Greenspan was a surprising move on President Clinton’s part because Mr. Greenspan was considered a libertarian Republican who once had been a close political advisor to Republican Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Regan. President Clinton and Alan Greenspan worked closely together and Greenspan praised Clinton’s handling of the Federal deficit as well as his stance on liberalized trade calling him “the best Republican president we’ve had in a while.” All of these things played a role in the economic upswing of President Clinton’s time in office but there were many factors that had little or nothing to do with government at
Reefer Madness When Adam Smith pioneered what we now consider economics, he believed in the “Invisible Hand” that set prices, set what people made, and also determined supply and demand. He believed everything would work as a balance as long as everyone did what interested them and followed their desires, their passions. What he didn’t consider is that this “Invisible Hand” also would aid in creating an invisible underground economy. In the Introduction to Reefer Madness, Schlosser explains the ease of how an underground economy grew with rapid fire within the last three decades. There have been many things in the past 30 years that have paved the way for an underground economy to grow rapidly.
After reading all the articles and doing further research on Henry Ford, I believe he is a “Captain of Industry”. He was an innovator and very smart man. It seemed to me he didn’t just care about making money. After all he was the first to implement the $5 a day wage. This forced other companies to raise their pay rate, and helped get the economy going.
The New Deal and programs created to cure the Great Depression Many economists believe that Franklin D. Roosevelt or FDR was one of the greatest presidents ever elected; thus, his resume does speak for himself. He was the only president to be elected four terms in a row. There are many great things that FDR did for America; however, creating the New Deal was one of the most important things FDR accomplished for our nation. During a time of hardship in America, FDR, with his optimistic way of thinking gave hope to the American people during the Great Depression. The New Deal consisted of many different programs in order to stimulate the economy and provide help to the people.
By DIPANKAR CHAKRAVARTY PREFACE The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life is a economics book written by noted professor of economics Sir Steven Landsburg. The book is a collection of routine examples illustrating important economic and financial theories.The underlying theme of the book, as Landsburg states on the first page, is that most of economics can be summarized in four words: “People respond to incentives.” In the first few chapters, Author tried to explain the Responsiveness towards Incentives with quite a many examples such as Accidents, safety legislations, etc. He also tried to explain the rationality issues with the economist’s slogan-De gustibus nonest disputandum—there's no accounting for tastes. With this apparently innocuous observation, Landsburg discusses some unexpected effects of various policies such as automobile safety legislation and environmental policies. Part Two entitled "Good and Evil" provides some insight as to how the pure economist thinks.
a. Improved human nutrition resulting from enhanced hunting skills b. Dramatically altered weapons and warfare caused by the use of bronze technology c. The adoption of settled agriculture that allowed more densely populated societies d. Major advances in human brain function e. The development of the wheel which gave advances to pastoralist societies Many historians believe the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to societies that were more a. Isolated b. Egalitarian c. Patriarchal d. Dispersed e. Matriarchal The earliest religions of settled farming communities tended to focus on … a. a male / father protector god b. a female / mother earth goddess c. many complex anthropomorphic gods d. a covenant with a monotheistic God e. a dualistic afterlife of good versus evil The statue of a queen of Kush shown below was most probably influenced by the art of a. Greece b. China c. Egypt d. India e. Gaul Which of the following MOST helps to explain why the river valley civilization of ancient Egypt remained politically unified for much of its existence, while ancient Mesopotamia was frequently divided into rival