Capitalism The degree of competition, role of intervention and regulation, and scope of state ownership varies across different models of capitalism.[5] Economists, political economists, and historians have taken different perspectives in their analysis of capitalism and recognized various forms of it in practice. These include laissez-faire capitalism, welfare capitalism, crony capitalism and state capitalism; each highlighting varying degrees of dependency on markets, public ownership, and inclusion of social policies. The extent to which different markets are free, as well as the rules defining private property, is a matter of politics and policy. Etymology[edit] The term capitalist as referring to an owner of capital (rather than its meaning of someone adherent to the economic system) shows earlier recorded use than the term capitalism, dating back to the mid-17th century. Economic elements[edit] The essential feature of capitalism is the investment of money in order to make a profit.[35]
Curriculum - College of Architecture The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is a four year undergraduate degree and requires a minimum of 128 credit hours. For more details about each course, view the listings in the Texas A&M Course Catalog. Total Credit Hours: 128 First Year, Fall Semester First Year, Spring Semester Second Year, Fall Semester Second Year, Spring Semester Third Year, Fall Semester Third Year, Spring Semester Mid Semester, Summer Semester Fourth Year, Fall Semester Fourth Year, Spring Semester *Subject to change ** See advisor for a list of approved courses A grade of C or better is required in courses under major coursework and supporting coursework. Semester away can be fulfilled by Study Abroad or study at an approved other university (12 hours) or internship (6 hours). Study abroad students will take CARC 301, CARC 311, and CARC 331. Internship students will register for LAND 494 in 4th year, fall semester.
Socialism Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production,[10] as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.[11] Social ownership may refer to forms of public, collective or cooperative ownership, or to citizen ownership of equity.[12] There are many varieties of socialism and there is no single definition encapsulating all of them,[13] though social ownership is the common element shared by its various forms.[5][14][15] Etymology The origin of the term "socialism" may be traced back and attributed to a number of originators, in addition to significant historical shifts in the usage and scope of the word. For Andrew Vincent, "[t]he word ‘socialism’ finds its root in the Latin sociare, which means to combine or to share. The related, more technical term in Roman and then medieval law was societas. History Early socialism Paris Commune First International Second International Early 20th century
Guess What? Millennials Want A Lot Of The Same Things As Their Parents This article is more than 4 years old. There’s a lot that’s said about Millennials, like that they’re perennial renters, job hoppers and not keen on settling down. Yet, a new survey from Credit Karma suggests that in many ways, the generation isn’t so different from their parents. The vast majority of Millennials still desire the so-called American Dream, which includes getting married, buying a house and having children. “They’re delaying things like marriage and homeownership, but it’s not that they don’t want them,” says Bethy Hardeman, chief consumer advocate at Credit Karma. The survey found that a whopping 88% of Millennials who are currently renting eventually want a place to call their own, 83% of single Millennials hope to tie the knot and 75% see kids in their future. So, what’s the hold-up? To be sure, the degree to which student loans are dictating people’s lives can depend on just how far in the red they are. The financial crisis is also still haunting Millennials.
Nazism Nazism, or National Socialism in full (German: Nationalsozialismus), is the ideology and practice associated with the 20th-century German Nazi Party and state as well as other related far-right groups. Usually characterised as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism, Nazism originally developed from the influences of pan-Germanism, the Völkisch German nationalist movement and the anti-communist Freikorps paramilitary culture in post-First World War Germany, which many Germans felt had been left humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles. German Nazism subscribed to theories of racial hierarchy and social Darwinism, asserted the superiority of an Aryan master race, and criticised both capitalism and communism for being associated with Jewish materialism. The Nazi Party was founded as the pan-German nationalist and antisemitic German Workers' Party in January 1919. Etymology Position in the political spectrum Origins Völkisch nationalism
Me generation The "Me" generation is a term referring to Baby Boomers in the United States and the self-involved qualities that some people associate with it.[1] The 1970s were dubbed the "Me decade" by writer Tom Wolfe;[2] Christopher Lasch was another writer who commented on the rise of a culture of narcissism among the younger generation of that era.[3] The phrase caught on with the general public, at a time when "self-realization" and "self-fulfillment" were becoming cultural aspirations to which young people supposedly ascribed higher importance than social responsibility. Origins[edit] Jogging and other health and diet trends went mainstream with the Me generation. The cultural change in the United States during the 1970s that was experienced by the Baby Boomers is complex. By the mid-1970s, Tom Wolfe and Christopher Lasch were speaking out critically against the culture of narcissism.[3] These criticisms were widely repeated throughout American popular media. Characteristics[edit] See also[edit]
Feudalism Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a system for structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. Although derived from the Latin word feodum or feudum (fief),[1] then in use, the term feudalism and the system it describes were not conceived of as a formal political system by the people living in the medieval period. In its classic definition, by François-Louis Ganshof (1944),[2] feudalism describes a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs.[2] There is also a broader definition, as described by Marc Bloch (1939), that includes not only warrior nobility but all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clerics and the peasantry bonds of manorialism; this is sometimes referred to as a "feudal society". Definition
Link between Alzheimer's disease and gut microbiota is confirmed Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Still incurable, it directly affects nearly one million people in Europe, and indirectly millions of family members as well as society as a whole. In recent years, the scientific community has suspected that the gut microbiota plays a role in the development of the disease. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) in Switzerland, together with Italian colleagues from the National Research and Care Center for Alzheimer's and Psychiatric Diseases Fatebenefratelli in Brescia, University of Naples and the IRCCS SDN Research Center in Naples, confirm the correlation, in humans, between an imbalance in the gut microbiota and the development of amyloid plaques in the brain, which are at the origin of the neurodegenerative disorders characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. The brain under influence A very clear correlation A strategy based on prevention Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
Free market For economic systems coordinated by either free markets or regulated markets, see Market economy. A free market is a market system in which the prices for goods and services are set freely by consent between sellers and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority. A free market contrasts with a controlled market or regulated market, in which government intervenes in supply and demand through non-market methods such as laws creating barriers to market entry or directly setting prices. A free market economy is a market-based economy where prices for goods and services are set freely by the forces of supply and demand and are allowed to reach their point of equilibrium without intervention by government policy, and it typically entails support for highly competitive markets and private ownership of productive enterprises. Economic systems[edit] Laissez-faire economics[edit] Notes[edit]
Everything You Need To Know About Polylactic Acid (PLA) What is PLA, and what is it used for? Polylactic Acid (PLA) is different than most thermoplastic polymers in that it is derived from renewable resources like corn starch or sugar cane. Most plastics, by contrast, are derived from the distillation and polymerization of nonrenewable petroleum reserves. Plastics that are derived from biomass (e.g. Polylactic Acid is biodegradable and has characteristics similar to polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), or polystyrene (PS). There are a vast array of applications for Polylactic Acid. Here is a look at some different PLA products on the market: PLA printing filament, photo courtesy Alibaba.com PLA medical screws, photo courtesy of DSM.com What Are The Different Types of Polylactic Acid and Why is it Used so Often? There are several different types of Polylactic Acid to include Racemic PLLA (Poly-L-lactic Acid), Regular PLLA (Poly-L-lactic Acid), PDLA (Poly-D-lactic Acid), and PDLLA (Poly-DL-lactic Acid). How is PLA made? Is PLA toxic?
Hannah Arendt Life and career[edit] Arendt was born into a secular family of German Jews in Linden (present-day Hanover), the daughter of Martha (born Cohn) and Paul Arendt.[7] She grew up in Königsberg (renamed Kaliningrad and annexed to the Soviet Union in 1946) and Berlin. At the University of Marburg, she studied philosophy with Martin Heidegger. According to Hans Jonas, her only German-Jewish classmate, Arendt embarked on a long and stormy romantic relationship with Heidegger, for which she later was criticized because of Heidegger's support for the Nazi Party when he was rector at the University of Freiburg. In the wake of one of their breakups, Arendt moved to Heidelberg, where she wrote her dissertation under the existentialist philosopher-psychologist Karl Jaspers on the concept of love in the thought of Saint Augustine. Paris[edit] New York[edit] Post-war[edit] A letter about Palestine signed by Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt and others Death[edit] Works[edit] The Origins of Totalitarianism[edit]
Trump to put climate change denier in charge of key U.S. report Originally published by E&E News President Donald Trump’s administration is focused on promoting climate denial even as it counts down the president’s final days. The Trump team is preparing to appoint a climate denier to head development of the National Climate Assessment for the next two months, a key step that involves contracting scientists to write it, according to advisers close to the White House. On Friday, the administration quietly removed Michael Kuperberg from his job as executive director of the U.S. Kuperberg has served in the role for years and was recently advancing the latest version of the National Climate Assessment even after it faced delays from the White House. Kuperberg was transferred back to the Department of Energy (DOE), said Don Wuebbles, a climate scientist at the University of Illinois who co-led the first volume of the fourth climate assessment. “He was basically told your detail was ended and go back to DOE,” Wuebbles said after speaking with Kuperberg.