Essays on Haddad

Introduction

A leveraged buyout (LBO) is the process through which a company is acquired by another one that gets a significant amount of capital from borrowed money. This act is a process that involves the buyer putting up the assets or expected profits of the newly acquired company as collateral to the financial institution that is giving out the loan (Haddad, Loualiche, Plosser, & National Bureau of Economic Research, 2016). This type of purchase carries significant risk for the buyer since the ratio of borrowed money to the invested money is usually 9: 1. The borrowed money accounts for eighty to ...

Iraq

Introduction The period between 2003 and 2011 is a duration that will remain in the history of Iraq for decades to come. It was a period characterized by unprecedented levels of violence and political disorder whereby there was a strong influence exerted on Iraqi politics by foreign powers. The same period witnessed the American-led military troop invasion of Iraq, in an exercise that overthrew Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party governance. The year 2011 marked the end of nearly decade-long fight when the US troops left the country. After the invasion, there were efforts to reconstruct Iraq. However, the ...

Assimilation

Assimilation is a term which is so much associated with immigration. Its significance is not only felt in today’s immigrant communities but also throughout the history of the US. Previously, the term was used to mean a biological process carried out by the body used in the conversion of food into a substance which can be absorbed in digestion. However, the use of the term in today’s world as a physiological process has been eclipsed as a result of its greater social significance. Its broad use is evident by the many definitions it carries. Some sources define ...

How I would evaluate the situation if I were a part of the ethics board

If I were a part of the ethics counsel, I would analyze this case based on autonomy and beneficence. Autonomy holds that a physician should respect the rights of the patient and present all treatment options so that the patient can make an informed decision (Brody and Colloca, 2013). In the case of Mr. and Mrs. Harrelson, the inheritance of two FGFR3 genes would lead to adverse impacts such as stillbirth while inheritance of one gene would result in dwarfism (Veatch, Haddad, and English, 2010). However, there is a chance that one child in four will not inherit the ...

Introduction and Engagement of Stakeholders

The purpose of this formative evaluation is to take an intricate look into the health problems that have affected San Joaquin County in California. They include the following: The asthma problems affecting the young population due to air pollution, the problem of Obesity, which is still prevalent among the young children, and the risk of cervical cancer. All these issues have been cited in the health assessment and it is therefore prudent to look into the planning of how this health promotion program is going to be developed in order to benefit all those at stake in the county ( ...

The Economic system is a way in which a country allocates the production, distribution, and consumption of goods. Several economic systems are in existence; these are; traditional, command, market and missed economies. The traditional economic system relies on traditions to determine what is done for a living. Industries, shelter, and clothing are similar to those in previous generations. It is therefore not used as there are developments taking place in the world of production and distribution, and the needs and demands are changing in the command system, the government controls all economic activities. In this system, the market plays ...

BOOK REVIEW

Book Review Politics has always remained a subject of intense study. Students of political science, brought up on the ideals of Western Civilizational thought, right from Plato to Westphalia, have starry-eyed notions about how the world’s largest democracy, the USA, functions. A close corollary is an intense curiosity about the goings-on behind the curtains in Washington, arguably the biggest seat of power of democracy in the modern world. It is this world that Mark Leibovich (2013) writes about in his book ‘This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral- Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!’ and the outcome is a ...

The response of states to the emergence in the second half of the 20th century as a result of civil unrest and armed conflicts of large numbers of refugees in Africa and Latin America became the adoption of a number of regional agreements. For example, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 1969 on Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees included in the number of refugees also people fleeing from war or civil armed conflicts, seriously disturbing public order in the country. Time has proved the necessity and effectiveness of these instruments ...

There is no specific country today that can be called Palestine. Instead, the area known as Palestine consists of the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The name originates from the Roman province Palaestina. Others have called the region as the Land of Israel, and is the southern area of the regions also known as Syria, Canaan and the Levant. It is acknowledged as the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity. The area has also had a long and colorful history, with a multitude of tribes and peoples populating the same area. Today the area is occupied ...