Essays on Overreliance

William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience were written in the 18th century. Blake used parallel versions of his poems to construct an ideal form of human existence which he later compared against the contemporary society. His works, which were sometimes considered deeply spiritual, caused some of his critics to dismiss him as a Lunatic and his work as the rantings of a lunatic. Blake was also an artist and his images accompanied most of his poems. Blake used parallel poems to respond to the decay in the human values in the society (Vines 116). Many ...

Introductory Remarks

The USA has always prided itself on being a byword for the land of opportunities any person can enjoy. Such optimism may end where the issue of the minimum wage starts, as employees find themselves constrained by a salary ceiling. Forced into low-income groups of earners, there is nothing they can do except resort to aid or social programs to meet their individual or family needs. The situation round the use of aid has come to reach an alarming point judging by the scope of the issue. Employees representing fast food, home care, childcare, and part-time college faculty sectors ...

Introduction

Modern technological trends are moving towards the application of sustainable energy resources. Sustainable energy is that which is balanced on the lines of consumption and supply (Berndes, 2003). Concerning this, the utilization of such energy sources promotes the maintenance of controllable collateral implications. Sustainable energy leads to insignificant levels of environmental degradation. Additionally, the sustainability of energy resources can be understood according to their longevity. Such sources are deemed to fulfill the needs of the present while guaranteeing their progressive benefits into the future. Sustainable development has become a mainstream topic that is addressed in various forums globally. Hitherto, ...

Background

Felipe Calderon is the second democratically elected president of the country of Mexico. He was elected during the 2006 National Election as the prime candidate for presidency representing the PAN—otherwise known as the Partido Accion Nacional or National Action Party. His father was one of the co-founders of PAN (Reyes, 2006). During Felipe Calderon’s childhood, he used to help PAN’s campaigns, particularly in his father’s political campaigns. He hurled pamphlets and flyers, rode campaign vehicles and uttered political slogans. He was able to acquire a bachelor’s degree in Law and a Master’s degree in ...

(a) The two articles “Debt is Good for You" and “Debtors’ Prison" explore the use of debt financing by corporations and contrast it to equity financing, as well as investigate the implications of excess borrowing.

“Debt is Good for You" discusses debt and equity financing by providing a brief overview of the scientific research in this area. It uses the paper by Modigliani and Miller, who claimed that the proportions of equity and debt have no effect on the firm’s value, as a reference point for further discussion and shows the evolution of the theory related to company financing. In ...