Essays on Welfarism

Introduction

Mining activities can pose serious environmental and health implications. Although, these environmental and health hazards can be mitigated and effectively managed through sound engineering and environmental practices, these environmental and health issues associated with mining operations could not be totally eradicated. In general, there are three major players in the mining industry: the company, which include the employees and the stockholders; the regulatory bodies, which include the government and other national and international environmental organizations; and the community, which are not directly related to the mining industry, but is impacted by its operations. Each one of these stakeholders has ...

INTRODUCTION

The Great Depression, which hit the US in the late 1920s and was largely blamed on the Hoover Administration policies, ushered in the landslide victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democrats in 1932. The Hoover policy of raising tariffs of goods entering the US was created to please American farmers, but it boomeranged against the US when many governments imposed retaliatory tariff policies against its exports. This, in effect, started a domino effect that caused the Great Depression (Saint-Etienne 11-16). As businesses went bankrupt and many found themselves unemployed, the landslide victory of Roosevelt and the Democrats was, thus, a ...

For most people, the only food they know is meat. They grew up wearing leather and depending on location, cloths made of fur or wool. For entertainment, children are brought to zoos and circuses while eating hotdogs, burgers, or barbeque. In addition, children often raise their desires of having their own pets at home, prompt parents to buy pets from pet shops and which are later on, kept in cages. While these are indeed pleasant activities for the family, seldom are the animals considered or thought of after each bite of the delicious meal. How many had to die ...