It is known that most American consumers want American-made goods over Chinese-made goods. However, over 60 percent of Chinese consumers also want American-made goods and are willing to pay more for them. In a study released by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) American-made goods were found to be the most desired, with almost 50 percent…
Since 2014, protests in Brazil have grown to even higher levels as thousands of people took to the streets to rally against the corruption scandal that has embroiled the country. This demonstrations came as a result of investigations into former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and many other of the country’s top leaders…
Arizona has been a fast growing solar market in the United States in past several years. On February 2013, Arizona’s solar incentive program was significantly reduced and many people wondered what the impact of these cuts would be. From an economic perspective, the elimination of incentives will probably reduce the ability of the higher cost…
In January of 2014 the company Tesla Motors released their private patents to the public. Most businessmen would say this is a poor strategy by allowing competitors to have full access to information. Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a brilliant analogy to give insight as to why Tesla made this decision. He said, “If we’re…
1. What is randomness? Does it exist? Give an example. Randomness is a series of events that occur without a predictable pattern. The does it exist question is one that every combat veteran who has lost someone deals with every day. Why, did he get shoot by the sniper, when I was standing next him?…
It came as quite a shock to me to find out that almost all scientific papers are controlled by a mere six corporations. In the past, I had heard about how there are only six companies that control the American media, compared to over 50 companies in 1983. However, it is more disturbing to think…
The police in Czech Republic wrote identification numbers on the hands of migrants using indelible inks is seen similar to what the Nazis did with the Jews. In a similar event in Hungary, the migrants were tricked into boarding a train and were taken to the so called “reception” camp. Hungary is planning to build…
Can there be good laws? Thomas Aquinas stated that laws exist to make people virtuous.
You Could Be Wrong!
In our world today, people think that they know what is “good” and what is bad”. We often label criminals, terrorists, and bullies as “bad” people.