Re:Contrast: The Economist
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Example of multinational greed: On a program about Jamaica on PBS TV recently, McDonald's the US multinational corporation (MNC) wanted to establish a restaurant in Kingston. There already was a local Jamaican restaurant in Kingston bearing the name "McDonald's" which sold Jamaican food, and the restaurant had been there > ~5 years. There had been no exposure of the "McDonald's" (MNC) brand in Jamaica when that local restaurant was established. But McDonald's the MNC brought in the big legal guns to put the little local restaurant out of business, or to change their name. Greed is fundamental to business/capitalism: The most important aim for a business/capitalist is the attainment of profit.
Nah, it seems like your (I'm not American, though I have lived in the country for >12 years) laws are designed to protect those who have enough money to afford strong lobbyists. Hence, the increase in the number of people who go hungry by 50% since the late 80's, and the widening gap between the rich and poor. Remember, too, that the US is the only country to not ratify an international declaration on human rights because it contains "socialist" clauses like the right to food and shelter.
More generally, "Republicans" do not favor
government interference in commerce, and do
favor government interference in "moral" conduct.
Ummm. They DO favor government interference in commerce. Bush's opening up of Alaskan forest reserves for the oil industry is but one example.
What you really mean is "do not interference that will slow down their profit making". The bottomline is almighty in business, and if the government can do anything to increase their profits, they'd gladly accept its help.
But, I agree that despite their "we hate big government" rhetoric, they sure want the government to poke into everyone's private affairs, e.g. sex life.
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Example of multinational greed: On a program about Jamaica on PBS TV recently, McDonald's the US multinational corporation (MNC) wanted to establish a restaurant in Kingston. There already was a local Jamaican restaurant in Kingston bearing the name "McDonald's" which sold Jamaican food, and the restaurant had been there > ~5 years. There had been no exposure of the "McDonald's" (MNC) brand in Jamaica when that local restaurant was established. But McDonald's the MNC brought in the big legal guns to put the little local restaurant out of business, or to change their name. Greed is fundamental to business/capitalism: The most important aim for a business/capitalist is the attainment of profit.
There's a great free text on C++ online, with a decent intro to OOP. I was able to understand Stroustrup much better after going through this.
For generic OOD, I really liked Booch's Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (ISBN 0805353402).
I should have said "only industrialized country". Check my facts: my memory's not what it used to be.
Nah, it seems like your (I'm not American, though I have lived in the country for >12 years) laws are designed to protect those who have enough money to afford strong lobbyists. Hence, the increase in the number of people who go hungry by 50% since the late 80's, and the widening gap between the rich and poor. Remember, too, that the US is the only country to not ratify an international declaration on human rights because it contains "socialist" clauses like the right to food and shelter.
susano_otter said:
Ummm. They DO favor government interference in commerce. Bush's opening up of Alaskan forest reserves for the oil industry is but one example.
What you really mean is "do not interference that will slow down their profit making". The bottomline is almighty in business, and if the government can do anything to increase their profits, they'd gladly accept its help.
But, I agree that despite their "we hate big government" rhetoric, they sure want the government to poke into everyone's private affairs, e.g. sex life.