How growth can make us worse off by Ross Gittens Outline: This article discusses the economic growth within the australian economy and its effects. It is stated that the Australian economy’s economic growth is driven mostly by immigrants rather than natural increase. The business bible shows a growth of average of 1.42 per cent being the weakest in the past 15 years. Slower growth in the economy leads to slower growth in GDP, lower standard of living, harder to reduce budget deficit and reduced…

Humans are animals but what does it mean to be human? What are the defining characteristics that separate us from other animals? How are we different? Human origins begin with primates, however through evolution we developed unique characteristics such as larger brain sizes, the capacity for language, emotional complexity and habitual bipedalism which separated us from other animals and allowed us to further advance ourselves and survive in the natural world. Additionally, humans have been able to…

US and Japan Business: A Culture in Progress While many of the world’s economic powers seem similar, there is no doubt there are some very key differences. Many of these differences can be attributed to cultural differences within each of the countries. While many of these countries work together in global business efforts, cultural differences would certainly have a significant impact on management style, leadership and even work ethic of the employees. The United States and Japan are both strong…

Without diversity, we cannot widen our field of view. Diversity helps us to open up our eyes and our world. From reading the essay "How diversity makes us smarter", written by Katherine W Phillips, I learned that there are some negative effects brought up by the social diversity where dialog of inclusion is advanced, but mostly diversity is something that has positive effect in our society and even individual. I could also reflect and make connection with my experience of moving from non diverse community…

How Diversity Makes Us Smarter Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working. Sep 16, 2014 |By Katherine W. Phillips 0 The first thing to acknowledge about diversity is that it can be difficult. In the U.S., where the dialogue of inclusion is relatively advanced, even the mention of the word “diversity” can lead to anxiety and conflict. Supreme Court justices disagree on the virtues of diversity and the means for achieving it. Corporations…

and how it makes an individual more creative with my intended audience. I am researching to find three authors that have three different perspectives and answers to the question, “How does diversity make us more creative?” Intended audience: My instructor is one member of my audience, which is part of the academic audience. My audience also includes employers, politicians, organizations, educators and my peers. How does diversity make us more creative? Most people want to know precisely how diversity…

Maria Szalavitz, a writer for the TIMES magazine, wrote a media article in the social connection section called The Biology of Kindness: How It Makes Us Happier and Healthier. She said to stay physically and mentally fit you need to have strong relationships. Strong relationships are as important as avoiding chronic diseases and risk factors leading to those diseases. The information she referenced in the media article came from a study published in the Psychological Science Journal. Maria Szalavitz…

Making Us Sick” takes a strong argument to show that the life you grow up in or even build for yourself can determine such a factor that seems only fitting for God to decide. This factor is called social determinants of health, meaning that based on your access to income and education this will help determine your life span (Unnatural causes). Social, as well as income inequality will be what puts you on your death bed faster or slower and is a matter that shall not be taken lightly. So, how is it…

Maressa Rodgers Dr. Crystal Piper HLTH 3105 MF December 12, 2014 Does Racism Make Us Sick? When assessing the progress of the racial divides that plagued what is now considered the “melting pot” of all nations, the feelings and health statuses of the oppressed should stand out as one of the major indicators of progress. Yet with this logic, it seems as though the disparities continue to grow, the voices of the oppressed minorities in the United states gets hushed by their oppressors, and many…

We can either make our money work for us or have habits and attitudes that work to the contrary. Bad habits can lead to stress, a shorter life and an overall low quality of living. Good habits work to sustain a high quality of life and overall happiness. Both good and bad habits directly reflect our net worth only in the respect that in America as opposed to other nations we all for the most part live better and have more than we admit. With that being said no matter how much any of us have there are…