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Dugald Stewart's assessment of Adam Smith's economic theory

Even if the work done by Smith and his Scottish contemporaries finds parallels and precedents, it nevertheless appears to have been remarkable for the weight of emphasis that was placed on economic factors. There were really two applications of the general thesis.

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The case for legalizing voluntary organ sales from living donors

The concept of cheating relates to virtually any situation where an individual or entity (i.e. A business or professional enterprise) deliberately violates established rules or limitations meant to apply to behavior.

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Law and economics in early 19th century Chinese trade conflicts

Were the conflicts that occurred during the Chinese trade activities in the early 19th Century more about law and the perception of law -- or were they more about economics?

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Magic, economics, and trauma in Elizabethan drama

Cartwright, Kent. "Language, Magic, the Dromios, and the Comedy of Errors." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 47.2 (2007): 331-2A. Platinum Periodicals. ProQuest.

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Comparing immigrant experiences in Bodnar, Handlin, and Jacobson

Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People" by Oscar Handlin, "The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America" by John Bodnar, and "Barbarian Virtues: The United States Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917" by Matthew Frye…

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Contemporary abstract artists compared with Kandinsky's spiritual foundations

Abstract art is commonly defined as, "... art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way. (NationMaster Encyclopedia: Abstract art).

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Phoenix Program lessons and Iraq War counterinsurgency strategy

It is not at all unusual to hear popular comparisons made between the Vietnam War and the current war in Iraq and though most experts see only a casual relationship still others see a comparison that is not only valid but is applicable to the utilization of historical Vietnam tactics and lessons…

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Integrating alternative and conventional medicine in holistic health care

Gig Harbor, WA: Harbor Press.

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Affirmative action as reverse discrimination: examining policy trade-offs

American society has been profoundly affected by affirmative action policies. Developed as an attempt to address racial imbalances in education, the workplace, and the military, affirmative action has long been a contentious issue.

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Consequentialist ethics and academic honor code enforcement

Consequentialist ethics views ethical decisions in terms of their consequences, not in terms of an abstract moral system that is universally applied to all circumstances.

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