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The role of externalities in the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis

In February of 2007, when the subprime crisis began to emerge, few thought that it would threaten to send the global economy into a tailspin. Yet today we sit at the brink of recession.

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Critical media literacy and education for modern times

Most scholars believe that while the modern era has brought with it unprecedented growth and development in the technology sector; it has also dramatically shifted the power center from the governments to the multinationals.

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Responsible practice in adult education and social action

The basis of all education lies in the application of what one has learned in the form of a social action. Max Weber is perhaps the pioneer of all of the foundations of social action that have been laid down both in psychology and philosophy.

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Lester Frank Ward's theories of social energy and human will

Lester Frank Ward was a Nineteenth Century sociologist and social theorist whose contribution to the discipline is not well-known or often quoted today. However, he has been described by some as the "... father of American sociology.

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Knowledge management strategies for preventing workforce knowledge loss

The aging of workforces globally and specifically in the United States has amplified the need for companies to automate, manage and publish their content and knowledge more effectively than ever before.

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Business strategy evolution in response to technological and social change

It is a fact that the world has become increasingly complex over the last century, with technology and electronics changing rapidly almost overnight.

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Sexual ambiguity and hermaphroditism in human biological development

Human beings are an incredibly diverse species within itself - race, ethnicity, geography, family, gender are all variables, just as DNA, fingerprints, and retinas all combine to create absolutely unique creatures - no two exactly alike.

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The American dream and God's dream: are they compatible?

Americans love to talk about the American dream. In fact, the belief that anyone in America can become a success is at the very heart of what it means to be American and feel patriotic, even if different Americans have different ways of defining that success.

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Spain's 2005 amnesty and the subsequent immigration surge

In 2007, nearly one million immigrants arrived in Spain, according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute study in 2007 (Kern, 1). Those immigrants were in addition to the already existing 800,000 that arrived in 2006 and nearly 700,000 in 2005 (Kern, 1).

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The Human Genome Project's ethical dilemmas and moral challenges

Human Genome Project may be the most controversial research project in modern medical or scientific history. The project began in 1990 at the National Institutes of Health and was headed by James Watson. However, the project was not only a U.S. project, nor was it only a government project.

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