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Economic analysis of tax evasion in the United States

The taxation system in the United States is highly complex and growing more so each year, with a mass of different types of taxes.

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Private security contractors and the Blackwater Baghdad incident

Contract soldiers have been used by nations and states since early history. Ancient kings would contract knights to fight with those loyal to them, warlords made pacts with neighboring states and paid for the services of their soldiers, the Hessians, who fought for the British in the Revolutionary…

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Fred Zinnemann's documentary realism in The Member of the Wedding

"It [the Member of the Wedding] has always been my favorite picture, perhaps because it is not entirely my own." ~ Fred Zinnemann, A Life in the Movies: An Autobiography

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Discrimination and prejudice against a Hispanic coworker in the workplace

Prejudice can be hurtful and destructive. This is true for those impacted directly, but also for the morale within an overall work environment. I witnessed this being carried out at a former employer during a summer job.

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The need to update affirmative action laws for modern employment

The affirmative action laws have been around since the 1960s, but now there is a need to change them due to the changes that have been seen in society.

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Why women don't negotiate and the cost of avoidance

Gender disparities in the workplace in terms of salary and position can be attributed at least in part to the willingness of women to negotiate better salaries and ask for what they want.

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Fast food advertising claims and corporate accountability in America

Fast Food advertising has been allowed to profess anything, from the 'healthy quality' of their food to the food company's contribution to homeless kids.

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Thomas Geoghegan's critique of the declining American labor movement

Labor When it's Flat on its Back," by Thomas Geoghegan. Specifically, it will discuss whether I agree or disagree with Geoghegan's question and title of his book.

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Three significant figures and events in Richard Kluger's Simple Justice

Justice: The History of 'Brown v. Board of Education' and Black America's Struggle for Equality," by Richard Kluger. Specifically, it will discuss what three issues/events/or people contained in the book were the most significant.

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Animation technology and the displacement of human performers

Visual representation of ideas, history, and stories has been an important part of human culture since prehistoric times, when cave paintings and other primitive drawings were used to record and relive events.

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