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Wesley Mitchell and the American institutionalist theory of business cycles

Wesley Mitchell is one of the intellectual founders of the American Institutionalist School, a theory of economics that developed the late 1880s in the United States, and one of the first schools of thought to challenge some of the core assumptions of classical capitalist market theory.

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Transformational and distributed leadership for teacher self-appraisal

leadership actions that might address the issue described in Part a and also refer to Part B below (These should be referenced and informed by relevant literature and research).

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Thoreau's civil disobedience versus Douglass and Jefferson's legal philosophy

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient." This philosophy may seem strange to current ears and eyes, given the current media stress upon American patriotism and loyalty.

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Mythic Biblical Films: Moses, Morality, and Sacred Story

Explores how films like The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt, and The Decalogue achieve mythic status through Biblical themes, Moses, and moral symbolism.

Arts

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Women in Oedipus the King vs. The Odyssey: A Comparison

Compares the role of women in Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Homer's The Odyssey, contrasting Jocasta's weakness with Penelope's strength and resolve.

Literature

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Essay Undergraduate 848 words

Philosophy vs. Politics in Plato's Gorgias: Rhetoric & Democracy

Explores the relationship between philosophy and politics in Plato's Gorgias, focusing on the Socrates–Callicles debate over rhetoric, power, and democratic governance.

Philosophy

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Betty Rollin's transformation through breast cancer in "The Best Years of My Life"

Cancer and other terminal illnesses can have devastating effects not just on bodies but also on minds. Survivors cope using different mental and emotional tools. Some become bogged down by self-pity and resentment. Some do little to change their lives once their cancer goes into remission.

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William McNeill's theory of disease as historical actor

Liberal or conservative, many historians share a fundamental bias, namely that human actions and beliefs, whether political and ideological, are the major factors that impact human history. History, viewed as such, is propelled by the human will, not by nature.

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Mill and Taylor's competing concepts of positive and negative liberty

Two concepts of liberty': J. S Mill's emphasis on individualism as liberty, and Charles Taylor's classification of the exercise concept and action as forms of liberty

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Virtue ethics and moral responsibility in Marta's abortion decision

Given what an abortion involves and the parties and values at stake, it is highly likely that abortion will always be treated as a highly controversial subject within the human race.

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