... of crime because if everyone has the same personal possessions, then there is no reason to steal from one another. Also under this system, there is no unemployment. Because the government owns the means of production, it is able to regulate the employment of its citizens. This system also provides equal health care to all, no matter what one’s profession. Marxism recognizes the importance of every life as a part of the work force and provides measures to keep all its citizens healthy. Probably the best component of Marxism is that the economic systems would only do what it saw as best for the society as a whole. The system proposed by Karl Marx places the ...
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... many state and municipal employees. Coverage became nearly universal in 1956, when lawyers and other professional workers came under the system. Social security is a government program that helps workers and retired workers and their families achieve a degree of economic security. Social security also called social insurance (Robertson p. 33), provides cash payments to help replace income lost as a result of retirement, unemployment, disability, or death. The program also helps pay the cost of medical care for people age 65 or older and for some disabled workers. About one-sixth of the people in the United States receive social security benefits. People become eli ...
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... dissatisfied with their purchases. The first freestanding retail store opened in Plymouth, Indiana in 1926. From then until now, Wards has grown to operate almost 400 stores throughout the United States, employing approximately 58,100 people. In 1985, the company unveiled its specialty store retailing strategy, again reflecting the changing marketplace and consumer demands. Also in 1985, catalog operations were discontinued. This move allowed the company to concentrate its resources on retail stores and began the company's transformation from a traditional mass merchandiser into a contemporary group of value-driven specialty stores. The success of the specialty stor ...
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... Industrial engineering technicians use the principles and theories of science, engineering, and mathematics to solve problems in research and development, manufacturing, sales, construction, and customer service. Many engineering technicians assist engineers and scientists, in research and development. Others work in production or inspection jobs. Industrial engineering technicians study the efficient use of personnel, materials, and machines in factories, stores, repair shops, and offices. They also prepare layouts of machinery and equipment, plan the flow of work, make statistical studies, and analyze production costs. Those in research and development bu ...
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... industry that produced it. It was in this year that the British first documented the occupational hazards of asbestos dust inhalation. In 1935, there was correspondence between the editor of the trade journal Asbestos and Summer Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. This correspondence consisted of the editor asking permission to print an article about the dangers of asbestos inhalation. Written on September 25, 1935, the message read Always you have requested that for certain obvious reasons we publish nothing [about the health hazards of asbestos], and naturally your wishes have been respected... By this time, your objections to publicity on this subje ...
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... to 156 individual airlines.(2) The result has been competitive prices, a huge web of new routes, and competitive employee wages. In 1980, Congress got rid of rules that encouraged railroads to keep unwanted routes, that forced prices too high to compete with truck and barge rates, or kept prices too low to make a profit. (3) Now railway companies are making deals with shippers at competitive rates allowing, once again, the railroads to be an important part of America. Since the breakup of AT&T in January 1984, almost every element of tele phoning has been open to competition. Numerous firms have been formed boasting low long-distance rates, car phone models, fi ...
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... by giants (American, United, TWA) which offered nationwide and some international service, and by regional carriers, such as Southwest, which offered short trips between airports not served by the nationals. Deregulation of the airline industry brought about in 1978 introduced a situation in which the national and regional carriers were suddenly able to compete in an environment that resembled a free market. Rate schedules were lifted, price fixing was eliminated and route management was removed. The main factors that affected whether an airline could serve a particular city was whether or not that city had enough gates for the new carrier, and whether the car ...
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... it pretty much consists of the fact that in order for the company to stay competitive it needs to cut down on some of the privileges of its employees. The union members on the other hand refuse to recognize the financial situation of the employer and insist on better wages, bonuses, and all the other goodies associated with being in the union. James Dagnon a human resources senior vice president told the engineering-union leaders that they haven't recognized "the competitive battle that we're in here." Now I hardly ever fly, and if indeed the prices of airfare would go up as a result of the labor unions getting their way, or for if for some reason the union go ...
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... to halt their foreign borrowing to finance the deficit. This greatly helps the credibility of Canada and puts the country's destiny back into domestic palms. With this said, Martin announced no new tax increases, although the raise in the Pension Plan could be considered a hidden tax increase. Martin announced no new spending cuts in this budget although cuts made in previous budgets are set to slash 3 billion more dollars this year. There was some extra spending sprinkled into various areas. For starters, a new tax benefit will be created in co-operation with the provinces, costing the Federal government $600 billion. This program is attempting to help the poo ...
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... exports and increasing efficiency through competition. One of the most aggressive liberalization groups to follow GATT's lead is APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Community). APEC consist of 18 countries that account for 1/2 of the worlds output. The three largest economies Japan, China and the United States are members. APEC leaders are committed to achieving free and open trade for the region by 2010. APEC is moving towards this goal through many means including accelerating initial Japanese tariff cuts by 50%. China will also cut a number of tariffs by 30%. Indonesia and other APEC members are also reducing tariffs sharply. What sets APEX at the ...
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