Agrarian discontent in the late 1800s – Why the Farmers Were Wrong

The period between 1880 and 1900 was a boom time for American politics. The country was for once free of the threat of war, and many of its citizens were living comfortably. However, as these two decades went by, the American farmer found it harder and harder to live comfortably. Crops such as cotton and wheat, once the bulwark of agriculture, were selling at prices so low that it was nearly impossible for farmers to make a profit off them. Furthermore, improvement... 

Mathematical Logic

Mathematical logic is something that has been around for a very long time. Centuries Ago Greek and other logicians tried to make sense out of mathematical proofs. As time went on other people tried to do the same thing but using only symbols and variables. But I will get into detail about that a little later. There is also something called set theory, which is related with this. In mathematical logic a lot of terms are used such as axiom and proofs. A lot of... 

Cannington Remuneration Policy Investigation

The organisation studied for the purpose of this investigation is Broken Hill Proprietary / Limited (B. H. P.). B. H. P. is Australia’s largest company and was ranked 125th on the fortune global 500 list of the worlds largest industrial companies in 1993. The company was incorporated in 1885 and began mining silver, lead and zinc at Broken Hill in NSW Cannington is BHP’s latest mine which is still yet to officially open, the mine was a Greenfield site discovered... 

The Economics of The Clean Air Act

Air is a part of all of our lives. Without clean air, nothing we know of can Exist. The debate over clean air, it's regulations, their teammates and Opposition, and the economic factors coming into play into this ever-more Recognizable problem is a widespread and ever more controversial one. Like a Long countdown to eventual disaster, the pollution effecting our world has no Doubt made increasingly more impact on our daily lives, and has increased the Intensity... 

Greenspan's renomination

When Alan Greenspan presented the Federal Reserve's semi-annual report on monetary policy to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and the U. S. House of Representatives on February, Dr. Greenspan touted a cautionary yet favorable view of the U. S. economy. He states that «With inflationary pressures apparently receding, the previous degree of restraint in monetary policy was no longer... 

The Economics of Federal Defense Policy – Political Science

Three out of four Americans polled in the 1992 election year believed that the United States was heading in the wrong direction. With such an overwhelming consensus, the country hired a new president to attempt to fix the vital issues at hand. Although both Republicans and Democrats believed that the United States was still the «sole superpower», the people of the United States saw that their quality of life was deteriorating. In fact, the signs of economic,... 

The Economic Impact of The New Telecommunications Legislation

Canada has been transformed in recent years into an information based society. Nearly half of the labour force in Canada works in occupations involving the collection and processing of information. In a society in which information has become a commodity, communications provide a vital link that can mean the difference between success or failure. Telecommunications is a fundamental infrastructure of the Canadian economy and society. For these reasons, an efficient...