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- 1561: Efficient Market Theory
- ... precipitous loss because the system adjusted the stock price to reflect the actual value of AOL stock. The previously high price did indicate the value of the stock based on the accounting practices then in effect, however misleading they may have been. At the moment that the company decided to change the accounting practices, the value of the stock then was corrected to the actual lower value. This could, reasonably, be ... of vast quantities of data, another level of inefficiency is created. Lastly, then the data inputs themselves are subject to being manipulated by inefficient humans depending on even more inefficient data, there is a snowball effect that renders EMT invalid in all but research papers and models. The evidence exists that investment specialists can and do “beat the system” and select investments that perform above the norm. There is also evidence ...
- 1562: How Much Power Should The Fede
- ... us we creep closer and closer to an Orwellian society. The government should allow its citizens to make basic decisions, and become less intrusive. In all 50 states there are mandatory seat belt laws in effect. The federal government has decided that its citizens cannot handle making a rational decision about whether or not to wear a seat belt. Failure to wear a seat belt results in fines ranging between $10 ... should be a repsonibility of a parent, rather than that of the federal government. A federal commission in the early 1980's created a minimum drinking age of 21. By 1987 this law was in effect in all 50 states. Once again, the federal government has chosen to impose on a parent's responsibility. Parents should determine when a child is mature enough for alcohol consumption. This may occur at the ...
- 1563: The North American Free Trade Agreement
- ... by a statement in the economic magazine appropriately titled The Economist proclaiming that some 3.5 million more American jobs have been created than lost since the NAFTA was put into operation. One more important effect that the NAFTA could encourage is a slowing of the flood of illegal immigrants that enter our country, with Mexico understandably being the largest contributor. At present this is a formidable problem in our country ... mind though, that sharp decreases in illegal immigration are not expected immediately, rather within the next two decades will the influx of these people be reduced significantly. Since NAFTA passed in late 1993 and took effect, it has lived up to it's promises. Ross Perot and his cohorts can gloat about the fact that U.S. imports from Mexico increased by about $6 billion dollars, but conversely U.S. exports ...
- 1564: Roswell
- ... evidence and decide whether UFO’s exist. If the government is going to continue a policy of denial then the citizens must begin a policy of belief. Whether policy makers are afraid of UFO’s effect on national security or the potential mass hysteria that could follow such a release of information, the people must not sit back and let evidence of extraterrestrial contact slip through the cracks. A UFO crashed ... still in existence some 50 years later. From the late 1940’s until December of 1969 the government collected UFO files for public affairs that was called Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book had little effect on the UFO community who believes that the project was most likely used to give the false evidence to the public and keep the real evidence in classified vaults. In 1966 the government enacted the ...
- 1565: Gender and Relationship of Children
- ... as well as if these networks change in the size during the preschool years have been explored. Also, differences in styles of play and the occurrence of positive and negative interactions have been examined. The effect that parents have on their sons and daughters, as well as preschool classrooms and teachers have been examined as possible causes of sex differences during play. The aim of this paper is to critically review ... significantly between the ages of 4 and 6. One possibility for these results is that girls have a preference for less stimulation and are not as active as boys. This could be self disclosure. The effect that mothers and fathers have on their preschool children was studied by (Idle, Wood, and Desmarais, 1993). The interaction between 20 intact families was observed. Parents were first asked to complete a toy desirability scale ...
- 1566: Monetary and Fiscal Policy
- ... with high unemployment, taxes are lowered to give more people money to spend and thus increasing demand for goods and services, and the economy begins to revive. A change in government spending has a stronger effect on the economy than a change in tax rates. When the government decides to fight a recession it can spend a large amount of money on goods and services, all of which is released into ... politics. It is hard to predict inflation and recession, and it can be a long period of time before the situation is even recognized. Because a tax cut can take a year to really take effect, the economy could revive from the recession and the new unnecessary tax cut could cause inflation. Politics are another problem. Unlike the monetary policy run by the partisan Fed, the fiscal policy is initiated by ...
- 1567: The Automobile Tax
- ... I also know that the state depends on this incoming revenue. I believe that the council members are correct in raising property taxes, as it would save citizens money in the long run. The ripple effect will turn out well. The city’s residents will save money, but in essence they’ll still be paying the tax. I also believe that this will take effect soon and the majority of people will agree, as it will be saving them money. I believe this to be more conservative of a change. I think the liberals would be more in favor of ...
- 1568: Nightclubs' Role In Our Drug Problem
- ... forces them to move. Reprimanding committed crimes does not eliminate the reason they were committed. Addressing drug offenses after they have been made is not an effective deterrent because the desire for the drug's effect still remains. Why is this desire more influential than the law? Partly because the potential benefits of drugs overwhelm us, and turn our focus away from the potential dangers and consequences. People will go to ... role in our drug problem. Many have described clubs as “drug headquarters” where anyone can go to get any drug they want. Without these sources would drugs be harder to find? Certainly, it would not effect the amount of drugs produced. With the same quantity to sell, dealers (formerly inside clubs) would then be on the streets, seeking out customers. This way, the product is more available to the general public ...
- 1569: Home School Or School House
- ... unlimited source for information via the Internet, which can be easily integrated in home school education. The study also shows the education level of the parent supervising and administering the curriculum has little or no effect on the quality of education received by a student. Home-educated students whose parents did not have college degrees scored equally high on tests compared to students whose parents had college degrees(Ray 56). In ... may have difficulty breaking away from home to attend college or enter the workplace. Children might also have trouble respecting their own parent as an educator, and this lack of respect may have a negative effect on the student’s education. In order for home school education to work, the parents must be willing to sacrifice time and patience above and beyond the average parents. The parents must also be willing ...
- 1570: Polygamy
- ... others had been imprisoned in Idaho and Arizona. (There were 327 convictions before the end of 1887, 334 in 1888, and 346 in 1889.) It is as difficult to measure the real magnitude of the effect of the anti polygamy acts upon the Mormons, as it is to measure the effects of a minority that "lived" the law of plural marriage on the majority that only supported it. (Larson, p. 216 ... the colonies to get additional wives after the Manifesto of 1890.) "To Whom it may concern:" "Press dispatches having been sent for political purposes, from Salt Lake City, which have been widely published, to the effect that the Utah Commission, in their recent report to the Secretary of the Interior, allege that plural marriages are still being solemnized and that forty or more such marriages have been contracted in Utah since ...
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