... knead." While the professional masseuse should be well informed concerning the muscles ofthe face and neck, the location ofthe veins and arteries, and the general formation ofthe skin, the little ... rubbing the eyelid from the nose outward half an inch beyond the end ofthe eye, then returning below the eye toward the nose This will make the massage sweep back crosswise ofthe crow's feet Another ... that the secretions ofthe skin and the dust gathered during the day should be removed When the body is not kept scrupulously clean the complexion is sure to suffer, for there the pores of the...
... for the researcher to conduct the survey about the influence of corporate cultureof Vietnamese companies The objective of this study is to access the understanding of Vietnamese companies on the ... represent the group’s beliefs and rules that control the management ofthe company They also represent the institutional philosophy and the support to thecultureof an organization The main objective ... complete the work They realize the attachment to organization only through their work to be done, not in preserving the welfare of themselves and their family The answer always is: "The individuals themselves...
... for the Kirkwood Gaps ofthe asteroid belt The ring system of Saturn is still far from understood The theory ofthe motion ofthe moon may give us clues as to the origin ofthe moon, but the ... field The direction ofthe gradient points in the direction of maximum increase ofthe dot-density, while the magnitude ofthe vector indicates the rate of change of that density What the components ... the scalar case The nine elements ofthe vector gradient can be viewed as three vectors denoting the direction ofthe maximum rate of change of each ofthe components ofthe original vector The...
... = |ai | Then, just as Shannon’s noiseless coding theorem introduces the concept ofthe bit as a measure of information, the quantum noiseless coding theorem introduces the concept ofthe qubit ... the amount of information that the occurrence of yj carries about thethe occurrence (or obtaining) of xi is given by the surprise information of xi , minus the uncertainty (as quantified by the ... information theory The technical concepts of these other flavours I mention merely to set to one side5 With information in the everyday sense, a characteristic use ofthe term is in phrases ofthe form:...
... the 5th of May, having secured the services of two Hyda Indians, one a native of Ninstints, the extreme southern village ofthe Hyda nation, familiar with the shores ofthe southern portion of ... by the sinking ofthe earth’s surface, and the inflowing ofthe waters ofthe ocean, forming the most remarkable labyrinth of inlets, sounds, straits, channels and passages on the face ofthe ... hitherto been made for the exploration ofthe entire group Under the direction ofthe Dominion Government, the waters and shores ofthe north and east coast ofthe islands including those of...
... the 5th of May, having secured the services of two Hyda Indians, one a native of Ninstints, the extreme southern village ofthe Hyda nation, familiar with the shores ofthe southern portion of ... by the sinking ofthe earth’s surface, and the inflowing ofthe waters ofthe ocean, forming the most remarkable labyrinth of inlets, sounds, straits, channels and passages on the face ofthe ... hitherto been made for the exploration ofthe entire group Under the direction ofthe Dominion Government, the waters and shores ofthe north and east coast ofthe islands including those of...
... dignity of carriage The Quebec Act of 1774 the Magna Charta ofthe French-Canadian race finally passed the House of Lords on the 18th of June The general idea ofthe Act was to reverse the unsuccessful ... the hilt Then welcome reaction began The defeat ofthe invaders, the arrival of Burgoyne's army, and the efforts ofthe seigneurs and the clergy had considerably brightened the prospects ofthe ... on the conclusion of peace and had met each other on the 6th of May at Tappan, where they discussed the exchange of prisoners By the terms ofthe treaty theBritish were to evacuate New York, their...
... a mug, is the color ofthe mug relevant to the meaning, or the fact that the pitcher is inches high, or that the pitcher is held in the left hand and the mug in the right? Many ofthe arguments ... number of trials they learned the correct order in which the switches were to be thrown For present purposes, the interesting part of their data consisted of subjective reports ofthe development of ... imagery They spontaneously noted that by the time they could pull the eight switches with no errors they had formed a kind of kinesthetic image ofthe pattern that the eight switches formed They...
... appearance; yet by varying the color, say, ofthe left half ofthe table-top we can vary the color ofthe left half ofthe visual appearance (If we restrict ourselves to the language of being appeared ... deal with the basic problems ofthe theory of knowledge The general view that is here defended is appropriately called "foundationalism." What are the presuppositions ofthe theory of knowledge? ... on the thing that is appearing, but also on the relevant sense-organ Perhaps we can distinguish the role ofthe senseorgan from that ofthe object of appearance by saying this: the nature of the...
... by the U.S Savings & Loan crisis, the collapse of Japan Inc after the stock market crash of 1990, the Asian crisis ofthe mid-1990s, the fabulous technology boom/bust cycle at the turn ofthe ... economists joined together in a cele- bration ofthe Goldilocks economy With the dismal record ofthe 1970s as their point of comparison, mainstream analysts focused on the not-too-hot, not-too-cold ... a consequence they led their creators to assert, incorrectly, that there was no theoretical justification for the visible hand of government to come to the rescue of banks and other financial institutions...
... to owners of stock Moreover, 50 • THE COST OF CAPITALISM because ofthe leveraged nature of their wagers, they lose substantial wealth and become rapid sellers The real economy is then hit with ... about the enduring nature ofthe upturn Recall that they have conviction about how their world works because they believe their economy is locked in a cyclical pattern More to the point, they ... naysayers can deny the fruits ofthe efforts of entrepreneurs and investors But history has the Free Market Capitalism: Still the Superior Strategy • 57 final word And the history ofthe postwar years...
... added to the Fed’s list of potentially destabilizing excesses Why? Sadly, it was not the force of ideas that carried the day It was the end ofthe Great Moderation The breathtaking nature ofthe financial ... concentration of investment And the interplay of these two flaws explains each ofthe major economic declines ofthe past 25 years In summation, the savvy analyst must be of two minds about both efficient ... begun in the last cycle The lesson seemed simple: keep inflation low, ignore the financial markets unless they need rescue, and bask in the glory ofthe Great Moderation 78 • THE COST OF CAPITALISM...
... around the emperor’s palace in Tokyo was equal to the value 96 • THE COST OF CAPITALISM of all the land in the state of California! The shares of Japanese car makers reached values that suggested these ... bubble!” I looked at the others; they looked down at their shoes And for the remainder ofthe two hours the group exchanged pleasantries In the end the group decided that the big risk going forward, ... bubble ofthe proportions of Japan in the 1980s or the technology bubble in the United States in the 1990s Indeed, in this case you could argue that the bust was as much an example of excess as the...
... and the relatively healthy performance for housing in the 2001-2003 period The housing boom, however, was just getting started The early years ofthe expansion ushered in the concept ofthe China ... gripped the United States and then became a world recession The dynamics that precipitated the U.S recession, the global capital markets crisis, and the worldwide downturn, are the subject ofthe ... years ofthe Great Depression He too was convinced at the time that he was doing the right thing 144 • THE COST OF CAPITALISM In the United States, a vocal group of economists supported the ECB...
... writer ofthe insurance If things go as planned, the buyer pays the insurer the premium If things go awry, the insurer pays the buyer Either way, one ofthe two parties gets the money promised in the ... will hold up their end of any bargain “I’m good for the money” is an implicit notion in day-to-day dealings Once you lose confidence in the soundness ofthe people on the other side ofthe table, ... with the stock price valued at next to nothing, seemed to be the clear fate it faced But the Treasury and the Fed, I was convinced, 154 • THE COST OF CAPITALISM recognized the severity of the...
... part ofthe mainstream formulation The simple truth is that theorists owe this to the policy-making world The sooner they deliver it, the better Global Policy Risks in the Aftermath ofthe 2008 ... the basic responsibilities of central bankers A worldwide commitment to keeping inflation low emerged in the aftermath ofthe Great Inflation ofthe 1970s Central bankers, in the aftermath ofthe ... markets and the strong growth that they financed gave rise to the long string of successes that were celebrated throughout the 1990s and into the middle years ofthe first decade ofthe new millennium...
... Financial crisis of 2008 colossal scope of, 207 coming to terms with, 10–11 economic orthodoxy on the eve of, 161–176 essential elements of, 149–151 global policy risks in the aftermath of, 205–215 ... Macroeconomics formulations, 194–196 foundations, 74 fundamentals of, 162–166 theories of, building in academia, 171 Madoff, Bernard L., 41 Maestro: Greenspan’s Fed and the American Boom (Woodward), ... on interest rates, 21 mistakes of, 73 war against inflation, 19 Blind spots, 16 Bonds, safety of, 220 (See also specific types of bonds) Boom and bust cycles ofthe 1960s and 1970s, 16–18 boom...
... since the present sketch is the germ ofthe Essay of 1844, it seemed best to preserve the identity between the two works, by using such ofthe author's divisions as correspond to the chapters ofthe ... facts in the distribution ofthe inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations ofthe present to the past inhabitants of that continent.” These words, occurring where they do, ... possess.” These two Essays, of 1842 and 1844, are now printed under the title TheFoundationsofthe Origin of Species It will be noted that in the above passage he does not mention the ms of 1842...
... means of arbitrary straight lines into a finite number of triangles ∆k , then the measure of area of ∆ is equal to the sum ofthe measures of area ofthe separate triangles ∆k Proof From the distributive ... (∆) ofthe triangle ∆ is equal to the sum ofthe measures of area F (∆t ) of all the triangles ∆t and this sum is in turn equal to the sum of all the measures of area F (∆ts ) However, the sum of ... the axioms of groups I and II form the basis ofthe remaining axioms It is sufficient, therefore, to show that each ofthe groups II, IV, and V is independent ofthe others The first statement of...
... on the matter of which they were composed, tended to move toward their natural places: toward the center ofthe universe, corresponding to the center ofthe Earth, or away from the center ofthe ... represent the real motions ofthe planets, contradicted the Aristotelian concept ofthe nature ofthe universe The apparent loops in their orbits made by the planets in their retrograde motions and their ... philosophy began to find their way into works of literature, and knowledge ofthe new scientific ideas became a part ofthecultureofthe upper classes The Age of Exploration In the late fifteenth century...