Monthly Archives: July 2017

$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing In America

Posted on July 15, 2017 by carilynn27

$2.00 A Day: Living On Almost Nothing In America By Katheryn J Edin and Luke Schaefer, 2015 After the Civil War in the 1870s, Aid was created for the Windows of the War. That was about all that was available … Continue reading →

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Why Nations Fail

Posted on July 9, 2017 by carilynn27

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, 2012 The book applies insights from institutional economics, development economics and economic history to understand why nations develop differently, with some succeeding in the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Politics/Economics | Tagged 1800s, 1900s, 2002, 2012, Agriculture, Arab Spring, Argentina, Blog, China, City-States, Colonies, Colonization, Daron Acemoglu, Destabilization, Developing Countries, Dictatorship, Dutch East India Trading Company, East India Trading Company, Economics, Egypt, England, Exclusive, Extractive, Fail, Fixed Elections, flounder, France, Freedom of the Press, French Revolution, Geography, Glorious Revolution, Government, Growth, Ignorance, Inclusive, industrial revolution, Italy, James A. Robinson, Japan, Journalists, Korea, Land Grants, Magna Carta, Maya, Mayans, Mexico, Monarchy, Monopolies, Mudracker, Negative Feedback, North Korea, Northern Hemisphere, Oligarchy, Parliament, Patents, Patriarchy, Peron, Peru, Poor Education, Positive Feedback, Power, President Karismov, Prosperity, prosperous, Rebound, Roosevelt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serfdom, Sierra Leon, Social Work Class, Somalia, South Korea, Southern Hemisphere, Soviet Union, Stagnant, Sub-Saharan, Tax Breaks For the Wealthy, Taxation, Taxing the Poor, The Black Plague, The New Deal, The Silk Road, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, thrive, UNCG, US Barons, USA, Uzbekistan, Venice, Vicious Circle, Virtuous Circle, Why Nations Fail, Wilson | 1 Comment

Gentrification

Posted on July 2, 2017 by carilynn27

July 1, 2017 Gentrification Gentrification comes from the old French word genterise, which means “of gentle birth.” The term refers to the process of renovating poor urban neighborhoods. Gentrification can be seen as an attempt to beautify or civilize the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Movies/TV | Tagged Abandoned Homes, altruistic, beautification, better themselves, Boarded Up Businesses, Change, Cheap Land, Chicago, City Centers, deindustrialization, Denver, displacement, Economists, education, Evolve, Facelift, fad, Fashion, Flip, gentle, gentle birth, Gentrification, Ghetto, Health Care, homeless, inflation, Inner City, invest in people not places, investments, Jamba Juice, Laundromat, Mansfield, MIddle Class, Monett, New, new problems, Old, Poor, Poverty, profit, Property Taxes, Racism, replacing poor, Rich, rough birth, Shameless, Shelby, Starbucks, Subtext, Suburban, taxes, The Great White Flight, theme, trend, Urban Decay, wage gap, Yoga Studio | 1 Comment

Shameless

Posted on July 2, 2017 by carilynn27

Shameless I read that Shameless is the most watched series on Netflix in America. Sherlock Holmes is the most watched Netflix show in England. This sparked my curiosity and so I binged watched Shameless this week—all 7 Seasons. The first … Continue reading →

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