Category: Economic Development

Are women’s quotas the right way to avoid female discrimination on labour markets?

In 2015 Germany passed as women’s quota. Under this law, big German companies must give 30 percent of their supervisory board seats to women. Although this law is an important step towards a higher presence of women in leading positions, now it occurs a discrimination for men. Are women’s quotas really the right way to fight against female inequalities on labour markets?

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Capitalism and Democracy: Investors Prefer Stable Authoritarianism to “Dirty Democracy”

In this extended essay, I challenge recent political commentary claiming a mutually supportive relationship between capitalism and democracy, I shed light on the propaganda system surrounding such beliefs, and I argue that the Hong Kong protests stem from something deeper than defense of democracy – mainly capitalism at its core.

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Toy Story 4: Love as a violent disruption

Toy Story 4 doesn’t fit the formula of a typical love story that usually has a happy ending. That is just a romantic plot that capitalism uses over and over again! Instead, it ends with uncertainties. The theme of this film then is not what love can do for you; It is what you can do for love. Love, as captured by Toy Story 4, is a violent disruption to one’s life.

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Anti-Colonial Imperialism: A Critical Omission of the U.S. Development Model

While Americans have achieved on average a high relative standard of living and have enjoyed numerous freedoms compared to other countries, I argue that America is an inappropriate model of development, because it is an unsustainable model built on empire, which many countries cannot, and I would argue should not seek to, emulate.

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