Course Blog for Soc 3151: Social Issues and Social Policy at Baruch College
In the past decade, there has been a financialization of poker. The popularity of poker has skyrocketed because of some factors:
1) The introduction of online gambling
2) Television and Film
3) Books and Magazines
But regardless of what the reason is, they all tend to advertise the life of a professional poker player. When you go on [...]
Geithner Plan as Poker Game is an article from the New York TimAfter reading Geithner Plan as Poker Game, I have a clearer understanding of how the plan works.Poker is a form of gambling and so is investing.
Edsall starts off by stating
“Normally, a poker player has to pay full value for every chip, $1 [...]
“Crisis in China” by John Clegg, discusses the past crisis, present crisis and the possible future crisis of China. Over the past 20 years, China has been significantly industrializing. China was the “go to” spot for many capitalists looking to increase their profits. And because of that, it brought millions of migrant workers from the [...]
Over the months of these tough economic times, the government has been providing a stimulus for major U.S. companies, such as AIG, Citigroup, etc. Now this may seem like an obvious way to start rebuilding the economy, but the problem is that these companies don’t know how to manage themselves. In other words, they have [...]
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