Essays Tagged: "foresight"

Long Swings in the Exchange Rate and the Excess Returns Puzzle

The paper is a clear breath of 'dirty' air in the sterile world of perfect foresight. The authors offer a well worked out model of how agents persistently bid the exchange rat ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Malthus's population theory

ion for that year's Encyclopedia Britannica. Malthus has been criticized for his lack of scientific foresight--he did not foresee modern advances leading to increased life expectancy, food production ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.8 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

The Creator's Faults in the Creation. Refers to Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", or the "Modern Prometheus"

d to bebeautiful and loving, it is loathsome and unloved' (64). Clearly it isFrankenstein's lack of foresight in the creation process to allow for acreature that Frankenstein 'had selected his feature ...

(5 pages) 187 0 2.2 Aug/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The existence of God (or lack thereof)

wn inability to accept the fact that there are things that people cannot explain, and one's lack of foresight on seeing that one day we will be able to explain these unknown things through science.Sci ...

(4 pages) 93 0 2.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Law: Gideon vs Wainright

ormed this country with one sole document, the Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. This bountiful wisdom arose from the unjust treatment of King George to which the colonis ...

(8 pages) 134 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Alexander the Great as a Soldier and a Statesmen.

s only temporary, however from Alexander's policies and actions, the evidence points to his lack of foresight and judgement in areas unrelated to warfare.The view that Alexander was a brilliant milita ... many scholars including, Tarn, believe the idea may have been Philip's anyway. Alexander's lack of foresight demonetized the Persian gold with his influx of Darius' treasures, which made it to relati ...

(5 pages) 64 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This here is for philosophy I.

hips between machines and nature created the field of artificial intelligence. His intelligence and foresight made him one of the first to step into the information age.Alan Turing was born in London ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Louis XIV, of France, in comparison with the Stuart Kings, of England.

on. Louis XIV and the Stuart Kings also compare in similar ways. Louis XIV was a sound leader whose foresight and character led to the greatness of France, along with delegating authority to great eco ... ong with delegating authority to great economic and military leaders. The Stuart Kings possessed no foresight or character, many thought of them as stupid and stubborn, and the way they governed their ...

(4 pages) 40 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Genetically Modified Crop Game

of biotechnology and what it held for the twenty-first century . Today, the fruits of his seeds of foresight are just beginning to materialise.The term 'biotechnology' spans across a spectrum of indu ...

(14 pages) 147 1 3.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Offenses And defenses of a castle

be battered, burnt, or bored through with a terebrus or teretrus. If, however, the lord had had the foresight to use stone construction, the walls of the curtains and towers were generally impervious ...

(2 pages) 23 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Report on the 1980 Election.

rations so that America would never be engulfed in a monarchy or totalitarian government. With much foresight, a checks and balances system was instilled as well as many other justice preserving insti ...

(11 pages) 81 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Let it Rain on ME

ive personnel to the doctors and nurses. These individuals have abandoned the plan and range of the foresight. With all the different types of agendas that are being introduced in the daily operations ...

(6 pages) 339 2 4.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

What is literature

They rarely speak against such policies, afraid to be seen as politically incorrect. But those with foresight, able to visualize the possible effects of current policies, are often ignored or ridicule ...

(4 pages) 55 1 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Count the number of times you hear the words "liberal" and "conservative."

ve political party. 3 a means of preserving; preservative. 4 a person who from prejudice or lack of foresight is opposed to true progress." This does not sound all good or all bad, does it?Second, wha ...

(7 pages) 53 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Minority Report Film Review

them for six years. Law enforcement benefits from having three people with an extraordinary gift of foresight. They are called pre-cogs, and have the same names as three well-known mystery writers - A ...

(6 pages) 67 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Demon Haunted-World Reaction Essay Author: Carl Sagan

list of superstition that Sagan dispels includes: alien abductions, the Loch Ness monster, ESP, the foresight of Nastrodamus, tea leaf reading, numerology, near death experiences, remains of Noah's Ar ...

(2 pages) 47 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Lachlan Macquarie should have the honour of being called the "founder of the colony in N.S.W".

under should require. In this essay the second founder requires these attributes leadership skills, foresight, good communicator, and decisive. This essay's information points towards that Lachlan Mac ...

(3 pages) 23 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

5 ways of effective time management.

t:1) Planning: planning is one of the most important keys to effective time management. It involves foresight, hindsight and being present in time. The ability to be able to plan is a gift. Foresight ...

(3 pages) 218 0 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The islander part 4: the dream

?" Mokma was breathing hard, "I have come to warn you, they pirates think that you have the gift of foresight, they want to use your power to find the gold! Kamoha, you have to hide, or they will kill ...

(2 pages) 31 0 4.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

POSITIONS OF POWER: CFO VS. CEO "Are CFO's qualified for CEO positions?"

rring CFO's into CEO positions. But the question we ask ourselves is "do CFO's have the insight and foresight to handle the position?" It has been common practice for the CFO to be an accountan ...

(3 pages) 117 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management