The collapse of Detroit’s auto industry, specifically Chrysler LCC, General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company, caused a tremendous ripple effect throughout the region and it stretched all the way to Washington D.C. The auto industry is one that is too large to fail in many ways. The history of the industry reflects how important … Continue reading
Author Archives: Emily
Be More like Kid President
I would suggest watching this whole video. I seriously think being more like Kid President will change the world. I want a corn dog. I want to share corn dogs with the world. If only people would do these nice things for each other. I always think back to the suicide story of the person … Continue reading
From Big Three to Detroit Three- Was the Government Bailout the Answer for the Auto Industry?
From Big Three to Detroit Three … Continue reading
Is it Fiction, Non-fiction, or Twitter Fiction?
After surveying quite a few Ted talks, trying to find something that related to my paper 2, settling on a Ted and annotating it only to discover that it had already been blogged about, I went for a different approach. The Ted Talk I selected was a talk given by Andrew Fitzgerald called “Adventures in … Continue reading
Risk of Default? But what’s in “Black Budget” Vault?
Even more relevant today than it was back in the 90’s is the story of the Pentagon’s “Black Budget.” This topic is one of the stories that hit Project Censored’s list of best kept secrets and also a news story this past summer when Snowden leaked the intelligence spending budget. Imagine what a project like this … Continue reading
Collapse of Detroit, Collapse of the American Dream
Should Detroit shut down Did the big three let us down Who should lift them up And here is a song to set the mood… The topic I have taken on for my paper to, if the Haiku didn’t clue you in, is the collapse of the auto industry in Detroit in 2008. In order … Continue reading
What would Popeye say about this Spinach?
Fruits and vegetables continue to be a large part of the foods that are subject to genetic modification. Genetically modified (GM) foods, are those, in layman’s terms, that are altered by molecular biology to change the foods genetic makeup. That definition wasn’t really in layman’s terms for me either… so I did a little research … Continue reading
A Metaphor for Disaster
I’m a Libertarian according the the self-quiz. What that generally means I believe is…. “What They Believe Economically very conservative but moderate to liberal on social issues Highly critical of government Strongly pro-business Accepting of homosexuality Less religious than the average American Moderate views about immigrants compared to other GOP-oriented groups” Besides not considering … Continue reading
A Kindergarden Concept
Sharing is a fundamental concept. In fact it is a premise of our childhood. Could this concept really be taken to a new level and impact our economy? Arguably it is at the roots of economy itself. We have been providing goods that satisfy needs since the caveman era. “My rock for your club.” The … Continue reading
Cleaning Up Our Water
The blog that I read was about Sustainability, something that I find to be very interesting and crucial to the development of business and business practices going forward. A very exciting development has occurred with the opening of The Global Water Council in Milwaukee. Right away this article caught my attention because of the inclusion … Continue reading