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Cities as Engines of Economic Growth
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Introduction to Project Based Learning
Project-based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.
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Standing up for Vultures
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| Thanks for your comment, Billtown Biddy. There seem to be more than one kind of bird or creature lurking in the corporate landscape. One is the corporate vulture, which I think is misunderstood. Vultures clean up what has already been killed. One aspect of venture capital companies is to clean up, restructure those companies that are already dead, or perhaps mostly dead. Another might be named a predator or a raptor. Raptors, which include hawks, eagles and other birds of prey hunt and kill living creatures. There are companies that do seek out, buy, combine and otherwise kill existing companies. There are also companies that invest in companies or new ideas. Bain Capital did this to create Staples and Sports Authority. They take their own money and others to do this. The most insidious, in my opinion is the more recent "innovation" of selling individuals mortgages they could not afford, which have been backed with public money, so if there was a default, everyone else was left holding the bag. And to add insult to injury, these loans were "bundled into securities" and sold worldwide. I'm not sure there is an equivalent in the natural world for this. |
| Posted by PA Views on 01/18/12 06:10 |
| Vultures do indeed play an important role in the natural order of things. Vulture capitalists, on the other hand, put living people out of work, take money for themselves from hard-working people, and cause misery and destruction. So maybe we need a contest to come up with a new name for these corporate birds |
| Posted by billtown biddy on 01/17/12 10:33 |
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