Heather Johnson joins two streams of scholarship in her recent book The American Dream and the Power of Wealth. The first is the now-familiar story that family wealth plays a central role in the stratification of U.S. society, and that social class and race inequalities are magnified due to their association with the intergenerational transfer of wealth and its advantages. The second, more inte...

objective: this study assessed the effect of paradox in family therapy.paradox, as a therapeutic tool, has been developed by a number of therapists,especially mara selvini palazzoli. metho d: this study benefited from the milan systems approach to family. two clients (both females) were selected for this study. these two girls were the symptomatic members of their families. the families partici...

information has numerous potentials and features by which it can be used in various aspects of society. this paper aims to examine some roles and unique characteristics of information and supports the theory that information can be treated as wealth or wealth creator due to its vital impacts. finally, it is shown that identifying information significance, the roles it plays and making better us...

the incidence and prevalence of obesity are fast increasing worldwide. various indices have been used to measure and assess obesity. the body mass index (bmi) is the most common and practical of these indices. overweight and obesity exert considerable adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. these effects are mediated through various neurohormonal and cytokine pathways, most of which are i...

In this paper, we show that underemployment and not necessarily high unemployment becomes the main measure of economic slack in labor market under secular stagnation. Specifically, involuntary form a persistent shortfall working hours occurs search matching model, provided households derive utility from holding wealth, quickly dominates total employment gap Conventional policy measures aimed at...

The identical agent, identical good Bertrand game is associated with prices at marginal cost the Bertrand Paradox. If consumers make occasional mistakes I show that the standard Bertrand game gives rise to positive profits and prices above marginal cost. Some firms charge low prices to capture the bulk of the sales while others charge high prices selling to mistaken consumers. Furthermore, with...