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The Current Recession in the Wake of 9/11, 2001.
Takes a look at whether the Sept. 11th attacks will aggravate the current U.S. recession.
4,310 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 114.95
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This paper addresses the question of whether the present recession in the U.S. will be aggravated by the Sept. 11th attacks. The paper looks at how the collapse of the "Internet Economy' in early 2001 which lead to decreased spending and consumer confidence even before 9/11, is causing the Federal Government to work double time to ensure that the US economy is spared an even greater blow than it has already experienced. The paper then examines some of the options available to the government in its efforts to best ensure a return to prosperity.
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"One of the most obvious victims of the terror attacks has been consumer confidence ? which was already shaky in the light of the economic slowdown in the months before September ? a slowdown this week confirmed as the economy was declared in a recession back to March...
The Fed?s generally positive assessment of the U.S.?s $10-trillion economy last year has shifted, in part due to the terrorist attacks and in part due to the softening economy, which itself must be seen as in part caused by the massive Bush tax rebates that have caused the federal surplus to vanish like mist in the sunlight. Last year at most of its meetings last year it maintained the Discount Rate, this year even as the economy began to slow down, a fact that for the Fed was mitigated by its warnings about the inflationary posed by the nation's tight labor market (the jobless rate continues near its lowest level in a generation) and a sharp rise in energy prices.
The absence of such key economic indicators showing a slowed rate of growth last year prompted the Fed to maintain or raise its Discount rate, just as the presence of a number of economic indicators (such as high unemployment, falling sales of new homes or other indications of disinclination toward consumer spending and a general decline in leading economic indicators that predict how the economy will likely fare in three to six months? time) have this year prompted the Fed to lower its Discount rate. As the high-tech sector continues to disintegrate, consumer confidence continues to fall and the recession has been made official, observers now wonder exactly how low the Fed can go."
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""The Fed?s generally positive assessment of the U.S.?s $10-trillion economy last year has shifted, in part due to the terrorist attacks and in part due to the softening economy, which itself must be seen as in part caused by the massive Bush tax rebates that have caused the federal surplus to vanish like mist in the sunlight. Last year at most of its meetings last year it maintained the Discount Rate, this year even as the economy began to slow down, a fact that for the Fed was mitigated by its warnings about the inflationary posed by the nation's tight labor market (the jobless rate continues near its lowest level in a generation) and a sharp rise in energy prices. "
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Strategies for Government in the Wake of 9/11, 2001.
The author examines the economy in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, analyzing the impact on consumer confidence, the stock market and government spending.
4,000 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 108.95
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This paper examines the effects of terrorism on the economy. It explains that there are three reasons that make this task difficult: Several different sectors of the economy must be looked at, different economic models weigh different elements of society differently and economists have different views on what should be done to alleviate the problem.
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"This paper looks at the effects of the terrorist attacks on some of the world?s stock markets, which plunged in the first weeks after markets were reopened but have since regained most of their pre-Sept. 11 value. The lower levels of these stock markets are felt by some to reflect the lingering effects of the attacks; it is also possible that the lowered values of stock reflected on exchanges throughout the world are simply reflections of the current still-mild but prolonged recession. It is, of course, probably both: The terrorist attacks pushed teetering world economies down the slope of recession as they damaged consumer confidence sufficiently to cause a contraction in spending that has already been occurring due primarily) to rising unemployment."
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Repairing the Economy in the Wake of 9/11, 2001.
The author examines the economy in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, analyzing the impact of the attacks on consumer confidence, the stock market, and government spending. Strategies for fixing the damage, especially by government intervention, are evaluated.
4,000 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 108.95
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This paper examines the effects on specific stock exchanges, their initial fall and their subsequent rise by considering basic economic background. The author indicates that understanding the effects of terrorism on the economy is complicated due to at least three reasons: The need to look at several different sectors of the economy; different economic models that weigh elements of society differently and the different ways conservative and progressive economists look at a problem.
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"We may feel that there is something inappropriate in talking about economics in conjunction with the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, believing that instead of thinking of something that is in the end as unimportant as money we should be thinking about the larger issues of life and death and the purpose of human life."
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Superpowers in Post-9/11 Economics, 2005.
This paper examines the developing superpowers of China and America in the wake of Post-9/11 economic developments.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 8 sources, $ 106.95
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This macroeconomic study focuses on the United States and China as the dominant superpowers that have arisen since the attacks of 9/11. In this paper, the writer shows that growing dysfunction between the United States and France is based upon economic and militaristic issues and in a secondary manner on politics. The writer discusses that in China a concept of hegemony is being created through a domination of South Korea and other Asian nations that serve the greater economic power of this country.
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"The effects of trade relations in China and America have increased after the subjugation of Saddam Hussein's regime in the now conquered Iraq. Iraq is discussed in being one of the major defeated countries the United States has dominated, as a result of the attacks of 9/11 and current foreign policy. By acknowledging the dominance of the American military forces, the natural resources of Iraq have now become part of the international economic power that America now wields across the Middle East and Europe. By dominating oil in this region, America has become a sole world power with China as its only peer."
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America's Post 9/11 Self-Image, 2005.
This paper discusses the effect the events of 9/11 and post 9/11 measures on America's view of itself in terms of its own might, its ability to secure its own citizens and to detect new kinds of enemies.
3,275 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper explains that, as much as America would like to believe that its own self-image has not changed as a result of the events of 9/11, Americans, who saw themselves as the supreme force in the world, are now forced to acknowledge that their might has significant limitations. The author points out that, in the aftermath of the destruction, the United States came to realize that it had prepared for the wrong war by having anticipated another conventional war in which enemies with uniforms from specific nations would square off against U.S. military personnel in armed combat. The paper contends that the manner in which the US attempted to garner support for the war in Iraq is evidence that America's vision of itself has been modified as suggested by President Bush's frequent inclusive of other countries and the U.N. and his moderate tones with international diplomacy.
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Introduction
American Dominance
Attacking the Image
Image Altering Changes
Conclusion
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"Prior to the bloody and vicious attacks against the United States on that bright September morning in 2001 the American self-view of superiority, might and some may even say invincibility, were as solid and as unshakable as the World Trade Towers themselves. Americans saw their own might in the context of previous victories during the prior century and in the light that that was naturally cast by the sole super power in the world. Hence, the Americans viewed their own status as nearly incapable of being challenged let alone defeated. Symptomatic of this self-aggrandizing view was the almost complete ignorance and utter lack of understanding regarding the hate that was directed at the West and in particular directed at the United States. Indeed, the sleeping giant seemed wholly unaware of the growing anger and resentment toward the country. However, with the destruction of the Twin Towers and the resulting actions that were taken after the terrible events of that day, it has been incumbent on the American people to compulsorily revaluate themselves and to make serious changes in the way the nation viewed its own levels of strength that had clearly been at least partially complicit in facilitating the terrorist attacks against the U.S."
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Carl Jung and 9/11, 2006.
An explanation of 9/11 in the eyes of Carl Jung.
987 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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In this article the author looks at the events of 9/11 and its aftermath through the eyes of Carl Jung. He examines how Jung would have reacted to the events of 9/11. He points out that Jung believed very strongly in coincidence. But, would he have thought that 9/11 was a coincidence, something hidden in the collective unconsciousness. Maybe the unconscious beliefs of government officials, the CIA and FBI who knew that there was something going to happen, but didn't know when or where or even how. The paper goes on to describe how Jung would have categorized the different reactions of the American people after 9/11 in his terms of introvert and extrovert personalities. The author examines the different archetypes that Jung proposed in terms of 9/11. The paper concludes with the statement that even Jung would have not have been able to explain the "why?" of the terrorist attacks and what they hoped to accomplish.
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"Jung dreamt a great deal about the dead, the land of the dead, and the rising of the dead. These represented the unconscious itself -- not the "little" personal unconscious that Freud made such a big deal out of, but a new collective unconscious of humanity itself. It would be interesting to assume that the thousands who died at the World Trade Center, the Pennsylvania field and at the Pentagon were somehow part of a Jungian dream. But, while we might think of Freud and Jung as seeing psychosis in dreams, Jung was more realistic. "Jung felt that, if you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into it, no matter how strange and frightening it might seem" (Boeree 1)."
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After 9-11, 2008.
Looks at attitudes and events leading up to 9-11 and the changes in the U.S. after this terrorism.
3,220 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 92.95
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This paper states that 9-11 should not have been such a surprise because the country really should have expected that something like this would happen especially given the World Trade Center attack in 1992. The paper relates several reasons for 9-11, including the U.S. support for Israel, the U.S. failure to understand Islam and the first Gulf War. The paper also identifies responses to 9-11, such as attacking the terrorists wherever they can be found, the Patriot Act and other powers that the Bush administration have taken. The paper then examines the Patriot Act as the primary legislation designed in part to correct perceived lapses in law enforcement, to fill holes in security, to stop terrorists from getting the funding they need, and to alter certain laws in order to make the job of law enforcement easier in terms of fighting terrorism.
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"The attitude that McAlister (2001) identifies is orientalism, the image of the "Orient" expressed as an entire system of thought and scholarship and as seen in popular media during any given era. McAlister writes well and has shaped her argument in a logical and chronological fashion at one and the same time. In the popular media, such an attitude serves as a kind of shorthand that also has pernicious effects. The use of the Arab as a villain seems to have increased in recent years in a way that shows that Americans have an antipathy to Muslims, fueled, no doubt, by certain events on the international scene."
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The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, 2004.
An analysis of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and what they have taught America.
1,948 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the topic of terrorism. Specifically, it examines the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (9/11) that destroyed the World Trade Center and caused thousands of deaths. The paper attempts to determine what we have learned from the attacks and what has been done since 9/11 to prevent future attacks.
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"Few Americans will dispute that the nation, and even the world, has changed since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Two researchers into terrorism wrote, "Since September 11, America has been on a war footing, with armed soldiers standing guard at our nation's airports, enhanced security at nuclear power plants and other vulnerable locations, and military jets flying combat air patrols in order to intercept and shoot down hijacked commercial aircraft" (Klinger & Grossman, 2002). Before the terrorist attacks many Americans felt that something as devastating as the 9/11 attacks could never occur here. They were wrong, and the attacks proved the country is indeed vulnerable and open to attack from afar. The country learned the hard way that there is much more that can be done to prevent terrorist attacks, and that sometimes personal freedom has to come second to national security. As the aftermath of the attacks overtook the country, American learned that many industries, such as the airline industry, were also vulnerable to lost business because of the attacks, and thousands of people lost their jobs as industries cut back to cut costs."
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Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11", 2005.
An analysis of Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11" using the theories of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper uses Michael Moore's documentary film, "Fahrenheit 9/11" to discuss the theories of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx. The paper discusses Moore's portrayal of President George W. Bush and his response to 9/11 and contends that Weber's theories are the most relevant ones to the film since they can best be applied to Moore's central concept in the film.
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"Michael Moore's film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", has been described as an attempt on the part of the filmmaker to unseat a president. The film stresses what Moore saw as President George W. Bush's ineptitude in responding to the September 11th terrorist attack against the United States. As film critic John Petrakis puts it, Moore portrays the president as village idiot, a man who is in so far over his head that his only recourse is to take vacation after vacation, leaving the day-to-day running of the office..."
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The Effects of 9/11 as a Crisis on Policy-Making, 2007.
An analysis of the long and short-term effects of 9/11 on policy-making in the United States.
1,585 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper looks at the effects of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 upon policy-making in the short and long-term in the United States. It focuses on the roles of the media, public opinion, the Congress and the White House. The paper suggests that 9/11 has profoundly changed the relationship between the President and Congress and has, at the same time, presented unique challenges for policy-makers who must deal with a hostile press and public opinion.
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"The first of the groups to be discussed is the media. While it is commonplace to argue that the media does not really have any "great" impact upon policy-making decisions - chiefly because it tends to lurch quickly from one crisis to another in response to what it perceives to the public's short attention span (Kingdon, 62; Downs, 38-50) - the reality might be somewhat different. For one thing, as Bernard C. Cohen wrote long ago, the media has historically been the chief means by which people who might otherwise have little contact with one another communicate with one another - simply because the public coverage devoted to a topic brings that topic to the attention of otherwise disparate groups (Cohen, 39-45; see also Kingdon, 63)."
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"The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11", 2008.
A critical book review of Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11."
2,595 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper discusses how Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 "contains a wealth of information and gives some real insight into just what on earth caused the horrifying terrorist attack of 9/11. The paper looks at how the book includes key themes such as the origins of the extremist Islamist ideology that would fuel Al-Qaeda, and the way it was fanned into extremism by the horrors of torture in Egyptian jails in the 1980s. The paper also examines how the book describes how it was possible for American intelligence to fail so utterly to foresee or prevent the disaster.
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"Wright traces the origins of Al-Qaeda all the way back to Egypt, beginning in 1948 in Alexandria with Sayyid Qutb, foreign student in the USA - who would later write some of the books that would inspire and inflame those Muslim radicals who were turning to Takfir (the mirror image of Islam, which purports to be orthodox, while at the same time encouraging murder). Geographically his extensive background spans universities in Egypt, building construction sites in Saudi Arabia, the war in Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban, the setting up of radical Muslim cells in Pakistan - not to mention Qutb's happy days in Greeley, Colorado."
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Changes Since 9/11, 2006.
This paper discusses changes in the U.S. society following 9/11.
759 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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In this article, the writer discusses three changes in the U.S. society present following the horrifying terrorist attacks of 9/11. The writer examines the subject of new airline security measures. The writer concludes that the changes post-9/11 have been profound, both in a political and a cultural sense. The writer notes that the only marginally acceptable changes among the three types discussed in this paper are those involving air travel. Even so, the writer maintains that while they make travel safer theoretically, they have also made it less convenient and more costly, and the jury is still out on whether the added layers of security are really useful or just psychologically comforting.
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"Airport security seemed to be the most visible venue for implementing new 'security' measures post-9/11. It must be said; both the USA Patriot Act and the airport security measures seem a lot like shutting the barn door after the horse has already escaped. Moreover, in the case of airport security, the additional measures were both too late, and necessary.
That they were too late is obvious. Had there been reinforced cockpit doors in all aircraft pre-9/11, perhaps the hijackers could not have taken over the planes and crashed them. However, in the 1970s, hijackers were content to simply threaten passengers and pilots and kill off one or two while sitting on the tarmac in some developing nation until their demands were met. Without the free and easy access that had returned to aircraft after the heyday of 1970s hijackings had passed, perhaps the hijackers on 9/11 might have returned to the modus operandi of those earlier days."
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9/11 Official Report, 2007.
An examination of the 9/11 Commission Report, which investigated the September 11 terrorist attack on the US and makes recommendations for preventing further such attacks in the future.
1,872 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines the 9/11 Commission Report: "Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States". It explains all the problems and intelligence failures leading up to the attack. The writer discusses the Commission's recommendations on how to improve intelligence gathering and sharing so as to prevent a future attack. The writer also looks at the Commission's recommendations on how to improve the response of authorities so that if an attack did take place, damage could be minimized.
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"The attacks on America on September 11, 2001 caused a major national trauma in addition to the deaths of thousands of people. Two major questions were raised immediately, the first how did this happen, and the second, how can it be prevented in the future? The two questions are related so that finding what went wrong the first time points to what needs to be corrected before any recurrence. To answer these questions, the 9-11 Commission was formed and charged with investigating the attack and making recommendations for the future. The Commission was bipartisan and made up of ten members who issued the required report, which has since been widely disseminated so that the public can judge the job done, can understand the problems found, and can weigh in on efforts made to correct those problems for the future."
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The 9/11 Commission Report, 2004.
An assessment of the 9/11 final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States.
1,038 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 represented an event of such enormity that it demanded a full and timely investigation and the U.S. government's Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States ('Final Report') attempts to do just that. This paper provides the background of the events of September 11, 2001. The paper discusses what the significant impacts of the report are to the nation and what lessons have been learned from the report. An assessment of the Final Report's effectiveness in addressing the issues it identified is followed by an analysis of what role Homeland Security authorities should play in the future to prevent a recurrence of the barbaric attacks of 9/11. The author's personal views on the report and a summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
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"The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks drastically changed attitudes about personal freedom in the United States; fears that a terrorist could strike at anytime, anyplace made individuals more willing to endure personal inconveniences, such as longer lines at airport security and baggage checks in subway stations. This fear also compelled the U.S. government to implement measures that it believed would help track down terrorists and prevent future attacks (Schaffer 2003). The 9-11 Commission's Final Report purports to provide a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including the level of preparedness for and the quality of the immediate response to the attacks; the report also includes recommendations designed to guard against future attacks (The 9-11 Commission Report 2004). The report states that authorities in the United States knew, or should have known, that Islamic fundamentalist terrorists would attack the U.S. at some point, and that the World Trade Centers represented a favorite target, having been attacked once before already. "
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"The 9/11 Commission Report", 2006.
A chapter by chapter analysis of "The 9/11 Commission Report".
2,645 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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"The 9/11 Commission Report", formally titled "The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States", is the official report on the events that led up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. This paper examines the report chapter by chapter and contends that while the report is generally informative and seems truthful, the commission seems hesitant to assign blame to the U.S. government. It also shows that although the report criticizes both the Bush and Clinton administrations and the performance of the government agencies responsible for intelligence, national security and emergency response, the commission blames all of these failures on incompetence and poor management.
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"One of the best observations made in this report is that U.S. intelligence did not use much imagination before the 9/11 attacks (Rovner, 2005). This made it difficult for most analysts and policymakers to understand the looming terrorist threat. If they were able to accurately gauge the danger of al Qaeda, they might have been able to improve security and intelligence and possibly expose the network of terrorists that planned and executed the attacks. However, a lack of imagination meant that U.S. intelligence agencies were not prepared to paint an accurate picture of what was to come. "
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