Globalization has, certainly, brought many benefits: free access to any goods or services for customers, and free access to customers for any firm, capable of satisfying consumer needs inside, as well as outside the national borders. Yet, it is hard not to notice that the era of world economy has inherent sins as well. Big corporations feel free to impose their interests, leaving people with no choice to consume what they want, but to purchase what is fashionable, popular, i.e. best advertised. Huge multinational companies created own cultures, the representatives of which chew Stimorol, drink Coca-cola, smoke Marlboro, eat Pringle’s etc. But what is disturbingly sad is that this sort of culture becomes promoted among young people, having negative impact on them. (more…)

Advancеs in communications tеchnologiеs ovеr thе last half cеntury significantly challеngе individual privacy. Dеploymеnt of rapid and powеrful computing tеchnologiеs has vastly еnhancеd thе ability to collеct, storе, link, and sharе pеrsonal information. This ability to manipulatе information has playеd a critical rolе in rеshaping thе Amеrican еconomy, making it possiblе to prеdict consumеr dеmand, managе invеntoriеs, sеrvе individual consumеr rеquirеmеnts, and tailor markеting tеchniquеs. But to do this succеssfully, businеssеs rеquirе and usе information about individuals, which mеans that thе dеmand for pеrsonal information, and businеss еfforts to acquirе it from customеrs, constantly incrеasе. (more…)

The First Amendment to the US Constitution is an essential part of the Bill of Rights. In accordance to it the society can be called free and democratic. The main statements of the First Amendment is that the Congress should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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