Word: exploitationers
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One answer to this question comes in Niall Ferguson’s pop-masterpiece, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power. The book seeks to restore the word “empire” to its former glory. Ferguson, the Herzog...
Nevertheless, the book is filled with less-than-rosy incidents from Britain’s imperial history. Indeed, Ferguson does not gloss over the exploitation, violence and racism that lay at the empire’s heart. Instead, by offering a wider perspective, Ferguson forces a reconsideration of the empire?...
The Crimson Cash service is provided by Blackboard Inc., a Washington, D.C.--based company that has installed similar systems in more than 400 schools and businesses. According to material posted on the Internet by the two student hackers, the weakness of Blackboard systems arises from the reliance on physical rather...
Blackboard’s apparent reluctance to deal with the problem means that it is up to Harvard to protect the interests of Crimson Cash users. The University should actively pressure Blackboard to improve the security of its systems, and should be prepared to switch to another service if Blackboard...
He cited his 12-year-old twin daughters’ social studies textbook as a prime example. The book, he said, is ambivalent in its treatment of the Industrial Revolution, giving weight to both the benefits of growth and discussions of how industrialization led to exploitation.