Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite

Read this article and comment--due October 4th.

Cuba: Makes a change

New rules for Cuban workers. Read this and comment. This article is for September 27th.

Episode 34: Comparative Advantage & Trade

Another explanation of comparative advantage and absolute advantage.

absolute and comparative advantage

Are you still having problems with absolute and comparative advantage? If so, watch this video for further explanation.

Another Recession? or are we on the road to improvement?

This article is for September 20th. Are we heading into another recession? or do we see positive gains?

Where Does The US Rank?

This article is for September 20th. Read the article, summarize and give your opinion on where the US ranks in the world.

Eggs-- Is it a bad egg?

This article is for September 13th. Read it, discuss main points and state your opinion.

Why the NFL could close in 2011

Yahoo posted today an article about the future of the NFL. Read this article, comment on the main points and give your opinion. This article is for September 13th.

Writing Assignment: Socialism

Reminder: We have been discussing different economic systems-- Capitalism, Democratic Socialism and Authoritarian Socialism. In order for us to fully understand how and why the US chose and stayed with Capitalism we wanted to compare it with the story of Socialism. We have discussed Robert Owen's experiment in New Harmony, Indiana. We discussed the working relationship between Friedrich Engles and Karl Marx -- the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. We discussed Eduard Bernstein and how he stirred away from this thinking due to changes he saw in Capitalism and what was NOT working with Socialism. We watched and discussed how Lenin took it upon himself to become the vanguard of the Communist Party and instead of the workers in the cities taking on a full fledged revolution, instead it would be the peasants in Russia. We discussed that despite the fact that people had poor working conditions , pay, children's labor etc..... in the cities-- that did not cause people to jump to revolution. And we ended with a discussion of Samuel Gompers, American Federation of Labor and Eugene Debs with the American Socialist Party

Below I posted 5 sections from part 1-- from the PBS Episode called,

" Heaven on Earth- the Rise and Fall of Socialism". If you were absent and or need to refresh your memory from the segments you may view here the portion you missed.

Below is the assignment that goes with this activity

You are to write a half page diary entry in which you will either choose the Russian Revolution or the American Federation of Labor,

You will have to decide in your story if you would choose to join or resist Lenin's revolution, join Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor or join the American Socialist Party.

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 5

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 4

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 3

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 2

Heaven on Earth The Rise and Fall of Socialism Part 1 Segment 1

Show me the money

This article is for September 7th. Please read this article about athlete's and their pay. Who really made the most money in sports?

President Obama's speech on Iraq

Economy Not Growing Fast Enough

Read this article and discuss some of the concerns about the Economy. Make a prediction in what you believe will happen in the next 3 months.

What is the 2010 Deficit?

What is the US 2010 Deficit? Discuss your thoughts as you read this number. What might this mean for your country? for you? are you concerned?

Why did the Dow Jones take a tumble?

What caused the Dow Jones to take a tumble today? Read the article following the link above-- click on the title. Read the article and then comment on the reason given and make a prediction of what will happen this Fall and winter.

Who has the largest Economy in the World? Second? Third?

What does the term superpower mean to you? How important do you think it is to be in the top 2? Read this article and comment on why this is an issue and what countries are shifting in ranking. What does this mean for our future world economy? Give your opinion, but state facts from article to support your thoughts.

Click on the title above and it will take you to the article.