Category Archives: Economics
Unions and Moonbeams
DN Thursday, January 6, 2011 Do further research and report on one of the headlines. Crackdown on Organized Labor: States Call for Wage & Benefits Cuts, Urge Laws to Curb Union Influence: In California, the public sector unions negotiated to … Continue reading
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Bernie’s Filibuster and Claudia’s Desertion
DN Monday, December 13, 2010: Please answer all questions: In the headlines, what three foreign situations did WikiLeaks just reveal? Give one sentence describing each. Rank them in terms of how illegal or unethical the actions of the foreign heads … Continue reading
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Mother Earth, Father Money – Who Gets Custody of the Planet?
DN Monday, December 6, 2010 – Please answer three questions and bring in another source on one of your answers. GOP Nears Win on Preserving Tax Cut for Wealthiest: Are we extending unemployment benefits at the expense of the temporarily … Continue reading
Exposing the Naked Emperor
DN Thurday, December 2, 2010: Please answer two questions: Attorney Confirms WikiLeaks Founder is in London: Does Amy ask unnecessary questions about Julian Assange’s whereabouts and how he’s protecting himself? Why does she want to know how many people are … Continue reading
Iceland & US Diplomacy Skating on Thin Ice
DN Monday, November 29, 2010 – Choose two questions to answer: WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Secret U.S. Diplomatic Cables: In one of the revealed documents, the US government admits that Honduras was a military coup. What’s the significance of this? … Continue reading
Barefoot Economics meets Oxford Wingtips
DN Friday, October 26, 2010: Chilean Economist Manfred Max-Neef on Barefoot Economics, Poverty and Why The U.S. is Becoming an “Underdeveloping Nation” Information Questions (please answer both): What are Max-Neef’s four things that we need in economics? What are his … Continue reading
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