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Assignment #6: Assigned 3/5, Due 3/8.
Readings: A New Age of Monopolies, The Truth About the Deficit, The Uninsured, Abuse of Power, Dissecting the Real Cost of ObamaCare, Paul Ryan vs. the President, Washington’s Deficit of Trust, When It’s OK to Walk Away From Your Home, How Many Uninsured People Need Help, Senator Bunning’s Universe
Assignment #5: Assigned 2/18, Due 2/22.
Readings: The Power of Incentives, Telling Right from Wrong, Why Taxes Are Bad, Why Prices Are Good, I Pencil
Exam #1: Assigned 2/9, Due 2/15.
Write an essay on the following topic (a well crafted essay is a defense of your informed opinion): “Assuming that people have a moral obligation to care for the less fortunate (you may define “care” and “less fortunate” as you like), is an economy based on the profit-motive incompatible with this moral obligation? What political and/or economic institutions would help or hinder the fulfillment of the moral obligation?”
Assignment #4: Assigned 2/9, Due 2/15.
Readings: In Time of Tumult, Have We Reached a Minsky Moment?, Why Subprime Lenders Are in Trouble, The Pope and Ben Bernanke, Who Should Control the Money Supply, Born of a Panic, Is There a Better Money
Assignment #3: Assigned 2/2, Due 2/8.
Readings: Welfare States, Europe’s Conservatism, The Future of Decadent Europe, German Labor Policy, Paid Vacation Policies, Single Market Blues, Which Model of Capitalism, Christianity and Capitalism, Social Security, Public Education: Accountability and Adaptation
Assignment #2: Assigned 1/26, Due 2/1.
Readings: Family Photos, Wikipedia on Poverty, Wikipedia on Aid, Breathing Life Into Dead Capital, The Cost of Doing Business, Building a Holy Economy, Microfinance Boosts the Poor, Microfinance: Services the Poor Can Bank On, For Global Investors, Microfinance Pays Off, Social Gains from Globalization
Assignment #1: Assigned 1/11, Due 1/25.
Readings: Buy American, Encyclical, World Bank 1, Stiglitz, Summit, Disaster, World Bank 2, The IMF, IMF at a Glance
