Mostly, I think I’ve just learned a new way of thinking. For example, referring to third world countries as undeveloped instead of third world. I also learned there are many other sides to stories other than just what we see in the news and that it is best to look into the facts further to … Continue reading What I’ve Learned
Well, this course was much different than I expected. I had kinda figured on the readings and quizzes but the blogging was very new to me and unexpected. I figured there would just be some discussion board in D2L. I don’t see its potential though, I wasn’t really a fan of it. It didn’t seem … Continue reading Course Review
I’ve made a decent number of posts throughout the semester- some better than others. But there are two that stand to me as my best posts of the semester. Those are: Nogales, Arizona, US vs. Nogales, Sonora, Mexico (http://wp.me/p5Eoh6-y) and Obamacare- My thoughts (http://wp.me/p5Eoh6-M). I chose these posts because I think both of them hit on some pretty … Continue reading Best Posts
Green Festivals are a new concept to me that I learned about form the book I had to read for tour book review assignment. They’re really neat and I would love to try to make it to one! Green Festivals is America’s longest-running sustainability and green living event. Basically, they gather hundreds of vendors who … Continue reading Green Festivals
I already posted this once but I’m not quite sure where it went… so here it goes again. Clearly, statistic show that women typically make less than men. However, it seems to me that wage inequality is a less prevalent problem than before. I feel like in more recent years, women have been taking on … Continue reading Wage inequality between men and women
So, my understanding from Jim’s post is that scarcity isn’t really a problem anymore. If that’s the case, won’t that drive prices down quite a bit? That seems like basic supply and demand to me. When items become more scarce, the supply decreases driving the price up. So if items are less scarce then would … Continue reading Scarcity
The Basics The book I read was titled Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the Global Economy Imploded – and How to Fix it by John Perkins. Published in the United States by Crown Business, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, a Division of Random House Inc., New York. Copyright © 2009, 2011 by … Continue reading Book Review: Hoodwinked by John Perkins
So I found this really neat article on FOX Business: http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2015/03/16/fed-rate-hike-how-far-more-important-than-when/?intcmp=ob_homepage_business&intcmp=obnetwork This is probably one of my favorite parts of econ to study; The Fed and how they control the money. It’s really interesting to read that interest rates from The Fed have been near zero since the recession. In the article they discuss how they are … Continue reading The Fed
The facts about the PPACA were pretty straight forward. I still don’t understand exactly how it works though. And some of the data may be slightly convincing that Obamacare is doing what it’s supposed but I’m not entirely sure I believe all of it. For example, the first chart shows declines in the number of … Continue reading Obamacare- My thoughts
What a relief! I;m one of the many millenials who has been worried about social security not existing when we retire, so much that I started a 401k already at the young age of 21. Although, I assumed there would be some sort of solution to the social security “bankruptcy” or some new type of … Continue reading My Reaction- Why SS is not broke