I personally feel very strongly about the conditions tied to government assistance programs. Yes, there are many people who use government assistance (such as SNAP benefits, cash assistance, etc.) properly. There are also many people who abuse this, unfortunately. Something that has been very controversial is mandatory drug testing to receive benefits. Personally, I feel that … Continue reading Government Assistance Programs & Their Regulations
Hi everyone, I just wanted to create a minor post regarding the book I’ve chosen for the book review. I chose the “Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the Global Economy IMPLODED — and How to Fix It” I chose this book because one of my favorite parts of economic to study is the … Continue reading Hoodwinked
One of the questions posed in one of the unit 4 readings was “What can we do to help these developing nations?” Well, there is one organization in Michigan that I believe is helping these developing nations, while helping Michigan as well. A few months back, I went to a Global Sustainability conference, and one … Continue reading Helping Develop Nations
In my other Econ class, our professor had us read chapter 1 of “Why Nations Fail” By Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. The very beginning of it was very interesting so I thought I would share it with you. Acemoglu compared two citites: Nogales, AZ in the US and Nogales, Sonora in Mexico. There is … Continue reading Nogales, Arizona, US vs. Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
I read in the unit 3 blog posts about how Japan wasn’t growing enough and I thought it was pretty interesting since we just discussed this in one of my other econ courses a few weeks ago. We looked at this chart showing their population and how it is aging. The blue and pink areas show … Continue reading Aging Population in Japan
Hi all, I used a really interesting economic freedom index in an international management class that I took last semester at SVSU that I wanted to share with you. It’s an interactive heat map used to compare countries based on different freedoms such as trade freedom, freedom from corruption, labor freedom, and many more. It … Continue reading Index of Economic Freedom
I understand the socialism and communism are similar in that the government has their hands in everyone’s pockets and runs like…everything. So I get the overall idea I suppose, but I’m having a hard time understanding the difference between socialism and communism. Can someone please clarify?
Since I noticed in the readings that we soon would be talking about global sustainability, I thought I would share my thoughts on sustainability and what I’ve learned about it in other classes thus far. Sustainability involves meeting the needs of the present in a way that allows future generations to meet their needs as … Continue reading Sustainability
Hi everyone, In my last post, I mentioned that I’m a member of Music n’ Motion at SVSU. Music n’ motion is a West Coast Swing Dance student organization on campus. The program at SVSU began roughly 10 years ago (I think), when two professional west coast swing dancers started teaching it as a course. … Continue reading West Coast Swing 101
Hi everyone! I’m Tiffany. I’m actually only a guest student at LCC, so this my first and last class at LCC, as well as my first online course, so this is entirely new for me! I am a senior Business Management major with a minor in Economics at Saginaw Valley State University (Go Cards!). I … Continue reading Hello!