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So I came into this class hoping to learn a good bit about economies, and I did. I think I have even learned more than I expected. I learned about scarcity and how we try to combat it, we learned about GDP and what it really means, and we learned about how economies got started … Continue reading What I’ve Learned

So I came into this class hoping to learn a good bit about economies, and I did. I think I have even learned more than I expected. I learned about scarcity and how we try to combat it, we learned about GDP and what it really means, and we learned about how economies got started … Continue reading What I’ve Learned

This was the first time I have taken an online class and it really was not my type of class. I liked the material in the class but the way we went about learning it just was not conducive to me. I prefer to have a more specific assignment for each unit rather than just … Continue reading The Class

I believe that my best posts of this semester were “Mixed Economies” and “Unit 3 Readings”. I think that in these posts I was able to make clear points about the topics we were discussing. I also believe that a had a clear understanding of the material.

I believe that the ultimate goal for a country and it’s economy is for everyone to be completely happy. Now, we realize that this is impossible and will almost certainly always be impossible for everyone to be happy. However as our economy grows we can do many things to help make sure as many people … Continue reading The Ultimate Goal

In my opinion so far it appears that PPACA has been mostly positive and has done good things. The amount of uninsured people has gone and it has had almost no effect on employment rates. It has also brought down the cost of Medicare slightly. All of these things are good so to me it … Continue reading “Obamacare”

In the future I believe that is possible that we will be able to be completely sustainable. I believe that we will find a way to make enough food for everyone and that does not destroy our earth. As our technology gets better so will many other things. Our healthcare will improve and we will … Continue reading The future

The book that I will be reading and reviewing is The Secret History of The American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World

In the unit three readings there was one thing that stuck out to me and I found really interesting. That was that in poor or underdeveloped nations, almost 60% of the work force was devoted solely to feeding the rest of the population, whereas countries such as the US it is only 3.2%. That makes … Continue reading Unit 3 Readings