Economics

What are some arguments against or in favor of for profit education?

What is the most significant concept you believe you have learned this summer in Economics?

What is one moment in the movie “The Corporation” that stands out for you? Why?

Knowing what you now know about the nature of corporations (reference movies like The Corporation, and Stuff) how would you suggest we change them? What can you/we do to fix the problem?

As you answer, consider your own corporate involvement… Are you going to buy a Coke/Rockstar/pair of Nike’s in the next month?  

Why would a corporation want a psychologist working for them?

What is a subsidy, and how does it relate in the modern economic landscape of food production?

Why does the legal system categorize corporations as people? How is this a good and a bad?

Explain how debt has value?

“What are the 5 basic economic assumptions, and give an example of how you have seen any applied?”

What are some of the flaws that we have seen in our economic system in the last 3 years? Consider
-Sub-prime loans
-Predatory loans