Civics

=Civics=

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toc David/Economics: (1) __The__ __Economic Naturalist__ – Many questions, including, “why, over the centuries, have women’s clothes buttoned from the left, while men’s have always buttoned from the right?” (2) Video – __Wall Street__ clip – Gordon Gekko “Greed is Good” speech related to “economic reality,” “greed,” and business ethics. (3) Case study – __Pick’n’ Pay__ – this is a case study on economic ethics that I received when I obtained my Executive MBA certificate in corporate ethics at IPADE in Mexico City. This international-based case goes to the heart of what economic ethics mean when faced with a life or death situation. (4) Video – __Ferris Bueller’s Day Off__ (Chapter 2 of DVD – 2 minutes) – Ben Stein gives lecture on macroeconomics, while students in the class receiving lecture are demonstrating what microeconomic actors do. (5) __Wall Street Journal__ – We will use this in class on a daily basis. The __Journal__ can assist students with a variety of learning needs, as information is provided in graphical, numerical, textual, charts, and photographical formats. (6) __History of Economic Thought: A Critical Perspective__, pp. 1-5, E.K. Hunt – Economics Professor from Colorado provides a Marxian/Socialist critique of capitalism by looking at what determines a commodity’s value. I am jigsawing this with other readings on capitalism (pro and middle of the road). (7) __Principles of Political Economy and Taxation__, David Ricardo – This reading will contrast in jigsaw with Hunt and Marx’s readings. Also serves as an introduction to reading __The Choice__, //infra//, that will be used as a text in the same Unit. (8) __Capital: Volume 1__ – A selection from Karl Marx’s text will be used in class. The pages will be determined, based on other Marx readings in this class and in conjunction with English 12 course during the first weeks of class. (9) __The Commanding Heights__ – Outstanding book and documentary film regarding the history of neoclassical economics and development economics that begins at World War I’s beginning and ends at invasion of Iraq during the “Mission Accomplished” failure. (10) Selected readings re: South Sea Bubble by Edmund Burke – The specifics will be developed in conjunction with the English 12 teacher. (11) Selected readings from Adam Smith – The specific pages will be developed in conjunction with the English 12 teacher. (12) Selected readings (in addition to Capital: Volume 1) – The specific pages will be developed in conjunction with the English 12 teacher. (13) __The Choice__ by Russell Roberts – this excellent reader, written well below a high school level, provides in simple terms a thought provoking scenario about how economic globalization impacts the world in which we currently live and how economies are intertwined, and relate specifically to today’s bailout of GM, Ford, Chrysler, despite being written prior to their current crises. (14) Video – //Bourne Identity// – DVD Chapter 8 (25:40-27:00) – The scene from this movie highlights consumer/producer surplus and gains from trade. The snipped Illustrates concepts discussed in __The Choice__. (15) Video – //Cast Away// – DVD Chapter 17 (7 minutes) – In this movie the scene demonstrates specialization, comparative advantage by seeing how Tom Hanks’ character deals with fire.
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