Who receives subsidies? Should we give subsidies if we are a free market society? How would the lack of subsidies in our economy affect you as a consumer? as a taxpayer?

The New Untouchables

Read the article and reflect: If you were to choose 3 emphasis areas for school improvement, what would they be and why? What is your plan for making yourself "untouchable?"

Rape Case to Force US Defence Firms into the Open

In a free market society, people make employment contracts with employers. If they don't like it, they find another employer. Thirty of your US Representatives believe that it is acceptable to allow "non-prosecution of rape" clauses in employment contracts for those businesses employed by the US Federal Government. (i.e.) If a woman is raped while employed by the firm, the dispute must be settled through arbitration and not the legal system. These Congressmen further believe that it is not the job of the Congress to intervene in free market contracts between employer and employee.

In a free-market society, should employers be able to put such clauses into their contracts? Is it the job of Congress to interfere in this free market activity? Use facts in your argument (pro or con)....not logic, morality or "feelings." What would be your solution?

Stimulus Math

What is Bennett's main idea in presenting this cartoon (use economic terminology)? How would you change the way we spend money?

Still on the Job, but at Half the Pay

How do you feel about the pilot on your plane making only $34,000 a year? How many job do you suppose he will have to work in order to make ends meet?

Slim Thug talks Economics

So......wha cha sayin'?

False Profits or False Prophet?

The author of this piece says of Michael Moore........."His biggest failure, however, is his inability to articulate a plausible alternative to the system he loathes."

Propose alternative remedies for at least two of the simplicities illustrated by Michael Moore in his film.

For example, the author claims that "He (Michael Moore) talks fuzzily of more democracy, but it is not clear what he means......" What would more democracy mean to you? OR the author claims that Michael Moore believes that ....."The $700 billion bail-out after Lehman’s collapse was no genuine attempt to stave off depression, but a financial coup d’état, staged by big banks." Was it? Did the big banks intentionally stage the collapse in an attempt to steal taxpayers' money?

Clean Energy Investing Goes Mainstream; Soros Pledges $1 Billion

What do the investment strategies of George Soros tell us about our own investment strategies?