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Finally, a Expert on Economics
And he’s against the Obama plan about the bailouts. And his name is Paul Krugman. You can see his economic blog here. Lately in the news, you always hear Democrats or Republicans saying that this bailout plan is either a … Continue reading
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Take a look around in your local supermarket in America. It has so many varieties, differences, and features that we would think that it looks like something like this: Indeed, we think of it as the ultimate variety for the … Continue reading
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Capital Punishment and Economics
Whether you’re for or against the death pentalty, everyone agrees that to execute a prisoner is much more expensive than life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is about $800,000 per person. To execute, it costs $2.3 million. So executing a prisoner is … Continue reading
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Book Review: Chew on This by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
This is exactly like Fast Food Nation except this book is for Jr. High Students. (Little do my students know, I’ll still use some chapters for their classes.) Some of the chapters and wording is very similar to Fast Food … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Ethics of What We Eat by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
I’ve mentioned this book in another blog about demi-vegetarianism that relates to other books and issues if you want to check it out. Out of all the books that deals with food, this is the must have book to read! … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Culture, Economics, Education, Ethics, Health, Peter Singer, Politics, Vegetarianism
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Taxing Soda in NYC
Dr. Richard Daines explains why taxing soda is actually beneficial for Americans, helps our children, and makes America healthier. I was skeptical until he explained that it’s actually cheaper for everyone because health care would be cheaper if there was … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Experts, Health
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Paying Students to get Good Grades
On the Colbert Report, the guest was Roland Fryer. Fryer is an economics professor. He has noticed that black students are the lowest minority gaining an education. So he has applied his economics into society. Basically, use the free market … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Government, Race
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The Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
When I teach political philosophy, I usually include some test online to determine where one fits politically in America. In the end, a student wanted to thank me for providing that test because she can now get more involved politically … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government, Paper Topic, Politics, Rights
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Book Review: The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
I’m reading this book for a couple of reasons. One is because I’m getting more politically involved and so I want to keep up with the political situation and see what other commentators are saying. So I decided on this … Continue reading
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Election 2008
With the first debates over, I’m letting this post be open to discuss anything about the upcoming 2008 election. You can discuss economics, foreign policy, health care, whatever. If you want, you can even discuss upcoming local and state issues … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Election, Economics, Government, Health, Politics
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