FOR EACH QUESTION LOG ASSIGNMENT, WRITE THREE THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

28 Jun FOR EACH QUESTION LOG ASSIGNMENT, WRITE THREE THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

For each Question Log Assignment, write three thoughtful questions about it. Assignments can be an outline, a set of links, some articles, or all three; or yet something else. Surf and read the assignments in as much depth as you like. The more in depth you read, the better questions you will write.

There are 15 Assignments, and then you need to turn in a total of 45 questions. Each set of three questions should have a heading with the specific title of the Assignment it is for.

Questions can take the form of the following five types: (1) something you disagreed with, (3) something profound you did not know before, (3) how information in the article relates to a principle of economics, or (4) how information in the article relates to a current event or personal experience(5) questions that in the answering of it causes one to summarize a major theme of the article. Do not answer the questions; just write the questions.

Click on the Questions Log Assignments link to see a listing of the assignments.

Assignments title:

1- Alternative Schools of Thought

SchTHlist2012.htm

This Item is set of links to websites about Schools of Thought in Economics alternative to mainstream Neo-Classical Economics. Surf through at least three different websites and write a total of three questions for all of your surfing-exploration-reading for this Item. Try to go a few layers down into the websites.

2- The Neo-Classical Paradigm

neoclassicalPar.htm

The document presents the central characteristics of mainstream economics which is also called neo-classical economics.

3-$15 Minimum Wage is this price floor too high?

MinWage$15-8-2-13.doc

Also, see this cartoon: The Minimum Wage Versus The Earned Income Tax Credit

https://amptoons.com/blog/2013/05/01/cartoon-the-minimum-wage-versus-the-earned-income-tax-credit/

4-Critical Thinking and Rationality

CriticalThinkingLinksV1.1.doc

Read this short article: “The 12 cognitive biases that prevent you from being rational” by George Divorsky and then read or view two other links from the attached links.

5-Happiness: Where Hippies correct?

HippieHap.htm

In addition tho the above Hippies article:

Want to take a happiness quiz and compare yourself to the world?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=happiness-how-happy-are-you-quiz

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What Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says about happiness.

https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/05/08/bernanke-offers-a-lesson-on-happiness-to-college-grads/

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More links:

2012 World Happiness Report

https://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/Sachs%20Writing/2012/World%20Happiness%20Report.pdf

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Authentic Happiness Website about Positive Psychology

https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx

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6-Profit Maximization?: Owners Selling Their Business

ownersell.htm

7-Global Trouble Poverty and Hunger in the World

GlobalTroublesVer2.doc

8-Market Failure

MarketFailure.htm

9-Government Failure

Cato-PublicChoiceRevolution.pdf

GovFailure.htm

Read my attached description of Government Failure and also read the attached article: The Public Choice Revolution by James Gwartey of the Cato Insitute.

10-Business Vs. Economics (a macro framwork) by Paul Krugman

BusinessVSEconomics-Krugman.doc

11-Economic Goals

EconGoals.htm

12-The Limping Middle Class link between income inequality and economic growth by Robert Reich

LimpingGraphic.jpg

LimpingMiddle-Reich-NYT9-3-2011.htm

13-Deficits Without Fear by Robert Frank

DeficitwithoutFear-RFrank.htm

14-Reforming Economics by Joe Stiglitz

Reforming.pdf

Also see this one hour video interview of Professor Joseph Stiglitz which is on CSPAN Video Archive.

https://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291851-1

15-Balkins Favorite Quotes

QUOT-Master2.doc