Friday, September 5, 2008
Doomed...
Cool article about what composes the American economy by everyone's favorite, Stiglitz. http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=947bf9e5-923b-409a-adac-579658c99ddf
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Markets and Trading (Women)
If anyone has started The Worldly Philosophers, I thought I'd share an anecdote about my time in Tanzania. On p. 27 Heilbroner talks about how in "some African communities it is perfectly legitimate to inquire how many oxen a woman is worth." While visiting a Masai village outside Arusha (The Masai are a powerful, semi-nomadic tribe that are known for their cattle-raising along the Tanzania-Kenya border), a man passing my guide and I asked how much I was worth. I thought my guide was joking when he responding but apparently mzungu (White) female tourists are worth a small herd.
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Assignments
Students will critically read and analyze the assigned books. Students must read each book and participate in the discussion. Before each class, each student is required to post several paragraphs of commentary. DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE BOOK, but comment on what you found interesting, provocative, or questionable in the week's reading. They are due by 8 AM the day of the class, but as discussed it makes more sense if we post them earlier so we can have time to discuss.
Posting
It would satisfy my type-A inclinations if everyone followed a similar format for posting and followed some general rules. I love creative titles but for the sake of sanity, please give us some context. Is this something I NEED to read for class or can I come back and look at when I'm bored? Also, LABEL your posts with the title of the book you are commenting on. This way we can filter the posts according to title. Add the label "Just for Fun" if you find an interesting article that you'd like to share with the group. I can't of much by way of rules but (and this mostly applies to Matt) let's not get kicked off our hosting site by using foul language.
Students will critically read and analyze the assigned books. Students must read each book and participate in the discussion. Before each class, each student is required to post several paragraphs of commentary. DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE BOOK, but comment on what you found interesting, provocative, or questionable in the week's reading. They are due by 8 AM the day of the class, but as discussed it makes more sense if we post them earlier so we can have time to discuss.
Posting
It would satisfy my type-A inclinations if everyone followed a similar format for posting and followed some general rules. I love creative titles but for the sake of sanity, please give us some context. Is this something I NEED to read for class or can I come back and look at when I'm bored? Also, LABEL your posts with the title of the book you are commenting on. This way we can filter the posts according to title. Add the label "Just for Fun" if you find an interesting article that you'd like to share with the group. I can't of much by way of rules but (and this mostly applies to Matt) let's not get kicked off our hosting site by using foul language.
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