Consumption (Class #2)

HOMEWORK DUE TODAY

1. Be prepared to discuss the question of the day.

   • Read at least one of the studies linked on this page and and be prepared to tell the class how it relates to the question of the day.

   • In addition, you may want to listen to this podcast and browse the links on the podcast page. It is directly related to our question today.

   • Or read this short article: Let Them Eat Cash

2. Videos 1-5 (below): Will help you prepare for the discussion, but not required (optional).

3. Readings 1-6 (below): Will help you prepare for the discussion, but not required (optional).

ACTIVITIES

Question of the Day: What kinds of strategies and institutions do the poor use to feed themselves?

1. Discussion with Hopkins

2. Work on social enterprise project with Smith

RESOURCES

Poor Economics Webpage

1. Data set: This 18-country data set may give you evidence to support your ideas.

2. Studies: These consumption studies may help you prepare too.

Videos

1. Introduction

2. What is a poverty trap?

3. Social Experiments (Why and How?)

4. Is there a nutrition based poverty trap?

5. Nutrition: The hidden traps

Readings

1. Jeff Sachs Vindicated

2. Jeff Sachs Not Vindicated

3. George Clooney Answers Your Questions About Malaria

4. Droughts, Floods and Food

5. The Indiana Jones of Economics (Part I, Part II, Part III)