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Argument: Because the invisible hand of the market indirectly benefits the collective, there is no need for government regulation or involvement in the economy.
Enrichment Activity: Assignment 5.2: Public vs. Private Enterprise Critique
Enrichment Activity: Assignment 5.2: Public vs. Private Enterprise Critique
public or private ownership (1) (5) (1).docxpublic vs. private critiques.pdf
Argument: The evolution and growth of capitalism has allowed freedom and liberty to reach its full potential.
Argument: The evolution and growth of capitalism has allowed freedom and liberty to reach its full potential.
Argument: The inevitable class struggle and exploitation of capitalism will ultimately be replaced by a collectivist, worker's paradise, as the proletariat revolt and replace the bourgeoisie.
Argument: The inevitable class struggle and exploitation of capitalism will ultimately be replaced by a collectivist, worker's paradise, as the proletariat revolt and replace the bourgeoisie.
Argument: Of the three types of socialism, Democratic Socialism is the most pragmatic.
Argument: Of the three types of socialism, Democratic Socialism is the most pragmatic.
Argument: Private property and unfettered competition needs to be replaced by a more cooperative system of economics.
Argument: Private property and unfettered competition needs to be replaced by a more cooperative system of economics.
Adam Smith was right in claiming that the pursuit of self-interest ultimately benefits the collective interest; but Karl Marx was right when he pointed out that wealth is not distributed to everyone equally at the same time, and that alienation arises as a result.
John Lewis Gaddis from The Age of Terror
Argument: Democratic socialism provides a more just and equitable economic system, leading to more happiness and contentment.
Argument: Democratic socialism provides a more just and equitable economic system, leading to more happiness and contentment.
Democratic Socialism in Canada (1).docxArgument: Socialism creates a culture of dependency, rewarding unmotivated individuals to take advantage of hardworking people.
Argument: Socialism creates a culture of dependency, rewarding unmotivated individuals to take advantage of hardworking people.
Roger Tullgren Says His Heavy Metal Addiction Gets Him Disability Payments
Roger Tullgren Says His Heavy Metal Addiction Gets Him Disability Payments
Abuses of Socialism??!!
This goes with the section on PROGRESSIVISM ON ASSIGNMENT 5.3
WATCH | Why is Alberta looking to mine the Rockies for more coal? Here's a 4-minute explanation
Argument: Limits, provided through government regulation and intervention, are necessary and integral to a stable and functional future.
Argument: Limits, provided through government regulation and intervention, are necessary and integral to a stable and functional future.
Enrichment Activity: Lecture 5.5 : HUBRIS AND LIMITS
Enrichment Activity: Lecture 5.5 : HUBRIS AND LIMITS
faustian-1 (1).docAdd/focus/stress/discuss phrases "voluntary restraint" and "moral persuasion"... from pages 334-335 of The Rebel Sell by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter here.
Add/focus/stress/discuss phrases "voluntary restraint" and "moral persuasion"... from pages 334-335 of The Rebel Sell by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter here.
Argument: Modern liberalism is a necessary and appropriate response to classical liberalism's inability to increase the quality of life for all people.
Argument: Modern liberalism is a necessary and appropriate response to classical liberalism's inability to increase the quality of life for all people.
Argument: Because the market was unable to correct itself, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's activist and interventionist response to the Great Depression was justified.
Argument: Because the market was unable to correct itself, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's activist and interventionist response to the Great Depression was justified.
Argument: Because the market was unable to correct itself, the Canadian government's activist and interventionist response to the Great Depression was justified.
Argument: Because the market was unable to correct itself, the Canadian government's activist and interventionist response to the Great Depression was justified.
BUYING ON MARGIN
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Stock-Market-Crash-of-1929-Buying-on-Margin
William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Inhumanity of Capitalism
http://www.canadahistoryproject.ca/1930s/1930s-02-mac-king.html
Argument: The policies and reforms of the New Deal were justified and appropriate.
Argument: The policies and reforms of the New Deal were justified and appropriate.
Argument: Due to volatility of the free market, governments must "steer" markets toward equilibrium.
Argument: Due to volatility of the free market, governments must "steer" markets toward equilibrium.
OR
Because the business cycle is self-correcting and self regulating, the free market must be free of government regulation and involvement.
Because the business cycle is self-correcting and self regulating, the free market must be free of government regulation and involvement.
There have been as many as 47 recessions in the United States dating back to the 1777.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States
Argument: Tax cuts implemented by neo-liberals such as Ronald Reagan have skewed societies perceptions of taxes and government involvement in the economy.
SNL skit on Margaret Thatcher
SNL skit on Margaret Thatcher
Lecture 5.6: Pace of Reform
Lecture 5.6: Pace of Reform
Assignment 5.7: Stump Speech
Assignment 5.7: Stump Speech
P0509-5004_2500kbps.mp4You are running for public office and have to write a stump speech. Your stump speech should be the core message for your campaign detailing your economic ideology, plans, politics, vision and methods. Your speech should focus on what to do about taxes, what to do with poor people (see Stump Speech info sheet), what to do about the business cycle (Keynes vs. Hayek vs. Friedman), how to stimulate an economy (demand side vs. supply economics) and should have arguments and quotes from the columns in the Stump Speech info sheet.
CRITERIA FOR YOUR STUMP SPEECH
1. INTRODUCTION: You need to have a hook to grab a person’s attention right from the start and then give the basics – your name and office you’re running for.
2. PERSONAL STORY: What are the values you hold that are needed in the office or to solve this issue?
3. PROBLEM STATEMENT: Present a clear and relevant (to audience and electorate) issue that needs to be solved. What is wrong that needs to be fixed? Why do you care about this issue and why is it relevant to the community at large? What is at stake for them?
4. SOLUTION/VISION: What is your solution to solving this program? What skills, experiences or qualities do you have that make you suited to solve this issue? Paint a picture for the audience about what their future could look like if this problem was solved.
5. ASK: What is it you need from the audience you’re speaking to? You need a clear and concise call to action that allows them to be part of your vision and get involved with your campaign. Do you need an endorsement? Donations? Volunteers? Votes? Tell them exactly how they can help be part of the solution.
Potential stump speech issues to advocate or implement or promote not discussed in class:
Potential stump speech issues to advocate or implement or promote not discussed in class:
Tobin tax
TAA (trade adjustment assistance)
maximum wage
sumptuary laws/legislation
dirigisme
indicative planning
consumption tax(es)
Objectivism
anarcho-syndicalism
climate debt
"Quaker" capitalism
estate tax
top marginal tax rate
Forbes's quote on capitalism (reimagining capitalism)... see visual --->
donut economics (Kate Raeworth)
Argument: Taxes are the price society pays for civilization.
Argument: Taxes are the price society pays for civilization.
Argument: Tax is theft and legal plunder, and is never justified.
Argument: Tax is theft and legal plunder, and is never justified.
Argument: A progressive tax will allow the redistribution of wealth and create a more just society.
Argument: A progressive tax will allow the redistribution of wealth and create a more just society.
OR
A flat tax is the fairest tax as it follows the individualist principle of rule of law.
A flat tax is the fairest tax as it follows the individualist principle of rule of law.
Argument: The deregulation of the banking industry caused the hubris and predatory lending that caused the Great Recession of 2008.
Argument: The deregulation of the banking industry caused the hubris and predatory lending that caused the Great Recession of 2008.
Enrichment Activity: Assignment 5.9: They Live Meme
Enrichment Activity: Assignment 5.9: They Live Meme
Create your own "They Live" meme.
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