Please read the following article about gold. What is happening currently with the price of gold? What does a bubble refer to? How are they typically created? Why is gold different? Is there anything similiar? What do you think will happen to the price of gold? Why?
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Read the following article. What is the authors premise? What evidence do they present to back up their claim? What is the trend? Why is is happening? What economic signals have females responded to but males have not> What is a plausible reason for it? Why is this a potential viscious cycle? How can it be stopped?
What do you think of when you hear the term American dream? Watch the video. What is wealth distribution? What does the video convey regarding what we think, what we think is right and what is reality in terms of wealth distribution in the USA? What problem does the reality pose for the American dream? Is there any danger to the top 1% if this trend continues? Is there any way to fix the problem? Any potential problems with the fix?
Read the following article on SFGATE. What is driving the boom? What are some the implications? What sort of problems is it creating for Bolivian consumers? Farmers? What. if anything can be done to "fix" the problem? Do you think the boom will last? What kind of scenario could cause a change in price?
Read the NPR article. What is the President proposing? Who would be most affected? Why the refrence to a ripple effect? What are some examples? How would it affect you? Who would oppose the President's proposal? Why? Overall, what do you think of the proposal in terms of cost and benefits? How would you vote on the idea if you were a member of congress? Why?
Read (or listen) to the article posted on NPR. What problem is being addressed? HOw do guns create externalities? What is the proposal by economists? What type of incentives are they using? What is your analysis of their solution? What other incentive solutions could be used to fix the problem?
Read the following article. What is the story about? Why is there such a difference between Europe and the US regarding diesel usage? What could be done to change it? Relate one principle of economic thinking to the article? What is the title of this blog a reference to and how does it relate? THere is a link to another article on the left side of the page. How does it relate to the diesel problem featured in the main article?
Read or listen to the follow article . What is austerity economics? Why Europe doing this? What does the author suggest is the risk? What is the alternative? What do you think? WHo is right? What are the potential consequences?
Reading the following article. What is the problem? Why is it happening? Is the problem going to get better or worse? Why? What are some solutions? What is the long term impact?
Listen to the following article. What is hoarding? Which countries are hoarding? Why? What impact does the hoarding on prices? Is there any danger? What are the US and England considering doing? Why? What would you advise the president? What would you do if were advising one the countries who are hoarding?
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