The final exam is on Tuesday, June 11. The review questions can be found here.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
In class: China's economic miracle
Graphs about China's economic growth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20069627
Shenzhen: http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/shenzhen-china-then-and-now-30-years-later-1980-vs-2011.jpg
Shanghai: http://amazingstuff.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nowandthen_shanghai2.jpg
Three Gorges Dam: http://popsci.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/12/threegorges.jpg
List of countries by GDP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
List of countries by GDP per capita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
60 Minutes episode about China's real estate bubble: http://www.businessinsider.com/60-minutes-chinas-ghost-cities-2013-3
Shenzhen: http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/shenzhen-china-then-and-now-30-years-later-1980-vs-2011.jpg
Shanghai: http://amazingstuff.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nowandthen_shanghai2.jpg
Three Gorges Dam: http://popsci.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/12/threegorges.jpg
List of countries by GDP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
List of countries by GDP per capita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita
60 Minutes episode about China's real estate bubble: http://www.businessinsider.com/60-minutes-chinas-ghost-cities-2013-3
Homework: China's economic miracle
Date assigned
Thursday, June 6
Assignment
Read "China's economic miracle: the high price of progress" (link here). Answer the following questions in a 1 page response:
1) What decisions did the Chinese government make that led to their current status as an economic power?
2) What problems does the Chinese government face going forward?
3) How would you recommend that the Chinese government handle these problems?
Due date
Monday, June 10
Thursday, June 6
Assignment
Read "China's economic miracle: the high price of progress" (link here). Answer the following questions in a 1 page response:
1) What decisions did the Chinese government make that led to their current status as an economic power?
2) What problems does the Chinese government face going forward?
3) How would you recommend that the Chinese government handle these problems?
Due date
Monday, June 10
In class/homework: Sandinista policy decisions
Date assigned
Thursday, May 30
Assignment
Read the Sandinista policy dilemmas that we did not finish in class. Write a detailed recommendation for each of them.
Due date
Monday, June 3
Thursday, May 30
Assignment
Read the Sandinista policy dilemmas that we did not finish in class. Write a detailed recommendation for each of them.
Due date
Monday, June 3
Thursday, May 30, 2013
In class/homework: Imagine you're a Nicaraguan
Date assigned
Tuesday, May 28
Assignment
Read "Imagine you were a Nicaraguan..." and write at least 1 page answering the the following prompt:
Imagine you are a Nicaraguan teenager in 1977. What changes would you like to see happen in your country and why?
Due date
Thursday, May 30, beginning of class
Tuesday, May 28
Assignment
Read "Imagine you were a Nicaraguan..." and write at least 1 page answering the the following prompt:
Imagine you are a Nicaraguan teenager in 1977. What changes would you like to see happen in your country and why?
Due date
Thursday, May 30, beginning of class
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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