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1. The United States and Europe responded differently to the 2007-2009 global economic crisis. The US government implemented some expansionary fiscal policies while many European countries implemented austerity measures. Which one do you think was more effective? Does the data support your conclusion or do you think that it is impossible to really know the answer to this question because of other factors? 2. What was the best or worst (or both?) economic policy formulated by the Obama administration and why? 3. Why is global warming so difficult to solve politically? What factors impede a coordinated response? 4. Do you think the net effect of immigration has a positive or negative impact on the economy in the United State? 5. What will be the effect of climate change on the United States economy? (could do CA) 6. Explain the collapse of the economy in 2008 to a lay person. 7. Is there evidence that OPEC purposely drove down the price of oil by increasing production in order to drive out other global producers such as the United States and Canada? Discuss the evidence of OPECs strategy over the past 10 years. 8. Bernie Sanders ran his campaign on a promise of free universal health care that he described as a “human right.” Is this a good paradigm for health care? How will free health care have an effect on both users of health care and health care markets? Does this make good policy? Do you have another idea? 9. Why do economists always talk about optimization? What does it mean to optimize? How does marginal analysis play a role? 10. Can charities solve the problem of poverty and the social safety net? Explain. 11. The United States has a relatively high rate of poverty compared to other developed countries. Will there always be poverty? 12. What is the evidence of trickle-down economics as successful policy? Does it work to grow the economy and reduce poverty? 13. The pharmaceutical industry has been in the news lately after some firms have increased prices so much that they have been accused of price gouging. Discuss the trade-offs between the need for patents and the need for competition in this context. 14. The United States is the wealthiest country but also has the highest wealth inequality. Is this trade-off necessary? Note: It goes without saying that each of these questions should be answered using either citations of empirical research, or the empirical research references themselves. 1. Is there a justification for the unintended consequences of price controls? Use an actual example in your argument and discuss the unintended consequences. 2. Explain how economists treat self-interest as a universal motivator. What experiments have we done to illustrate this phenomenon. Does self interest mean money? 3. The government is often criticized for being “inefficient.” (FEMA for example) Do you think equity outweighs efficiency in this context? Are these two criterion necessarily in opposition to each other? 4. Discuss the sunk-cost fallacy in the context of a Federal or State policy. In other words, identify a government policy that suffers from the sunk-cost fallacy. 5. The claim is sometimes made that command economies protect their environment better than market economies whose sole purpose is profit maximization by business. Evaluate the veracity of this claim. Use economic theory to explain why it is likely true or untrue. 6. How do competitive markets do a good job of allocating resources for society? Can we mimic markets through central planning? How do markets allocate resources efficiently within firms? Within markets? 7. Can markets consisting of only self-interested people maximize the overall well-being of society? 8. The Wharf to Wharf race in Santa Cruz has a cap of 16,000 runners. Many more than 16,000 people would like to participate. Given that the race is a charity, the price they charge for a bib is $45. These sell out in under 30 minutes to the frustration of many people. Recommend some allocation methods and discuss the economic efficiency implications of each. You could also discuss fairness issues as well and how they might be pitted against each other. For example, would a lottery be a good mechanism? (examples include first-come-first-served, auctions, cronyism, nepotism, a lottery, strength) 9. San Francisco has been in the news recently in the context of fears of gentrification and the implementation of price controls. Discuss the peril that can result from implementing price controls both long term and short-term. Recommend a different policy than rent control in San Francisco to address the issue of unaffordable or inequitable distribution of housing. Or, make an argument that no policy is the best policy. Explain what the short-term impact will be of removing price controls, and what the long-term impact will likely be. Explain how your idea is preferable. 10. Discuss examples of “markets” that you believe should not, by definition, be driven by market forces for ethical reasons. (organs, prisons, labor markets, etc.) Make at least one argument for why the market you are describing should not be motivated by the incentives that markets produce. (cost minimizing, or profit maximizing, etc.) (could reference article about markets for organs) 11. Discuss a policy in which the efficiency/equity tradeoff is apparent. 12. It was reported recently that Donald Trump asked his National Security Advisor whether the United States should pursue a weak dollar OR a strong dollar. Write a memo that addresses his question. 1. Behavioral economics research was used by the company Ashley Madison in their marketing techniques. Specifically, a behavioral economist advised the company that people tend to behave less ethically when on business trips. The firm used this information to target people with advertisements who were online in one zip code that was different from their own, assuming they were likely on business. Do economists have any ethical responsibilities or limitations in terms of how our research is applied? Would you be willing to work for a company that used the findings of behavioral economics in a way that encouraged unethical behavior? 2. Discuss the tradeoffs between the goals of sustainability and efficiency in terms of consumer products. 3. Do you think the Federal Reserve is necessary? 4. Many Americans do not have sufficient savings for retirement. At the same time, the Federal government is facing a rapidly depleting social security fund. What policies should the government enact in order to solve the problem of insufficient retirement savings. Do you think the government should not be in the business of addressing this at all? 5. The rise of e-commerce has decimated many brick-and-mortar retailers. What can retailers do to adapts to the changing retail landscape? 6. Explain the possible economic effects of proliferating AI technologies in industry. How might this have an impact on income inequality? What possible policies can the government enact that might help ease the transition to AI? 7. Should the government continue to subsidize the agriculture industry at the current level or end subsidies in order to return to a free market? 8. Would it be beneficial for the United States economy for us to withdraw from the TPP or would it be detrimental to the economy? Who might gain and who might lose? Is there a way for us to ameliorate the potential negative effects? 9. What is the connection between agriculture and climate change? Are we focusing too much on the externalities in fossil fuel markets and ignoring the externalities associated with our food supply? 10. How will Brexit impact the world economy? 11. Explain the debt crisis in Greece. 12. Discuss the tradeoffs inherent in what is often referred to as the ‘gig economy’? On one hand, consumers are able to find cheaper rides and temporary lodging, but on the other hand some see these new markets as taking advantage of people desperate to earn a living while providing them with no job security or benefits. 13. Global scrap markets produce an outcome that results in Americans shipping toxic ewaste and other ‘trash’ to third world countries. (United States’ e-waste in India for example) Is this ethical? Should we ban the export of “trash” from the United States? Or should we allow markets to send these jobs to locations with the cheapest labor? 14. Should we privatize the education system for K-12? Would a hybrid system work? Will vouchers produce better educational outcomes? 15. Can ‘Sin’ taxes be justified on economic grounds? What are the most compelling arguments for and against these types of taxes?
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How Brexit Impact the World Economy
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Introduction
In early 2016, a particular group of leaders in Britain claimed that some of the policies of
the European Union had a very negative impact on the lives of citizens of the Britain. They
argued that the European Union’s stand on issues such as immigration, refugee crisis and free
movement of people within the EU nations were some of the factors that had contributed to the
increased amount of terror in Britain. The leaders, therefore, embarked on a campaign to seek to
dissociate Britain from the European Union as a first step in reclaiming that what they referred to
as ‘greatness of Britain’. In their quest, they managed to woo a lot of people especially the
youths, some of whom had not researched the issue or...


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