For The Real Wealth of Nations book group: enter your reading homework for the first three questions here
(and enter the last response on your topic page).
| 3/2 | 3/9 | 3/16 | 3/23 | 3/30 |
| Intro, Ch 1 & 2 (to p. 46) | Ch 3, 4 & 5 (p. 116) | Ch 6 &7 (p. 164) | Ch 8 & 9 (p. 212) | Ch 10 (p. 236) |
- Explain how one idea in the reading relates to other topics already covered in class or something you learned elsewhere (another class or life experience).
- List what you think are the three to five most important points made in the reading.
- Write a question to provoke discussion among others who read the same passage.
March 31, 2009 at 8:26 am
Assignment 5
1. relate one idea in the reading to … something learned elsewhere or through life experience.
“The urgent need for economic restructuring” (p. 215) reflects my belief that, while activism that people do is really important, things won’t ever substantively change until some of the fundamentals, like structure of the economy, change.
2. Most important concepts:
a. Chapt. 10 The Caring Revolution
In order for society to truly change, we need to restructure the economy to value caring and caretaking activities.
b. Specific changes to make include taxing stock market speculation, providing tax credits to companies that are environmentally and socially responsible, develop policies that encourage local food production, do not privatize water.
3. Question: What role does biological evolution play in the social evolution that must occur for humans to save the planet from themselves?