So I just started an economics class at Algonquin. Textbook by a Bryce McBride. Anyone here know it? Looks like neo-liberal nonsense to me so far and I am not sure how to engage with it.
You have learned about government intervention and control.
- Describe your thoughts about government intervention.
- Do you feel there is too little or too much intervention here in Canada? Feel free to compare government intervention here in Canada vs intervention in other countries.
Next, describe your opinion about rent controls.
- Do you feel the controls are fair to the landlord?
- What problems exist with rent controls?
- Provide a solution to solve the problems created by rent controls.
This is a graded discussion that is based on your original discussion post and your responses to at least two of your classmates.
Your discussion and responses must be made right in the discussion window. Please do not attach files.
Your discussion and responses must also be substantive.
As a guideline, your original discussion should be 1 to 2 paragraphs with 5 to 7 good sentences per paragraph for each of the five requirements of this discussion.
Responses should be 3 to 4 paragraphs in total with 5 to 7 sentences per paragraph.
Stating "Good work" or just agreeing with the student you are responding to will not gain any marks.
Plagiarism is a college offense. Your discussion and responses must be in your own words. If you use any resources to form your discussion you must cite those sources.
I will look up both of those books thank you!
So I just started an economics class at Algonquin. Textbook by a Bryce McBride. Anyone here know it? Looks like neo-liberal nonsense to me so far and I am not sure how to engage with it.
I'm not familiar with that textbook - this is the one we used at Dal when I was a TA for first year, it's quite good: https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Macroeconomics-C-Rangarajan/dp/007131895X
I'd also recommend finding a copy of "Economics for Everyone" from Jim Stanford, he pushes back on some of the orthodoxy in plain language.
Ya McBride is a neo-liberal economist. I found this idiocy in the Pembroke Observer while researching for a class discussion:
https://www.pembrokeobserver.com/opinion/columnists/bryce-mcbride-what-trudeau-should-know-about-money-and-banking
I have not purchased his textbook but I have signed out some Marx from the public library. ;)
Discussion Assignment Look Like This:
Course Content
Module 4
Discussion #2
You have learned about government intervention and control.
- Describe your thoughts about government intervention.
- Do you feel there is too little or too much intervention here in Canada? Feel free to compare government intervention here in Canada vs intervention in other countries.
Next, describe your opinion about rent controls.
- Do you feel the controls are fair to the landlord?
- What problems exist with rent controls?
- Provide a solution to solve the problems created by rent controls.
This is a graded discussion that is based on your original discussion post and your responses to at least two of your classmates.
Your discussion and responses must be made right in the discussion window. Please do not attach files.
Your discussion and responses must also be substantive.
As a guideline, your original discussion should be 1 to 2 paragraphs with 5 to 7 good sentences per paragraph for each of the five requirements of this discussion.
Responses should be 3 to 4 paragraphs in total with 5 to 7 sentences per paragraph.
Stating "Good work" or just agreeing with the student you are responding to will not gain any marks.
Plagiarism is a college offense. Your discussion and responses must be in your own words. If you use any resources to form your discussion you must cite those sources.