week 6 of 13 October prepare your research proposals and we shall discuss those in class. We shall have a test on Harvey chapter 3 on Friday 17 October.
week 5 of 6 October
Keep reading chapter 3 of Harvey's book, Understand the concepts Kontratieff cycles and Leo Gumelev theory of passionarnost, that is creativity drive of nations
Keep reading chapter 3 of Harvey's book, Understand the concepts Kontratieff cycles and Leo Gumelev theory of passionarnost, that is creativity drive of nations
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week four: Monday 22:
A test in class distributed by the instructor. Tuesday 23: Watch a documentary on Karl Marx Wednesday 24: continue to watch and finish Karl Marx documentary. Make notes. Thursday 25: Watch a documentary What is Protectionism Friday 26: Start your research on a chosen topic for a research paper Monday 29: work on your paper Tuesday 30: be ready to report on the progress of your paper |
Week Three.
We begin the next chapter: Capital goes to work by Harvey.
Key questions: What are the ways Capital has been applied to generate profit? What are the ten ways and means to decrease production costs and labor costs?Concepts: stocks and shares, the workings of a modern Stock Exchange, formation of price, profit squeeze, mode of production crises of over or underproduction; explosive oscillations, monotonic divergence.
Standard: Understand basic economic concepts.
Reading: David Harvey: chapter 2: Capital goes to work p.-58-71
We begin the next chapter: Capital goes to work by Harvey.
Key questions: What are the ways Capital has been applied to generate profit? What are the ten ways and means to decrease production costs and labor costs?Concepts: stocks and shares, the workings of a modern Stock Exchange, formation of price, profit squeeze, mode of production crises of over or underproduction; explosive oscillations, monotonic divergence.
Standard: Understand basic economic concepts.
Reading: David Harvey: chapter 2: Capital goes to work p.-58-71
Week two;
Read chapter two Capital Assembled in Harvey's book.
Key questions: How was capital created. What is capital accumulation, barriers to capital flow; how these barriers have been overcome; creative and destructive elements of capitalism.
Read chapter two Capital Assembled in Harvey's book.
Key questions: How was capital created. What is capital accumulation, barriers to capital flow; how these barriers have been overcome; creative and destructive elements of capitalism.
Basic Economics:
Topic: Flow of Capital: Supply, Demand and Variables.
Issues: How does supply and demand work in contemporary economy on the national and transnational level?
Examples: supply and demand in ideal model, and variables that affect price.
Benchmark: Understand basic economic concepts.
Topic: Flow of Capital: Supply, Demand and Variables.
Issues: How does supply and demand work in contemporary economy on the national and transnational level?
Examples: supply and demand in ideal model, and variables that affect price.
Benchmark: Understand basic economic concepts.
Week1. Watch the video on Supply and Demand. Pay attention to the lo the relationship between price supply and demand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op70yS_7du8