Course Blog for Soc 3151: Social Issues and Social Policy at Baruch College
This is a very interesting article by John Clegg. It is from the radical perspectives website. It is a case report on homelessness in Sacramento. It seems like homelessness has become normalized in the U.S.
The demographics for the U.S. showed that there are 6,600 new evictions every day; one occurs every 13 seconds.[4] At [...]
This is a very interesting article that I read in the Washington Post. The article is written by Derek Kravitz and it highlights the measures that homeowners whose houses have been foreclosed take to resist leaving. As we discussed in class last week, the mortgage crisis is very severe and it is devastatingly affecting the [...]
This is a very interesting article that I read in the Washington Post. It is about how people are obsessed with credit cards. As we discussed in class credit cards are so easily accessible and being a credit card holder gives us a sense of freedom to shop. However, a lot of us are living in a [...]
This article is from the website www.nakedcaptilism.com . I was particular interested in the differences in the Fiscal and Monetary policies in America compared to that of Europe. The article also provided me with some insight on the effects of government intervention in the economy.
This article examines the effects of the financial crisis in Europe [...]
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