Course Blog for Soc 3151: Social Issues and Social Policy at Baruch College
Disney seems to have alot of new comers of the music industry. Everyone starts out young and then Disney seems to replace them with even younger more talented kids, who not only can sing but can act too. Disney makes money, not only by making mini-series of their popular teen shows, but with movies and [...]
This was an article on the radical perspectives website which discusses Carl Marx’s theory of fictitious capital. As we all know Carl Marx was very critical of Capitalism and how he believed it only produces class struggles and inequalities. In this particular article, Michael Egoavil discusses Marx’s views on a particular aspect of Capitalism, securities, [...]
Looking at the NBA today, it is easy to see that the game has gone through a major change since its inception in 1946. One such change has been the role that owners play in the game and for the cities whom their teams represent. It used to be that owners of NBA teams acquired [...]
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 [...]
Mattick: “Ups and Downs – The Economic Crisis (pt. 3)”
http://sites.google.com/site/radicalpers…
This articles focuses on understanding the “business cycles” of our country. The United States has been going through “Boom and Bust” cycles ever since the colonial era. Building up to a strong economy and then failing only to become stronger a certain period later was thought [...]
Neoliberal educational reforms
In the article, Neoliberalism and education reform, E. Wayne Ross and Rich Gibson argue that public education is a key target of the neoliberal project because of its market size, its centrality to the economy and its potential challenge to corporate globalization.
Neoliberal educational reforms emphasize opening up the educational services market to [...]
Four crises of modern capitalism
In the article, four crises of the contemporary World Capitalist System, William K. Tabb examines the four areas of crisis in modern capitalism: Financialization and financial meltdown, U.S. led Imperialism is losing its predominant influence, the rise of new centers of power, and resources and sustainability.
The first problem is the [...]
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“Financial: A primer” helped me understand what financialization [...]
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Elizabeth Warren on Bill Maher
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/05/elizabeth-warren-on-bill-maher.html
Elizabeth Warren is a Harvard professor and the head of the “Congressional Oversight Panel”. This organization is a branch of the greater program known as “Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program”. The Congressional Oversight Panel, and subsequently Elizabeth Warren, is charged with the role of reviewing the state of various [...]
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