GLOBALIZATION
(all readings passed out in class)
(NOTE: all assignments listed twice below. Once on the day assigned, and then again in ITALICS on the day due)
TUESDAY, Sept. 3
Assigned: Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism (passed out in class) Preface, pp. 13 - 24; Chapter II ("The Globalization of Michael
Jordan"), pp.49 - 74; take notes (A) for quiz on Tuesday, September 10; be sure that you have read and know the guidelines for the course (estimated time for all assignments:1.5 hours)
GRAPHS FOR CLASS
Net Growth In Famile Income, by quintile and top 1%, 1977 - 1999
Net Growth In Famile Income, by quintile and top 1%, 1947 - 1979
Net Growth in GDP, 1947 - 1999
Hourly Wages for the 2nd Quintile in 1999 Dollars, 1973 - 1998
Hourly Compensation, 1959 - 1999
Tuesday, September 10
YOU MUST BRING YOUR $40.00 TO CLASS TO PURCHASE THE READER
due: Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism, Preface, pp. 13 - 24; Chapter II ("The Globalization of Michael Jordan"), pp.49 - 74; notes (A)
assigned:
1) one short essay linking economics to last year's terrorist attacks -- see here (should take 2 1/2 hours) [If you are using MS Internet Explorer as your browser, this link may be cleaner]
2) Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism, Chapter IV ("New Frontiers - and Inner Cities," pp. 90 - 129)
3) notes(B)
Tuesday, September 17th
NO CLASS!!!
Tuesday, September 24th
Real, mid-sized QUIZ (slightly larger than will be the case usually)
due: one short essay linking economics to last year's terrorist attacks -- see here; Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism, Chapter IV ("New Frontiers - and Inner Cities", pp. 90 - 129) writing exercise, notes (B); prepare for a quiz
assigned: "Economic Apartheid in America," pp. 68 - 123; reading questions
THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY
Tuesday, October 1st
due: "Economic Apartheid in America," pp. 68 - 123; reading questions
SHOT QUIZ, IN-CLASS VIDEO SEGMENT: DIVIDED HIGHWAYS (transcript)
assigned:
1) Katz, "Poverety and Inequality in the New American City" pp. 33 - 56. THE WRITING EXERCISES WILL PREPARE YOU FOR A SMALL QUIZ ON TUESDAY I also suggest reading over the writing exercises before doing the reading, it will help you know what to look for in the reading. THIS IS A DENSE ARTICLE THAT MUST BE READ SLOWLY. DO NOT PUT IT OFF UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT -- IT CAN'T BE DONE THAT WAY. REMEMBER THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON THIS READING ON OCTOBER 8th.
2) Karen Brodkin, "How Jews Became White Folks," pp. 35 - 44; Reading Questions (TBA)
TOTAL TIME FOR BOTH ASSIGNMENTS: 3.5 hours
Tuesday, October 8th
(small quiz on Katz, Brodkin)
due: Katz, "Poverety and Inequality in the New American City" pp. 33 - 56. WRITING EXERCISES; I also suggest reading over the writing exercises before doing the reading, it will help you know what to look for in the reading. SEE GENERAL SUGGESTION/WARNING ON OCT 1st Karen Brodkin, "How Jews Became White Folks," pp. 35 - 44; Reading Questions (TBA)
In class exercise with Katz
assigned: Chapter 2 ("Global Economic Changes and the limits of the Race Relations Vision, pp. 45 -66) of The Bridge over the Racial Divide, by William Julius Wilson; and chapter 5 ("Rights Consciousness in the Workplace," pp. 178 - 211) of State of the Union: A Century of American Labor by Nelson Lichtenstein.
Tuesday, October 15th
due: Chapter 2 ("Global Economic Changes and the limits of the Race Relations Vision, pp. 45 -66) of The Bridge over the Racial Divide, by William Julius Wilson; and chapter 5 ("Rights Consciousness in the Workplace," pp. 178 - 211) of State of the Union: A Century of American Labor by Nelson Lichtenstein.
VIDEO SHOWN IN CLASS ("The City and the World," Episode 7 of Ric Burns' New York City: A Documentary History). Come prepared to take notes on the video
Video Description
In exploring the social, economic and physical forces that swept through the city in the post-war period, Episode Seven examines the great African-American migration and Puerto Rican immigration of the '40s, '50s, and '60s; the beginnings of white flight and suburbanization; and the massive physical changes wrought by highways and urban renewal -- all of which were directed, to a surprising degree, by one man: Robert Moses. The film comes to a climax with the destruction of Penn Station, the battle over the Lower Manhattan Expressway, the social and fiscal crises of the '60s and '70s, and New York's miraculous revival in the last quarter-century.
assigned:
Writing Assignment on Katz & "The City and the World," Episode 7 of Ric Burns' New York City: A Documentary History (TBA)
Tuesday, October 22
due: Writing Assignment on Katz & "The City and the World," Episode 7 of Ric Burns' New York City: A Documentary History (TBA)
Economics and Civil Rights
Assigned: this week, your lecture notes will be your reading. Although the lecture will mirror the assigned chapter, this material is probably more comprehensible as a discussion than as a reading. Accordingly, the reading is there to back up your lecture notes if you have questions. So, if you choose to read it, we will be discussing "Confusion and Woe: Race, Capitlism, and the Retreat from Social Justice in America," (pp. 114 - 165) from The Political Economy of Hope and Fear: Capitalism and the Black Condition in Ameria by Marcellus Andrews; prepare for a small quiz
Immigration and Economic Opportunity
Tuesday, October 29th
due: review your lecture notes (see above) in preperation for a quiz
assigned:
These two articles from the American Prospect: 1, 2 ; and "The Ethnic Niche" (pp.161 - 193) by Suzanne Model. Reading Questions (TBA)
Tuesday, November 5th
due: These two articles from the American Prospect: 1, 2 ; and "The Ethnic Niche" (pp.161 - 193) by Suzanne Model. Reading Questions (TBA)
assigned: PREPARE FOR MID-TERM
FAST FOOD: AN ECONOMIC MICROCOSM
Tuesday, November 12th
MID-TERM
assigned: Newman, No Shame in My Game Chapter 8 ("Who's in, Who's Out). Writing exercises for Chapter 8. Prepare for quiz.
Tuesday, November 19th
due: Newman, No Shame in My Game Chapter 8 ("Who's in, Who's Out). Writing exercises for Chapter 8. Prepare for quiz.
assigned: Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, chapter 3 ("Behind the Counter"), question for chapter 3
Tuesday, November 26th
due: Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, chapter 3 ("Behind the Counter"), question for chapter 3
assigned chapter 6 ("On the Range"), chapter 7 ("Cogs in the Great Machine")
assigned writting: questions on chapters 6 and 7
Tuesday, December 3rd
due: Schlosser, chapter 6 ("On the Range") chapter 7 ("Cogs in the Great Machine")
Assigned: Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, chapter 8 ("the most dangerous job"), chapter 9 ("what's in the meat")
Tuesday, December 10th
due: Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, chapter 8 ("the most dangerous job"), chapter 9 ("what's in the meat")
quiz