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* 3. What is one piece of evidence to support a claim that the US is an oligarchy rather than a democracy? | * 3. What is one piece of evidence to support a claim that the US is an oligarchy rather than a democracy? | ||
* 4. What are two parallels that Kelly draws between those who own and control corporations today, and royalty and nobility in prior times? | * 4. What are two parallels that Kelly draws between those who own and control corporations today, and royalty and nobility in prior times? | ||
| − | * 5 | + | * 5. Name three elements of the "old narrative" that people are increasingly challenging. |
| − | + | * 6. Give three pieces of evidence that the "American Dream" is beyond the reach of a growing number of people. | |
| − | * | + | * 7. How have we in this course applied ecological analysis to explain why addiction, denial, delusion, and depression are rampant in our era? |
| − | * | + | * 8. What might a value scientist predict will be consequences of a growing gap between physical trends and financial representation of these? |
| − | * | + | * 9. In this course how have we supported an assertion that culture is key as individuals work to influence trends in other factors of the ecological framework? |
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Revision as of 18:49, 15 May 2017
Using an ecological framework briefly outline some current conditions and trends in human society that we considered in this course. Please reference: wealth, power, migration, work, money system, corporate and other forms of enterprise organization, human information (quantity, quality, sources, media, overload). (<300 words)
- 1. Briefly describe trends in wealth and income distribution in the US during the past 70 years.
- 2. How in this course have we connected financialization, criminalization, incarceration, militarization, racism, globalization, and imperialism to these trends?
- 3. What is one piece of evidence to support a claim that the US is an oligarchy rather than a democracy?
- 4. What are two parallels that Kelly draws between those who own and control corporations today, and royalty and nobility in prior times?
- 5. Name three elements of the "old narrative" that people are increasingly challenging.
- 6. Give three pieces of evidence that the "American Dream" is beyond the reach of a growing number of people.
- 7. How have we in this course applied ecological analysis to explain why addiction, denial, delusion, and depression are rampant in our era?
- 8. What might a value scientist predict will be consequences of a growing gap between physical trends and financial representation of these?
- 9. In this course how have we supported an assertion that culture is key as individuals work to influence trends in other factors of the ecological framework?
