“Constructing a Fair Economy”.
write a 6-page paper in which they discuss their idea of a fair economy. A cover sheet is not necessary but if you use one, it does not count as one of your six pages. You may use outside sources but course material should provide you with necessary material to draw from when writing your paper. You will include a bibliography of sources that you used including those from class. This does not count as one of your six pages. 2.Students will discuss aspects of their economy including ownership, production (how things get made including working conditions), distribution (who gets what, how and when) and consumption, workplace organization, compensation for work, control of the workplace, energy source used to fuel economy, and scale (how big is it?) of the economy among many other things. 3.Students must include 15 concepts from course texts and discussions. It is important that you identify these ideas and cite the texts properly with parenthetical citations. For example: 4.The authors write that “through their pension funds and savings programs, workers own substantial wealth in this country” (Collins and Yeskel, 156). 5.This citation style shows the reader that the quote came from the book by authors Collins and Yeskel and can be found on page 156. In the bibliography you will write: Collins, Chuck and Felice Yeskel. 2005. Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity. New York: The New Press. In your description of an ideal economy you will address the following questions: Who owns the means of production? Who works? How is work compensated? Where do materials come from? What things are produced? How is that determined? How are things distributed? What energy source is used to produce, distribute and consume? Who owns the product of labor? Who owns the land? What is the nature of land use? How are necessities of life including housing, food, water and health care distributed? Are there classes? What are they? How is this determined? What is the ultimate goal of the economy? You must also state what you mean by ‘fair.’ What principles determine fairness? How does your economy maintain those principles? You will be graded on use of course materials, ability to articulate your argument, logic, and thoroughness of argument. You MUST address all of the key issues in any economy: ownership, work, energy, scale, factors of production, distribution and environmental and social effects. It must be typed in 12 pt. font with default margins.