{"id":33985,"date":"2012-11-13T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=33985"},"modified":"2012-11-28T14:33:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T19:33:50","slug":"business-and-economics-majors-please-meet-your-philosophy-religion-political-science-majors-in-room-10and-heres-what-you-need-to-discuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/11\/13\/business-and-economics-majors-please-meet-your-philosophy-religion-political-science-majors-in-room-10and-heres-what-you-need-to-discuss\/","title":{"rendered":"Business and Economics majors, please meet your Philosophy, Religion, Political Science majors in Room 10\u2026and here\u2019s what you need to discuss."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>To students studying Business, Economics, Religion, Political Science, and Philosophy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Please consider &#8212; and research\/define where necessary &#8212; the following items occurring in the United States today.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fiscal cliff.<br \/>\nThe U.S. debt limit.<br \/>\nFederal spending vs. revenue.<br \/>\nPrinting money and it&#8217;s potential impact on inflation.<br \/>\nRecent election results.<br \/>\nA global economy; global competition.<br \/>\nThe place\/role of money.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Race-Against-Machine-Accelerating-ebook\/dp\/B005WTR4ZI\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1320776267&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Race against the machine<\/a>; also see <a href=\"http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2012\/11\/12\/1-million-robots-to-replace-1-million-human-jobs-at-foxconn-first-robots-have-arrived\/\" target=\"_blank\">this posting.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%206:%2019-34&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 6:19-34<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Then, please discuss\/answer the following questions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li>What makes our debt risky? On a national level? On the money and banking level? On a personal level?<\/li>\n<li>What are your thoughts about the following items:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=why+are+billionaires+dumping+stocks\" target=\"_blank\">Why are billionaires dumping stocks?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Aftershock-Protect-Yourself-Financial-Meltdown\/dp\/0470918144\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1311858242&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Aftershock <\/a>&#8212; the book by Wiedemer, Wiedemer, &amp; Spitzer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What implications do you see in these items? Will they be impacting you and\/or your future?\n<ul>\n<li>Are there political ramifications for this?<\/li>\n<li>Are there spiritual ramifications for this?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Could the U.S. be heading for trouble? If you say yes, what support do you have for this assertion? If you say no, what do you support your argument with?<\/li>\n<li>Do you think we are a divided nation? What support do you have for this perspective?<\/li>\n<li>What characteristics of leadership would you most like to see at this point in time?<\/li>\n<li>After reading <a href=\"Matthew 6:19-34 http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%206:%2019-34&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 6:19-34<\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If you, personally, lost everything you had, what would that do to you emotionally? Physically? Spiritually? <\/span><\/em>That is, if our savings <em>completely<\/em> dried up, what would life be like for us as a society? What would that do to our hearts?\u00a0 To our perspectives\/worldviews\/priorities? How we choose to spend our time? What would it do to our view of God?\u00a0 To our view of ourselves?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Some other resources to consider:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2012\/11\/08\/news\/economy\/fiscal-cliff-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBO warns of fiscal cliff risk<\/a> &#8212; from CNN Money by Jeanne Sahadi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2012\/11\/08\/news\/economy\/fiscal-cliff\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s in the fiscal cliff?<\/a> &#8212; from CNN Money by Jeanne Sahadi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2012\/11\/27\/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fiscal-cliff-in-one-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fiscal Cliff: Absolutely everything you could possibly need to know, in one FAQ<\/a> &#8212; from washingtonpost.com by Suzy Khimm, Ezra Klein, Dylan Matthews and Brad Plumer (on November 27, 2012 at 9:00 am)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/robb-mandelbaum\/inside-the-new-fiscal-cliff-battle.html\" target=\"_blank\">Post-election calm? Nope. What you need to know about the fiscal cliff<\/a> &#8212; from inc.com by Robb Mandelbaum<br \/>\n<em>Officials in Washington wasted no time in setting themselves heading straight toward the precipice. What does the &#8220;fiscal cliff&#8221; mean for your business?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thomsonreuters.com\/index.php\/u-s-federal-debt-and-fiscal-cliff-graphic-of-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"federal deb and fiscal cliff - graphic of the day\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thomsonreuters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/fiscal-cliff.jpg\" alt=\"fiscal cliff\" width=\"560\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To students studying Business, Economics, Religion, Political Science, and Philosophy: &nbsp; Please consider &#8212; and research\/define where necessary &#8212; the following items occurring in the United States today.\u00a0 The fiscal cliff. The U.S. debt limit. Federal spending vs. revenue. Printing money and it&#8217;s potential impact on inflation. Recent election results. A global economy; global competition. 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