Topic 7 – Markets: An economic system built on individualism and economic choices in which racism and inequality are embedded
● 1 Page: Identify how property rights are used to justify continued inequality, and how this played out in terms of the interdependence of Southern slave markets and
international trade in Northern states.
● 1 Page: Analyze how the absence of care and interconnectedness in these
systems contributed to the creation and maintenance of inequality in healthcare,
and describe how this played out in the COVID-19 pandemic.
● 1 Page: Explain how you think global markets could better foster and reduce
inequality
● ½ Page: What is something concrete you can do, going forward, based on what you’ve learned in this topic?
international trade in Northern states.
● 1 Page: Analyze how the absence of care and interconnectedness in these
systems contributed to the creation and maintenance of inequality in healthcare,
and describe how this played out in the COVID-19 pandemic.
● 1 Page: Explain how you think global markets could better foster and reduce
inequality
● ½ Page: What is something concrete you can do, going forward, based on what you’ve learned in this topic?
Use of Artificial Intelligence Models
Artificial intelligence (AI) language models, such as ChatGPT, and online assignment help tools, such as Chegg®, are examples of generative tools that can create responses to questions and prompts, including those within this course.
● Learning the material in this course requires thoughtful completion of all exercises in the course through the completion of your own work. Therefore, the use of AI language models and other generative tools is prohibited. Given this prohibition, any use of these technologies to create and submit work in this course shall constitute a violation of the College’s policy on Academic Honesty.
Consequences of Violating the policy:
● Submitting work not in compliance with academic honesty requirements stated herein and/or not in compliance with any other substantial portion of the academic honesty guidelines will result in receiving an F for the entire course and the possibility of being removed from the degree program.
● Submitting work not in compliance with academic honesty requirements stated herein and/or not in compliance with any other substantial portion of the academic honesty guidelines will result in receiving an F for the entire course and the possibility of being removed from the degree program.
ALL WORK MUSt BE SUBMITTED THROUGH TURNITIN
Writing Expectations
● Writing quality is taken into consideration when grading assignments.
● All writing must conform to standards for writing English, contain appropriate citations when using other work, and be written in a logical fashion.
● Critical thinking applied to the works read for the course or discussed in class is expected. Simply summarizing or reporting on the other material is insufficient and counts against you in the grading of your work.
● When relevant, written material must be persuasive.
● Papers should be succinct, minimizing repetitive or excessive material that serves only to demonstrate that you’ve read the assigned material.
● In your papers, unless you are discussing religion, you THINK of/about
something, you do not BELIEVE.
● The use of questions as a device is allowed, provided you then answer the question with what you think.
● All written work should be typed. It should be double-spaced using a standard type (e.g. Times New Roman 12) with standard 1-inch margins.
● It is not permissible to change or manipulate margins, font type, or spacing etc. in order to increase or decrease the number of words per page.
● All written assignments are to be done in Microsoft Word format, or compatible with that format.
● Supplemental materials must be compatible with Microsoft Office.
● Improperly formatted material precluding the professor from accessing it is considered not submitted.
● If you take a view that is contrary to instructional material, you must provide cogent reasons based on multiple trustworthy sources supporting your view. You cannot merely claim you disagree
● Writing quality is taken into consideration when grading assignments.
● All writing must conform to standards for writing English, contain appropriate citations when using other work, and be written in a logical fashion.
● Critical thinking applied to the works read for the course or discussed in class is expected. Simply summarizing or reporting on the other material is insufficient and counts against you in the grading of your work.
● When relevant, written material must be persuasive.
● Papers should be succinct, minimizing repetitive or excessive material that serves only to demonstrate that you’ve read the assigned material.
● In your papers, unless you are discussing religion, you THINK of/about
something, you do not BELIEVE.
● The use of questions as a device is allowed, provided you then answer the question with what you think.
● All written work should be typed. It should be double-spaced using a standard type (e.g. Times New Roman 12) with standard 1-inch margins.
● It is not permissible to change or manipulate margins, font type, or spacing etc. in order to increase or decrease the number of words per page.
● All written assignments are to be done in Microsoft Word format, or compatible with that format.
● Supplemental materials must be compatible with Microsoft Office.
● Improperly formatted material precluding the professor from accessing it is considered not submitted.
● If you take a view that is contrary to instructional material, you must provide cogent reasons based on multiple trustworthy sources supporting your view. You cannot merely claim you disagree
Sources
● It is necessary that your assertions be supported by citations from scholarly sources
● Generally, scholarly sources are peer-reviewed journal articles and academic manuscripts.
● Exercise extreme caution in your writing on topics that you cannot find scholarly source material for.
Citations
● Unless otherwise stated, all written work must contain proper citations.
● All written work must comply with the citation guidelines set forth in the most current version of the APA style manual or the Chicago B style. Alternative styles are acceptable, provided it is commonly used and applied consistently.
● You can use citation software. However, you are ultimately responsible for the end product and any errors that occur. It is strongly recommended you become familiar with the software before using it.
● Assignments are marked down an entire grade level for each improper or missing citation.
● Failure to provide proper citations for a source may constitute plagiarism and be reported, and result in an F for the assignment.
● If more than one paper is submitted where there is a failure to properly cite you will receive an F for the course
● It is necessary that your assertions be supported by citations from scholarly sources
● Generally, scholarly sources are peer-reviewed journal articles and academic manuscripts.
● Exercise extreme caution in your writing on topics that you cannot find scholarly source material for.
Citations
● Unless otherwise stated, all written work must contain proper citations.
● All written work must comply with the citation guidelines set forth in the most current version of the APA style manual or the Chicago B style. Alternative styles are acceptable, provided it is commonly used and applied consistently.
● You can use citation software. However, you are ultimately responsible for the end product and any errors that occur. It is strongly recommended you become familiar with the software before using it.
● Assignments are marked down an entire grade level for each improper or missing citation.
● Failure to provide proper citations for a source may constitute plagiarism and be reported, and result in an F for the assignment.
● If more than one paper is submitted where there is a failure to properly cite you will receive an F for the course
Readings
Wilson, C. (1996). Racism: From slavery to advanced capitalism. Thousand Oaks: Sage. (Chapter 4)
Wilson, C. (1996). Racism: From slavery to advanced capitalism. Thousand Oaks: Sage. (Chapter 4)
Cook, L. and Logan, T. (2020). Racial Inequality. Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP). Policy Brief 27. https://econfip.org/policy-briefs/racial-inequality/
Deaton, A. (2021). COVID-19 and Global Income Inequality. (No. w28392). NationalBureau of Economic Research. http://www.nber.org/papers/w28392
Deaton, A. (2013). What does the empirical evidence tell us about the injustice of health inequalities. In N. Eyal and others (Eds.), Inequalities in health: concepts, measures and ethics. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press
DO NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES ONLY THE ONES ATTACHED AND AVOID USING QUOTE AND NO BLOCK QUOTES.