Write 500 words on this topic: “Price controls are people controls.” Prices are born from bidding. Supply and demand is a factor as well, but bidding is the main part. Sellers compete with sellers to sell products at the lowest profitable price. Buyers compete with buyers to buy products at the highest reasonable price. They … More Government 1A, W8/L40 – Price Controls are People Controls
Writing assignment: 250 words. “Why shouldn’t I borrow to buy something that depreciates?” Borrowing money means you eventually have to pay that money back. In order to do that, you need to make back the money you borrowed so you can pay it to your creditors. If you use borrowed money to buy a consumer … More Business I, W9/L45 – Don’t Borrow Something That Depreciates
Writing assignment: 500 words on this topic, “Who should have the authority to set prices, the free market or the state? Why?” The free market should have the authority to set prices because the free market uses a feedback system to determine prices, whereas the government is just guessing. The government may have statistics, but … More Government 1A, W7/L35 – Authority to Set Prices: Free Market vs the State
Writing assignment, 250 words. “What would I have to give up in order to save 10% of my income?” This essay stumped me for a minute because I do not actually have any expenses. I do not regularly spend my money, rather I spend every now and again on food or a cool t-shirt when … More Business I, W8/L40 – What I’d Have to Give Up to Save 10% of my Income
(1) What was English life like under Oliver Cromwell? Oliver Cromwell had two main goals. He wanted to restore order after the turmoil from the English Civil War, and he wanted to foster piety and morality among the citizens of England. In order to do this, he governed with Puritan law, instating dress codes, punishing … More Western Civilization II, W6/L30 – Oliver Cromwell and John Locke
Topic 1: “What are three goals that I am committing to achieve by age 70? Why?” (250 words) I am committing to achieving three things by age 70. I want to visit every country in the world at least once, be worth multiple millions, and own properties in New York City and somewhere mountainous, like … More Business I, W7/L35 – Goals I’m Committing to Achieve by Age 70
(1) What kinds of ideas were the “eutopians” promoting? Why is it perhaps not a coincidence that this desire to rethink the organization of society emerged in the sixteenth century in particular? The Eutopians advocated for an artificial hierarchy, meaning they thought that the public should decide to give someone a title rather than … More Western Civilization II, W5/L25 – The Thirty Years’ War, the English Civil War, and the Levellers
Writing assignment: 250 words on this. “How much money won’t I have at age 70 if I keep watching TV? Is TV worth this?” Unlike many people my age, I do not watch TV unless I’m sitting with my family and they want to watch a movie. TV watching is more of a family bonding … More Business I, W6/L30 – How Much Money I Won’t Have at Age 70 If I Keep Watching YouTube
Write 250 words on this proposition: “Online education is bad for society because it puts classroom teachers out of work.” Arguments like this pop up all the time. “such and such new invention is bad for society because it puts this old invention out of work.” But is that really such a bad thing? Yes, … More Government 1A, W3/L15 – “Online Education is Bad for Society Because it Puts Classroom Teachers Out of Work”
(1) What were the causes and consequences of the Spanish revolt that occurred after Charles left to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor? The causes of the Spanish revolt were that Charles V was disconnected from the Spanish. They saw him as an outsider, and it did not help that he appointed his own people as … More Western Civilization II, W4/L20 – The Spanish and Dutch Revolts, the French Wars of Religion, and Elizabeth I’s Religious Policy
Sofia the First 