Sunday, February 12, 2006

DS 100 and Econ 101

Look for the definition(s) of the following terms/frameworks/concepts:
-non-tariff barriers
-"white elephant"
-bank of last resort
-domestic debt
-foreign debt
-debt repudiation
-internal revenue allotment
-decentralization
-devolution
-deconcentration
-privatization
-R&D
-appropriate technology (AP)
-technological divide
-I.T.-enabled services
-heavy industry
-"hard power"
-"soft power"
-transactional politics
-"sick man" of Asia
-corporate social responsibility
-information economy
-primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy
-interlocking directorates
-technocracy
-national industrialization
-volatility
-Fordism
-yellow unionism
-yellow-dog contract
-geopolitics
-geo-economics
-globalization
-glocalization
-bubble economy
-cut-throat competition
-predatory pricing
-creditworthiness
-"giantism"
-extractive industry
-isolationism
-autarky
-flag independence
-rurban
-black gold
-agricultural diversification
-Third Worldism
-revenue streams of DTI
-planned obsolescence
-neoliberalism
-Buddhist economics
-Gandhian economics
-capital goods
-import substitution
-power elite
-export-oriented
-import-dependent
-internationalization of capital
-development anthropology
-eco-feminism
-tax leakage
-luddites
-tax holidays
-reinventing government
-pump-priming
-deficit spending
-psychological pricing
-price system
-GFI
-tax evasion
-tax avoidance
-lateral attrition law
-repatriation of profit
-debt stock
-monopsony
-HYV
-MSY
-gross national hapiness
-Global South
-Global North
-decolonization
-eco-tourism
-ruthless growth
-jobless growth
-rootless growth
-voiceless growth
-futureless growth

For purposes of economy and convenience, I encourage you to do the research by group. Group study will also be very helpful.

DS 112 recorded speech (alternative theories and approaches)

Present a recorded 3-minute speech about your assigned topic. Situate it in the context of the Global South. Provide an appropriate title. P...