Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Econ 115 task (11 September)

1. Form a trio.
2. Produce a 2-pager black and white infographic that feature and foreground the following information based on our Module 1 topic and drawn from the assigned reading tasks.
3. Situate and substantiate the concepts in the context of the topic for Module 1.
4. Use additional materials to broaden and deepen the discourse.
5. Provide in-text citations.
6. Ensure that all the elements in the infographics will form a coherent whole.
7. Present the ideas logically.
8. Use black background sparingly.
9. Render some of the ideas in diagram, table or graphical format.
10. Brainstorm, conceptualize and edit well.
11. E-mail the output on 17 September (9 PM).

Concepts to cover:
- vertical integration
- cronyism
- oligarchic politics
- bureaucrat capitalism
- partisan armed groups
- self-aggrandizement
- elite capture
- regulatory capture
- rent-seeking behavior
- edifice complex
- cherrypicking 
- ecological plunder
- severe poverty
- kleptocracy
- landgrabbing
- bogus land reform
- balance of payment deficit
- budget misappropriation
- offshore bank accounts
- ill-gotten wealth
- inflation
- monopoly
- peso devaluation
- nepotism
- behest loans
- white elephant
- recession
- illegitimate debt/odious debt
- tied aid
- debt mismanagement
- hunger and famine
- labor export policy
- social cost of migration
- sex tourism
- lost decades

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...