each paragraph should be its own little paper. also delve into your research!

I MISSED THIS DAY OF CLASS

very similar to the 11th article of faith

even more so today, when I have classmates who are half Croatian, half Navajo, half Greek, half Norweigan...

kind of the same idea as the tortoise and the hare

the three things more taxing than government taxes

azafate: flight attendant; also aeromoza la trama: the plot

John Ames talks about the courage it takes to see clearly (in regards to Jack, but it is a broader principle)

the idea of the one and the many

what might this look like in Haiti?

oh okay here is an answer to my previously asked question

so then what indicators do we use?

maybe it's there but people just don't recognize it

how is negative religious coping defined?

shades of the prisonhouse descend

tienes que usar la forma de usted

I'm thinking that some of these informal jobs might include bateys

these numbers are somewhat signifciantly different from those on the Restavek website

pay attention to the theory on signs

1- articúlo y multiple choice 2- conversación con un compañero por 5 o 6 minutos 3- presentación- se hace sola, solamente debe durar por 2 o 3 minutos

pay attention to the organization, the writing style

send this first to Elaina

Similar to fears of a demagogue- but also makes me think of the principle of the elephant and the rider

poses an interesting question- how do things appear in the original Realm of Forms? Do they even have an appearance in the way that we understand (tangible, visual)

maybe we should call this craftsman "the maker of the real", or, in other words, the Divine

in the CIA factbook it also talks about corruptedness in the judicial system has made it difficult to enforce anti-human trafficking laws

how much of their national budget is being spent on security/armed forces? where is the rest of that money going?

i know nothing about this but it still seems like a really small number

this doesn't add up- where do the rest of their imports coming from? or are they just all split up over a myriad of other countries?

huge discrepancies here between men and women in government

why only 10 filled?

it's interesting how they include the native language terms- implies that there is something to be found within them that might be missing from an English standpoint

reminds me again of the reality of artificial borders and the ongoing effects of colonialism

are there are any efforts to recycle?

this right here is death by a thousand cuts- maybe part of the issue was a lack of environmental regulation

there is a fairly significant discrepancy between boys and girls' education- what are the underlying causes of this? Why is it that almost 40% are still illiterate?

one of the lowest expenditure rates in the world

doesn't give a ranking in regards to how that number compares to the rest of the world

to me that's just a really interesting cultural element and a fascinating hybrid of belief systems- I'm curious as to how that looks in practice and if it bears any similarity to the kinds of cultural synchronism that happened in Latinoamerica, as with the Virgin Guadlupe and Dia de los muertos

makes me think of the conflict with DR portrayed in Death by a Thousand Cuts

se trata de tí, pero tienes que escribir en la tercera persona- un autobiografía

interesting- what does this entail? what does the government need to accomplish in order for this to be safe?

very interesting analogy- when he first described such a creature, I thought of Christ- although it is interesting to think of the symbology of alpha and omega and how that relates to dogs

basically the whole idea of american heritage

speaking of macrocosms

points to an inherent desire towards morality

what a slapback from Socrates- that one's own mind can provide the best rewards and worst punishments

a handy summary

again, this idea of gods who are movable and fallible and very humanistic

interesting- the reference to sea-waters yielding fish reminds me of biblical stories of Christ's miracles upon the waters- but here those powers of heaven are relegated to the whims of the gods

this is kind of a different view than a Christian viewpoint, as in the widow's mite, that it doesn't matter how much you give as long as it is intrinsically signifcant

reminds me a bit of someone like Boo Radley or even, in some ways, Jesus

this is a tricky thing- this person must be THOUGHT of as immoral because otherwise, their intentions could be clouded by worldliness

people sing the praises of those who refuse immorality even though inwardly they think it is a foolish move

a rather dark view of human nature, as Dr. Pope says

very intersting

morality is good in itself and brings pleasant consequences as well

William Bradford (all the way through "the first thanksgiving")

Anne Broadstreet and Mary Rowlandson (all of each of these)

Thomas Jefferson: Dec. of Independence, Notes on the State of virginia through laws (slavery)

Benjamin Franklin (The Way to Wealth) and Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America

Jonathan Edwards- sinners in the hands of an angry god

John Smith

two ideas: Hindu temples and specifically the fractals as a representation of Brahma; Islam sculptures/art and their portrayal of flowers and geometric designs as representation OR: you could look at something like Chronicles of Narnia (although that may be overused in analysis), Screwtape Letters, or A Wrinkle in Time

A demagogue or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through oratory that whips up the passions of crowds, appealing to emotion by scapegoating out-groups, exaggerating dangers to stoke fears, lying for emotional effect

125- Trump's idea about truth is that he can force people into accepting new realities, even though they may be blatantly false, because of his power 126- he is attacking the existence of objective reality 127- social epistemology: how society itself arrives at a common understanding of truth. we need a critical mass to agree on truth in order to move forward 128- constitution of knowledge= a system of rules for identifying truth 131- see this page for an explanation of why trolls are so effective in getting air-time, even as defenders of truth are trying to disseminate them bottom of 132- an outline of factors that have begun really redeconstructing the constitution of knowledge, including: 1. social media, 2. software learning to hack our brains, and 3. the clickbait economy creating a business model 134 top- the difficulty today, especially with a leader like Trump in comparison to the Flat Earth Society, is that he is so big and public that he can't be marginalized. 136- his comments about the CDC standing its ground as an institution in the constitution of knowledge feel slightly prophetic in the wake of COVID-19. Also, the comments about conservatives in university settings resonated strongly with the Open Mind training.

there are 7 board members (appointed for 14 year terms) and 12 banks.

The Phillips curve shows the combinations of inflation and unemployment that arise in the short run as shifts in the aggregate-demand curve move the economy along the short-run aggregate-supply curve

the additional shifts in aggregate demand that result when expansionary fiscal policy increases income and thereby increases consumer spending

The impact of an increase in government purchases on the interest rate and the level of investment spending is known as the crowding-out effect

According to the sticky-wage theory, the short-run aggregate supply curve slopes upward because nominal wages are slow to adjust to economic conditions

changes in the quantity of money impact only nominal prices, not production (monetary neutrality)

an explanation of dollar appreciation: he rise in the nominal exchange rate for the U.S. dollar–Mexican peso implies that the Mexican peso increases in value, or appreciates, relative to the U.S. dollar. Whereas it cost about $0.09 to buy MXN 1.00 previously, it now costs about $0.11. The Mexican peso has gained value relative to the U.S. dollar—more dollars are now required to obtain MXN 1.00. This means that the U.S. dollar loses value, or depreciates, relative to the Mexican peso.

these include menu costs, shoe leather costs, and unit of account costs

open market operations- to decrease the money supply, the Fed will sell bonds, and to increase it, the Fed will buy bonds

To calculate the velocity of money, divide the value of output (nominal GDP) by the quantity of money. Let V be the velocity of money, P be the price level, Y be the quantity of output (real GDP), and M be the quantity of money. Recall that nominal output is the value of current output measured with current prices, or P×Y.

as the price level falls, the value of money rises because the same amount of money can buy more of a good also, P=price level

the reciprocal of the reserve ratio!

two measures of the money stock, which are shown below: M1:Currency, demand deposits, traveler’s checks, other checkable deposits. M2:M1, savings deposits, small time deposits, money market mutual funds, a few minor categories.

a note on liquidity: Liquidity refers to how quickly an asset can be converted into a medium of exchange. Also: Money taking the form of a commodity with intrinsic value is known as commodity money. An item has intrinsic value if it has value outside of its use as money. Cigarettes are used as a medium of exchange by American prisoners, but they also have value outside of their use as money. Specifically, cigarettes can be smoked. Money whose value derives from government decree is known as fiat money.

the idea of using money as a measuring stick of value

Total unemployment is the sum of frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment. If there is no cyclical unemployment, the economy is at its natural rate of unemployment, equal to the sum of frictional and structural unemployment.

Cyclical unemployment is the form of unemployment associated with business cycles. This kind of unemployment rises during recessions and falls during expansions.

in this market, the x axis is the amount of loanable funds and the y axis is interest rate

Investment is spending on new capital, such as machines, equipment, tools, or buildings. Also note that spending on new residences is the one component of household expenditures that counts toward investment spending, rather than consumption, in national income accounting.

At the household level, saving is what's left over after subtracting taxes paid and consumption from household income. Depositing unspent income in a bank is an act of saving, as is using unspent income to purchase stocks or bonds.

T-G (money leftover in the tax revenue after accounting for government purchases)

Y-C-T (money left over from GDP after consumption and taxes)

Y - C - G, which also equals investment savings 

Debt finance is the sale of bonds to raise funds. Equity finance is the sale of stock. When a firm encounters financial difficulty, the firm is obligated to pay off bondholders before giving anything to stockholders. Stockholders, however, stand to gain more if a firm is profitable.