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1. How Students Can Benefit From Online Education

   Over the years technology has progressed into a force to be reckoned with; it seems you can learn just about anything online. Previously you could do basic things like shop or get directions, and now you can literally attend school online from the comfort of your living room. Education websites proliferate the Internet and appeal to all ages; anyone can take advantage of this new shift in technology. Evaluating the pros and cons of education websites will allow you to see which ones are the choices for you.

   The obvious perks to education websites are flexibility and the multitude of choices at your fingertips. There are thousands of websites and programs to choose from, making it easy to find the perfect school that will fit your student's needs. The flexibility of education websites to supplement the traditional classroom or to replace it altogether offers families more educational options. High school students are opting for educational websites because they offer a more efficient use of time, personalized instruction, immediate feedback, and access to unlimited teaching aids.

   Another key factor in choosing online schooling is the diversity of peers; depending on what online school families choose, students could be connecting with people from all over the world. Networking with people from a wide variety of cultural perspectives puts learning in a global perspective.

   Individual pacing is another plus for many students who get to really dig deep into what interests them, bypass what they already know, and access teaching aids in real time on a grand scale. In many brick-and-mortar schools students are locked into the same pace as everyone else, making it more difficult to adequately diversify and personalize learning efficiently. Education websites allow students to take as many or as few classes at a time as they like and have a multitude of resources and teaching aids for them to utilize.

   By attending online, students and families can actually save money. Brick-and-mortar schools generally have a bevvy of annual student fees, not to mention the costs of social and athletic activities and astronomical senior year costs. There is also significant savings in transportation for students who commute back and forth to school via Mom and Dad's cars, their own cars, or even public transportation.

   Parents can access educational websites like Artifacts Teach and have instant access to thousands of objects online to engage students' curiosities, offer deep learning in core content areas, and develop valuable critical thinking skills. They have the power to enhance and expand student learning offering a bridge between prior knowledge and new information.

   Educational websites are not all designed to replace school. In many cases, they can be used to deepen understanding of classroom material. They offer students expanded exploration in areas of interest. These websites provide places for prolonged engagement, which improves learning retention.

   Teaching is my passion! I am a Colorado Social Studies Teacher who has also been training teachers across the state for the last 10 years. I believe in harnessing the power of artifacts in the classroom.

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   http://www.extension.harvard.edu/distance-education

   Over the years technology has progressed into a force to be reckoned with; it seems you can learn just about anything online. Previously you could do basic things like shop or get directions, and now you can literally attend school online from the comfort of your living room. Education websites proliferate the Internet and appeal to all ages; anyone can take advantage of this new shift in technology. Evaluating the pros and cons of education websites will allow you to see which ones are the choices for you.

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2. What's more important: equality or freedom?

   Thinking of Friedman here.

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3. Why is so much USA business moving to Canada. Why is the Canadian dollar lower than the US dollar ,when in Canada we are indated by US bus.

   Tax the mega Corporation that do business in Canada. Lower taxes for Canadian made products .

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4. Why does knowledge have increasing returns?

   Since you've started by talking about trade and the division of labor, a discussion of knowledge's effects on labor productivity would be relevant. For example, why does LeBron James play basketball better if there are other good players on his team? (Example stolen from Bill Easterly's explanation of complementarity and skill matching in Elusive Quest for Growth.)

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5. How do we develop meaningful work for many people who are (or will be) un-, under-, temporarily, or miserably employed by technology?

   I have read that we will continue to lose jobs as the impact of technology broadens. Yet meaningful work is the way many of us define our lives.

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6. Why is it so difficult to debate with socialists? Request everyday arguments like principles.

   I wanted some inputs from you on how to debate the socialists. What are those basic 7 or 8 or 10 or 13 points where they always go wrong. Something like principles which could be abstracted. For example they always go wrong in assuming that things can be planned which can be squashed by speaking to them of disasters, diseases which come unplanned. Of course they still argue that "govt can make allocation" but immediately they know (and they also know that their audience knows) that they have started treading on thin ice. One more thing for example which I have used to great effect is that against "surplus value". After allowing them to speak I just say "what if the product is not bought" and then they go silent and start saying how is it possible (it is easy to counter that with day to day examples) and then they say they will produce different products (at which time you can ask what happens to the redundant machinery) and then who pays for that. Finally you could squash the surplus value argument.

   Please understand that I come from a so called developing country (India) and would like to have these as a ready reckoner to answer socialism. Something like common fallacies of socialism and communism and how they can be countered. Thanks in advance.

   I wanted some inputs from you on how to debate the socialists. What are those basic 7 or 8 or 10 or 13 points where they always go wrong. Something like principles which could be abstracted. For example they always go wrong in assuming that things can be planned which can be squashed by speaking to them of disasters, diseases which come unplanned. Of course they still argue that "govt can make allocation" but immediately they know (and they also know that their audience knows) that they have started treading on thin ice. One more thing for example which I… more

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7. What is the value of a common currency?

   Why does a common currency work in the United States but not in the European Union? I've heard that the difference between the strengths of the German and Greek economies (for instance) make the euro union fail, but don't US states also differ in the strength of their economies--why don't we see the same destructive effects of a common currency?

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8. Why is women's clothing more expensive than men's?
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9. With specialization there is profit. So wouldn't it be beneficial to offer free collage?

   The more videos you watch the more they say specialization is key. So to specialize you need education. Would it not greatly benefit us all if we could have more people with special knowledge?

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10. Indices de impacto climatico y su influencia en los mercados emergentes
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11. What do you think would be the implications of increasing nationalism and the "Make In America" or "Make In India" campaigns?
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12. Are Neighborhood Associations an advance in local representation?

    There are an ever growing proliferation of Neighborhood Associations throughout the country but the ones in Multnomah County Oregon have been in operation for over 40 years. They claim this is the new advance in political representation at the local level but the overall effect has been more control by fewer people who are even more parochial than the bureaucrats in Town Hall.
    www.portlandonline.com/ONI is the litmus for the program.

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13. If I buy goods from a particular country (e.g. Iran), am I supporting the government and economy there?
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14. Housing - should cities be allowed to build it as a commodity - e.g., electricity. Taxes now main component of housing cost.

    Some cities are not big enough, and most do not have housing for homeless people or even working people. If cities could decide what would make their size optimal, and then provide housing - in the way that cities sometimes now provide electricity or water if there is not a vendor of these services - cities could build to an optimal size, and provide the kind of housing that meets the population needs. Currently, property tax is a huge component of housing cost, and that might go to the state. Also, the cost of property transfer within market rates due to shortages also increases the cost of housing. New York City provides much housing ... what other cities do? A negative aspect is that housing is usually just for "low income" which locks people in - sometimes having to move when they marry, for example, with no place to move because the outside prices are too high. I think there could be a mix. If cities provided the housing, such housing could be infill into areas where more is needed to improve density for public transportation and for markets. They would, of course, have to have rental rates that met costs, and even provided margin to build more housing - but buildings can last 100 or more years. Think about scale. One of the things I like most about my house is that it is paid for (except the taxes and utilities). But I feel as though I will be able to afford to live in it in my really old age - and that I have provided this for my children, as well.

    Some cities are not big enough, and most do not have housing for homeless people or even working people. If cities could decide what would make their size optimal, and then provide housing - in the way that cities sometimes now provide electricity or water if there is not a vendor of these services - cities could build to an optimal size, and provide the kind of housing that meets the population needs. Currently, property tax is a huge component of housing cost, and that might go to the state. Also, the cost of property transfer within market rates due… more

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15. how to do basic research work in economics?
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16. Money and Banking Update

    What is the fed up to over the past 8 years post recession vs what I was taught in the 1970s and 1980s. I was taught that the fed should keep a dollar worth a dollar and not to intentionally promote inflation. Compare the former open market operations with today's QE programs and direct purchases. What are the pros and cons of the new approach.

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17. What is a Market Failure?
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18. Can you please make a video of why my country Kosovo has unemployment of more than 40% even after 16 years have passed since war? I know so

    Can you please make a video of why my country Kosovo has unemployment of more than 40% even after 16 years have passed since war? I know some faults go to corrupted, incapable politicians but i want an economist point of view. Thanks!

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19. Why hasn't gobs more money past the 2009 recovery ignited high inflation?

    What would Milton Friedman say about the comparatively low levels of inflation from 2009 to 2016 despite Fed printing presses running in overdrive?

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20. Will robots replace humans in most jobs and what will that do to our society?

    See this popular video by CGP Grey:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

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