Skip to main content

Home/ Economics and Government 2010/ CHAPTER 2: Answering the three Questions of Economics
Jim Brinling

CHAPTER 2: Answering the three Questions of Economics - 17 views

NPR economics EG10 traditional

started by Jim Brinling on 02 Feb 10
  • Jim Brinling
    #1 Jim Brinling on 02 Feb 10
     
    Listening to the NPR podcast of "Brazil River Dispute Highlights Larger Issue", we can see several concepts relating to the majors themes of this chapter.

    Deciding WHAT is produced, HOW it is produced, and WHO gets to consume the goods and services is at the heart of decisions regarding resources.

    The River and Dam projects would benefit many citizens, but at what cost?

    Describe your "Take-Aways" from the podcast in the disucssion topic.
  • Jordan F
    #4 Jordan F on 03 Feb 10
     
    My take aways are that they are making a hydro electric plant. It would be a 2.3 billion venture. It would cost 12 million dollors. It would also take 7,500 million arcs. I feel bad for the people of the forest who believe that god is all aspects of earth and if one element is gone, in this case water, they would lose there god.
  • Haley C
    #5 Haley C on 03 Feb 10
     
    If they built the dam, it would cause people who have lived there for generations and generations to move. The people who live there right now have barely anything to eat, they're short of fish, and they don't earn very much money. But on the other hand, if they built the dam, it will help a lot of other people. It will serve as a hydroelectric power plant. So its a toss up. Build the dam, or don't build the dam.
  • Katrina S
    #6 Katrina S on 03 Feb 10
     
    old dams and polution stop the population of the fish, taking foods away that we may need. without water earth sun and the moon we will not be alive becouse all of our sources would not exist
  • Nathanael F
    #7 Nathanael F on 03 Feb 10
     
    If they build the dam, it will increase job rates period, which is a good thing for their economy. However, the question at hand, is it really worth the $2.3 Billion dollar cost, the amount of time it's going to take to build the dam, kicking out a tribal group off their land that they have occupied for many many years, they have literally been living off the land, and if the dam is built, they will not only lose their land, but also their god. Along with loosing all that, hundreds of acres of forest and fields would be also destroyed. I personally don't think it's worth all the risk, time and energy, with there only being one million jobs available, grant it, that's a lot of jobs, but still not everyone in Brazil will have a job. They just need to make the right choice, either build the dam, or just not build the dam, or maybe just find a different way to build it.
  • Leah W
    #8 Leah W on 03 Feb 10
     
    I think that they should not build the hydroelectric dams in brazil because the people living there are claiming there already isnt much fish in the river and adding these dams will only make it harder for them to find food. The people that live there have been protesting because they already struggle with the water supply and also its their land and they should have a say in it. This would not be a good idea because it would only make the life of the people that live there alot harder

To Top

Start a New Topic » « Back to the Economics and Government 2010 group