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Friday’s Discussion

Friday’s Discussion. On Friday, 3/14, we will have another structured academic controversy discussion. This time it will be about dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II.

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Friday’s Discussion

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  1. Friday’s Discussion On Friday, 3/14, we will have another structured academic controversy discussion. This time it will be about dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II. On a quarter sheet of paper, write your name and which side you would prefer to be on: the U.S. was justified or the bombs were NOT justified. Be advised, you may not get your choice.

  2. Global Great Depression

  3. Global Great Depression What do these numbers mean to the economy of a state? What do they mean to the common person?

  4. Global Great Depression German children using Deutsche Marks as building blocks. Due to inflation, the currency was practically worthless.

  5. Global Great Depression The graph on the following slide equalizes all GDP numbers at 100 for 1929. This allows us to see the growth or decline in a state’s GDP in the subsequent years in relation to one another. Which three states had the greatest levels of GDP growth by 1937? What do these states have in common? Which two states had declined the greatest by 1933? GDP = Consumer spending + business investment + government spending + net exports It is the standard measure of the size of an economy.

  6. Source: Maddison, A. (2003),The World Economy: Historical Statistics, Development Centre Studies, OECD Publishing.

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