No 1:00 class Monday. (11:45 we're still on!)

I will not be able to teach the 1:00 section of Econ 122 today, Monday, Presidents' Day.

As part of the collective bargaining agreement between faculty and "management", we are required to offer some type of alternative assignment so that you, dear students, get your full money's worth.

So here is a two-point extra credit assignment. Yes, two full percentage points added to your overall grade.

Read the following article in Monday's New York Times.

Click on title below.

Company Town Relies on G.M. Long After Plants Have Closed

You may have to register to access the New York Times. If you can't or don't want to register I can email the article to you.

Assignment:

One paragraph: summarize the article. PLUS

One paragraph addressing one of the following:

A. It would suck to be mayor of Anderson, Indiana, because...

B. This just shows the dark side of capitalism...

C. This is the dried up fruit of free trade...

D. What else is new? Social Security has been propping up the rural counties of Western PA for over a generation...

This brief paper is due Friday (February 24) in class. Only in class. No sliding under the door. No email. In class.

This assignment is open to ALL students in my Econ 122 classes. (Both MWF 11:45 and 1:00)