ECONOMICS First-Year Studies: Economic Issues Ms. Power Arron Howland x6697 War As Work. An in-depth look at war as a form of work-using World War II as the main subject matter. Commentaries and personal accounts (oral histories) are primary sources for the project (especially The Great War by Studs Terkel). Katherine Johnstone x6789 (Tentative) Marijuana Legalization: Research and Debates. Look at the studies on marijuana and its effects and the dynamics of the research projects. Also a look at the reason for one argument against legalization. A look at the Netherlands where it has been legal since 1976. Joshua Kleiman x6739 Military Spending: Where Do We Go From Here? Increased technological needs by the military will not decrease military spending from cold war levels in the near future. But, until the public becomes more educated in military strategy we will not be able to make decisions to decrease spending in the future. Christian Lickfett x6827 New Games, New Rules, New Strategies-An Investigation in the New Global Capitalism. Larla Maloney x6664 Economics of Educational Reform. I'm studying experiments in reform, including charter and magnet schools and voucher programs. Vikram Mathew 395-3088 Electronic Cash: The New Paper Money? A study of the history and future of electronic cash. I hope to examine the relationship between fiscal and monetary policy on electronic cash, and possible government regulation on electronic cash. Katherine McKay x6671 Overpopulation: Link to Third-World Poverty. A study of overpopulation policies in both 1st world and 3rd World countries and the effect they have on the standard of living in those countries. Are these population measures necessary? What are the ramifications and benefits of these policies? Janine Schall-Emden x6885 Nicaragua Land Reform. The Land Reform can be used as an indicator of social well-being, and how it changes with different governments. Mary Staub x6839 The Development of the Oil Industry. How and why it has led to tense U.S.-Middle Eastern relationships. Arisa White x6791 Researching the NYC educational system, the funding and how money is being used. Then I would design my own budget for funds allocated to the school system. Adrienne Willis x6552 Economics of Film Production. Field work experience with production management with Lakeshore Entertainment on a feature film in New York. History of Economic Thought Ms. Power Amanda Byer x6780 Joan Robinson. A biographical paper that describes her life and works through her social philosophy. Kathleen Flynn x6462 Socialist theory and Practice in the Young Soviet Union. This project will trace the evolution of the theories and policies of the early days of the Soviet Union, attempting to understand how and why Soviet Communism failed to achieve its goals. Van Hong x6862 The Defense of Free Trade. In light of obvious present-day circumstances in which free trade has allowed for detrimental social and environmental practices by business, I am examining the free trade school's defense in response. Genevieve Langdon The Fourth Century Athenian Economy. A comparison of the methodology of two economic historians, Sir Moses Finley and Ethan Cohen. Adrian Loder x6455 European Monetary Union. The object is to research both the basis of EMU and where it's headed/likelihood for success, as well as what the underlying economic theory behind it is, and lastly what criticism of EMU is going around. Mara Lea Lutino x6423 The Effect of Globalization on Brazil. To understand the economic history of Brazil that leads to today's current economy. This review questions what previous economic models were used, and how they interacted with the world market. James Shaner x6898 Haitian Economics Since 1986. This project examines the economic changes brought about since the end of the Duvalier rule, including a ficus on Aristide's presidency, the development of popular agrarian groups, and the influence of the United States. Katherine Verrill x6877 The International Monetary Fund and Structural Adjustment Policies. This project examines the development of the I.M.F's structural adjustment policies by looking at the specific cases in Latin America, Africa, and the new policies in Southeast Asia. Markets and Hierarchies: Economic Systems in History and Theory Mr. Roosevelt Fabiola Berdiel x2679 Restructuring the Economy in Cuba. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the strengthening of the US embargo, Cuba has been facing serious economic problems. This conference work explores various possibilities for restructuring Cuba's economy without sacrificing its socialist values and achievements. Allyce Bess x6581 The Transition to Capitalism in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has been the most successful central European state to make the post-communist transition to a capitalist society, but its decision to move to a capitalist economic system should be questioned. Does an unrestricted market economy serve the best interests of its citizens? This study will first address this question and will go on to explore other economic options for the Czech people such as market socialism or the Swedish welfare state. Amber Bruno x6959 Russia in Transition: Salvation or Disaster? An examination of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the transition to a capitalist economy in Russia. Of particular interest is the changing size, role, and financing of government activities. Curran De Rochfort-Reynolds x6508 Socialism 2000. Even in the wake of the fall of socialism in the Soviet Union, visions of a socialist future persist in the minds of people seeking a more equitable economy and a more democratic society. I will analyze some of these visions, including market socialism and participatory planning, and will try to evaluate them in the context of our modern world as we enter the 21st century. Max Ekstrom (914) 793-7414 Chinese Banking: Current Events and Historical Perspective. The People's Republic of China has a banking system that is radically different from ones in other countries. This system is reaching a crisis point in today's turbulent Asian market. How can China avoid catastrophe? Lucy Grinell x6938 Mexican economic/political development from the Spanish Conquest to NAFTA. This work focuses on the trials and tribulations of the peasants in Mexican history from the Spanish Conquest to the present. A parallel inquiry traces the evolution of the Mexican state from a position of relative autonomy to a condition of dependency within a global capitalist world. Chris (James) Hemphill x6378 The Swedish Model. Since the 1930s Sweden has developed a set of labor market and social policies that produced a more equal and humanized form of capitalism. In recent years, however, these policies have come under attack as being inconsistent with effective participation in an increasingly integrated world capitalist economy. As Sweden goes forward within the EU, will it be able to maintain its well-established welfare state and active labor market policies, or will the "Swedish model" become only something of historical interest? Camilla Lincoln x6824 The US and South Africa: A Comparative Economic Study. Investigation of the history of racial and economic oppression in South Africa from the seventeenth century to the Apartheid regime. Examination of the relationship between the economic and political systems of the two countries -- asking what are the minimal social and economic conditions necessary for the achievement of democracy in South Africa today. Anne Millar x2681 The movement for democracy within the Teamsters Union. This study traces the origins and development of the progressive organization, Teamsters for a Democratic Union. The interesting question is: To what degree can a movement such as this be successful working within the Teamsters' Union rather than opposing it from the outside? Christina Pascarelli (914) 279-8763 US vs. Soviet managers. A comparative study of managers in US corporations today and managers of socialist enterprises in the former Soviet Union. Special attention will be paid to the hierarchical nature of production in both systems and the different implications of each system for managers' roles. Annette Ross (203) 966-8339 Canadian vs. US Health Care Systems. The US system of health care is a profit-driven system based on the principles of the free market, and it leaves millions of people uninsured and poorly cared for. The Canadian system is government-administered and financed, and provides equal access to health care for every citizen. This study will examine the strengths and weaknesses of both systems. Daniel Sobel x6931 Social Price Labeling. Exploring the possibility of putting labels on products that would provide information to consumers as to the social and environmental implications of the production of those products. The goal of such a system would be to make responsible production -- as defined by society -- profitable and thus widely adopted.