Is Paying Kids for Good Grades Wrong?

There have been several experiments by school districts at paying students for attendance, good behavior, and good grades. The most recent attempts in Washington, D.C., New York City, and even our very own Houston have shown some promising results. Money is a powerful incentive. Click on the link below, read the article, and leave your thoughts about "money for grades." Posts should be 50-75 words.

Is Paying Kids for Good Grades Wrong?

200 Best Economics Blogs For Students

200 Most Influential Economics Blogs

Click on link above to be taken to list website

Review two blogs from this list of the 200 best blogs for economics students. Make sure they are from different categories, and don't repeat one that someone else has already done. Yes I realize that this means you will have to check the previous posts to see which ones have already been reviewed. The sooner you do this one the easier it will be. Reviews need to include:
1) Content
2) Appearance
3) Ease of Navigation
4) Apparent bias
http://www.onalytica.com/blog/posts/top-200-most-influential-economics-blogs/

Worldwide News

Go to Welker's Wikinomics Economics Universe feed by following this link. Browse through the multitude of articles until you find one dealing with market structures (monopolies, oligopolies, monopolistic competition, perfect competition). Go to the article read it, and fill out the following: Source:
Article Title:
Date:
Market Structure discussed:
2-3 Sentence Synopsis of article:
You may not copy anyone else's article, so get this one done early.

Types of Market Structure

There are 4 basic types of Market Structure:
1. Perfect Competition
2. Monopolistic Competition
3. Oligopoly
4. Monopoly

Select one of the above, give me one fact about the market structure and one example of a modern day business that operates as the structure you select. Don't copy your classmate's ideas.

Super Bowl 2017 TV Ad Analysis

Many corporations spend their entire advertising budget on Super Bowl commercials.
Follow this link, Super Bowl TV Ads to the commercials from the 2017 Super Bowl. Pick one that hasn't been selected already and complete the following questions on the commercial.

1. Form- What kind of piece is it? What does it look like? Was it visually appealing?
2. Audience. To whom is the author addressing the piece? Was the message appropriate for the target  audience.
3. Topic or subject. What is the piece mainly about? What is the brand?
4. Purpose. What is the author trying to accomplish with the piece? What is the objective of the      piece?
5. Effectiveness. Did the add make you want to purchase the product?
6. Long term Effect. Did you like the ad? Will you remember this add in the future?

Once the original 66 ads have been analyzed, look on this website,Best Super Bowl Ads  for ads from previous Super Bowls and use them

School Vouchers: An Economic Debate

Do School Vouchers Improve the Quality of Education

Follow the link to the article listed above. Read the article and post your thoughts on this issue. Are you for or against school vouchers? Why? Include at least two points from one of the sources listed at the bottom of the article. Be sure to list which source you used. Do not copy the points used by any of your classmates.
Check this website for more resources both pro and con.
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/school_vouchers.htm

Supply and Demand Practice

In your response, select the first unanswered problem from the table. Give your answers to the problem and then leave a problem of your own. The first to respond will answer #2 and leave question #34, the next student to respond will answer #3 and leave #35 and so on.

Market	Event	Would the demand curve or supply curve shift?	Would the curve shift to the right or left?	Determinant Involved
1. wheat	A drought destroys much of the crop.	Supply	Left	Stoner (R) Resources/Raw Materials
2. redwood lumber	Environmentalists urge consumers to boycott redwood products.
3. cigars	A new study shows that smoking cigars results in lots of wrinkles.
4. butter	The price of margarine goes up.
5. paper	The price of wood pulp rises.
6. Hula hoops	Brad Pitt confides to People   magazine that "he gets a big kick out of his hula hoop."
7. yachts	The average price of stocks falls by over 20% between now and the end of the year.
8. gasoline	Large sports-utility vehicles   (like Suburbans and Expeditions) become more popular.
9. umbrellas	Heavy rain is forecast.
10. tofu	E. Coli bacteria is found in another meat plant.
11. gasoline	Two oil supertankers collide.
12.hamburger	The price of hamburger rises.
13.oranges	There's an early frost which   destroys much of the crop.
14. apples	A new pesticide is developed which controls tent caterpillars.
15. grapes	The National Marines Fisheries Service bans pesticide spraying within 1,000 feet of waterways containing coho salmon.
16. wine	The average wage of grape harvesters rises by 10%.
17. U.S. cars	The U.S. imposes a tariff on Japanese car imports.
18. hospital beds	Scientists discover a pill that cures cancer.
19. cement	A 7.9 earthquake hits San Francisco.
20.Video rentals	The price of getting cable TV goes up.
21. windshields	A new law is passed requiring gravel trucks to cover their loads with tarps.
22.Taxi service	Local subway workers go on strike
23.Bike helmets	The price of bicycles goes down
24.melons	The cost of water goes up.
25. Lucernemilk	The price of Safeway milk goes down.
26. jellybeans	The price of jellybeans goes up.
27.Oreo cookies	The price of milk increases.
28.Burger King whoppers	McDonald's lowers the price of Big Macs.
29. Hot dogs	60 Minutes does an expose called "The Truth about Hot Dogs."
30.Hot dog buns	The price of flour rises
31. butter	Mad Cow Disease wipes out a lot of dairy cows.
32. candles	An electric company official announces that a computer bug will likely result in power outages.
33. Cowboy boots	Old Navy launches an ad campaign called "Everyone in cowboy boots."

34. Your entry