Assignment+Due+May+23rd

Watch and write a takeaway and a question about the following video: [|Harvard Thinks Big 2: "Citizens" - Lawrence Lessig] []

Read and write a takeaway and a question about the following excerpt from ** “Buddhist Economics”, from __Small is Beautiful__, by Eric Schumacher ** ** (Harper & Row. New York. 1973.) ** (This is in a different format from the handout, but is the same text in case you need an online version.)

Read and write a takeaway and question of the following excerpt from Adam Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiment">

As promised, below is the definition of capitalism that we read in class:

A working definition of capitalism is "a system in which the production and distribution of goods is entrust e d primarily to the market mechanism, based on private ownership of property, and on exchange between legally free individuals." Notice that this definition is not pur e ly "economic," for "private" property and legally free individuals exist only because there are political mechanisms that protect individuals from having their persons and property seized by others. From: "The Mind and the Market" by Jerry Z. Muller: Alfred A. Knopf 2002, page xvii.

FYI Here is the article questioning how far technology for energy efficiency will help us: