*Take a few moments to find out about Kiva and Apoyo Integral. Sam Baker, a graduate of Santa Clara University and now a Kiva Fellow working to promote microfinancing in rural El Salvador, will visit CISS on Wednesday, September 2 to add some "real-life perspective" to our economics course.
*Visit Kiva to learn about a website and movement that allows people to choose who and how they support others in need. . .moving away from the models which promote simple charity towards a new concept which helps people help other people help themselves.
*Read Sam's Article, "Mi Casa, Tu Casa: A Kiva Fellow at the Apoyo Intergral Field Partner in El Salvador," about his experience working to combine micro-financing and technical assistance in homebuilding to benefit those living in the Salvadoran countryside or "iPhone Water Pump" about merging technology and grass-roots development.
Human Capital
For further reading: "Human Capital" by Gary S. Becker from the Library of Economics and Liberty
Chapter 1 Online Review
Click here for an online review with section summaries and practice quizzes by the publishers of your textbook.
August & September 2009 Assignment Calendar
Welcome back to school and to the wonderful world of economics!!! You can find the class topic & assignment calender by clicking here.
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