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The task is to get an insight into the world of international finance, the immensity of economic speculations and how this leads to global financial crisis and instability.
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In the 1980s, President Reagan of USA and prime minister Thatcher of UK became leading supporters of neo-liberal economic policies. The neo-liberals wanted to do away with all economic reforms since the 1930s, whereby capitalist countries had introduced a “mixed economy” with elements of socialism, such as government owned industries, a social welfare system for workers, and restrictions on big businesses. Thatcher privatised mines and the postal system and destroyed the labour unions so that big companies could reduce wages. Reagan lowered the taxes for the rich from 70% to 30% of their income, making it possible for the very rich to become very much richer.<br /> The following presidents have continued these policies in USA, and USA has pressured nations around the world to adopt similar policies that are very good for the very rich and bad for most other people and in particular the poor.<br /> During Bill Clinton, many restrictions on financial speculation by big banks and the stock market in Wall Street were removed. These restrictions had been created after the Great Depression in the 1930s that was provoked by financial speculation that led to a few making a lot of money while most investors lost much of their wealth.<br /> <br /> Now, however, the Clinton advisors claimed the economic realities had changed so that there could not be another Great Depression.<br /> In 2008, the world saw that this was quite wrong, because a new grave financial crisis was unfolding. This time George W. Bush and later Obama’s administration did not react (as had been the case in the 1930s) by restricting the bankers, who had created the crisis. Instead they paid out trillions of dollars to big banks so that they could escape bankruptcy. Similar policies are still pursued both in USA and Europe, and the crisis that started in 2008 will not go away. This is leading to record unemployment and deepening crisis, particularly in Southern Europe. In Spain today 25% are unemployed.
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br /> 1. The teacher gives a brief presentation of what this course is about<br /> <br /> 2. Read in groups the texts F1-F3.<br /> <br /> 3. See together the film F4.<br /> <br /> 4. Discuss main points and decide on themes that would be well suited for a drama. Divide into groups and give each group one of the themes.<br /> <br /> 5. The groups prepare a 5-10 minute skit about their theme.<br /> <br /> 6. The groups show their skits to each other.<br /> <br /> 7. Final conclusion in common on the nature of the current economic crisis, its causes and what people might do about it.</div>
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