Class Presentations

The students were divided into groups and assigned a variety of topics to research and present to the class.  Presentations began Sunday, and below is a very brief summary of one of the groups' work.  In their own words:

Our group presentation topic was the gap between the rich and the poor in Mexico. Mexico, as a whole, is a fairly wealthy country. However, for many reasons, the wealth is so unevenly distributed between rich and poor that Mexico is one of the most economically unequal countries in the world. Boomer discussed monopolies, and the problems that arise from countries like Mexico that are controlled by them with little to no government intervention. Ryan talked about Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, who makes his fortune basically by owning Mexico. Our research indicated to us that poverty is perpetuated by these monopolies and billionaires, and we feel the government should have intervened years ago and regulated them so that they weren't able to seemingly take Mexico over.

These are a few videos that related to our topic:
Milton Friedman - Monopoly
Mexican policy on poverty
Analysis of Carlos Slim's monopoly