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| Page Last Updated: November 11, 2011 8:39 AM | |||||
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| Recommended Books | |||||
| Political Theory Readings Page | |||||
| Links to Video Clips | |||||
| Links to Documents and Essays | |||||
| Links to Maps | |||||
| Links To Books | |||||
| More Courses on Politics | |||||
| The Political Science Major | |||||
| This link explains how the political science major works at Dixie College and list other political science courses offered by the department. | |||||
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| For Fun | |||||
| Herding Cats | |||||
| This was a super bowl commercial | |||||
| Kettle Math | |||||
| Ma and Pa Kettle (from the 1930s movie comedy team) teach "true math" | |||||
| Who's On First | |||||
| Classic comedy sketch | |||||
| Ginger Rogers at 92 | |||||
| Rogers dancing with her great grandson. (Watch past the first 2 minutes.) | |||||
| The Virtual Choir | |||||
| Eric Whitacre's amazing choir | |||||
| Ed Ames on the Tonight Show | |||||
| Live T. V.'s longest sustained audience laugh | |||||
| The Standup Economist | |||||
| The European Union | |||||
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| Video Clips | |||||
Politics as Interest |
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| Public Choice and Government Spending | |||||
| This short video (2 minutes) shows why Rational Choice economists beleive it is so difficult for Congress to cut spending. | |||||
| "Taking Sides" Issues | |||||
| Constitutionality of the Health Care Law | |||||
| C_Span Coverage of the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 1, 2011. The clip lasts 2 and a half hours. Move to minute 17 to get to get past the senators to the witnesses. | |||||
| Macroeconomics | |||||
| The Keynes vs. Hayek Rap Series | |||||
| "Fear of Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem | |||||
| Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two | |||||
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| Essays and Opinions: Documents and Links | |||||
| Rent Seeking Issues | |||||
| Occupational Licensing | |||||
| Top donors to U.S. political campaigns by party, 1989-2010 | |||||
| Professor Boudreaux defends the rational choice view | |||||
| Fiscal Policy Issues | |||||
| Who owns the U.S. national debt | |||||
| Income Distribution and Wealth Issues | |||||
| Standard of living for most people before 1800 | |||||
| World income inequality | |||||
| Are we better off today? | |||||
| Money and Monetary Policy Issues | |||||
| How the FED prints money without any ink | |||||
| The Wizard of Oz as a Monetary Allegory | |||||
| Causes of the Great Depression | |||||
| Gold and the Depression | |||||
| Robert Mundel's Nobel Address (1999) | |||||
| Regime Uncertainty | |||||
| Robert Higg's thesis | |||||
| Political Parties and Movements Issues | |||||
| The Tea Party and Foreign Policy | |||||
| This article -- about 10 pages -- begins by discussing political movments that are related to our discussion of the Jefferson and Jacksonian. | |||||
| Voting and Elections | |||||
| The Ethics of Voting | |||||
| Political philosopher Jason Brennan presents a summary of the thesis of his book about who should vote. | |||||
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| Maps and Tables | |||||
| Link to the U.S. debt clock | |||||
| Link to the interactive version of the map below | |||||
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