Nov. 26 Assignment

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/10/15/121015ta_talk_surowiecki

Surowiecki, . "Congress and the Fiscal Cliff." New Yorker. 15 2012: n. page. Print. <http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/10/15/121015ta_talk_surowiecki>.

The Fiscal Cliff


  In James Surowiecki's  The Fiscal Cliff he elaborates on what the fiscal cliff is, what the backup plan is for when congress fails on coming up with a plan of their own, and what is cuasing this to happen.

His points are that there was a preset plan(budget cuts) in case congress didn't reach a deal, and that the country would be worse off with these cuts in place. These cuts were supposed to get congress to agree on another plan instead of this one, which they didn't.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/08/27/120827ta_talk_surowiecki

Surowiecki, . "The Track-Star Economy." New Yorker. 27 2012: n. page. Print. <http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/08/27/120827ta_talk_surowiecki>.

Economy for Immigrants

James Surowiecki goes in detail in his article Economy for Immagrants, on how hard it is for people( specifically foreign students in the US) to find a good job once they finish school here, what the benifits would be if they were able to get jobs and visas here more easily, and how we compare against other countries.

Many foreign students would prefer to stay and put their skills to work here after they graduate, but they can’t get work visas. People find themselves stuck in immigration limbo for years, waiting for visa and green-card applications to be approved.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/12/03/121203ta_talk_surowiecki

Surowiecki, . "Disaster Economics." New Yorker. 3 2011: n. page. Print. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/10/15/121015ta_talk_surowiecki.

Cost of Disasters

James Surowiecki informs us of the costs of natural disasters in Cost of Disasters, an article of his that explains the hardships and costs of natural disasters. One disaster he specificaly talks about is hurricane Sandy.

The costs of natural disaster relief is getting to be a great sum. The problem with this is the question of how this country could afford to keep doing this, the fact that our response and "paths" for that response are not up to date, and whether or not politicians would approve laws to set aside money for such disasters.