Category: Assignment

What can be done to stop land loss in coastal Louisiana?

What economic problems are created by “iron-clad” property rights?
What is the economic rationale provided for the infringement of private property rights?
Discuss the overall (economic-wide) impact of your infringement example.
Is it common?
What is its effect on incentives to invest?
What steps have been taken to mitigate the economic impact of the infringement on property rights (if any)?
-Based on your example, discuss whether, in your opinion, states should infringe on property rights more or less often.
If you argue for less often, can you think of alternative mechanisms addressing the economic problems created by “iron-clad” property rights?
If you argue for more often, how would you ensure that incentives to invest are being maintained?

Our disruptive practices lead to environmental problems: water contamination and pollution caused by fossil fuels. What are its causes and consequences? How both culture and biology play a role on this type of environmental disruption? Compare the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels vs
renewable energies. Explain the current debate What can we do to keep an environmental sustainability? Do not address climate change.

Define Anthropocene- why is it controversial? Define what is a sustainable development. Define the type of sustainability that you are working with: environmental, economic or social.

Offer a thorough description of Selye’s general adaption syndrome (GAS). Clearly list and describe the constituent phases, and offer examples to illustrate your points. Can you merge the GAS model with Lazarus’s transactional model, which emphasized perceptual elements of stress?

write on a work or works by one or more of the authors included in the course or on some intellectual movement that is relevant to an author’s works. Students should confer with the professor before deciding on a topic. You must write on the works that we read in this course. You cannot choose a topic that you have written on in your journal or anywhere else. Remember: the critical paper is an interpretative writing assignment. You are to try to discern the author’s intention as you discuss theme, character, use of setting, etc. When writing about literature, do not use “I” or “you.” The grade will be dropped one calendar letter for every day it is late.