Since I'm falling behind a bit, I decided to shake up the syllabus next week. The lecture and discussion on information, which we haven't gotten to yet, moves to Monday 9/19. I shall combine that class with the class on technology, originally scheduled for Wednesday 9/21. Finally, I'm moving the class on sectionalism to Wednesday 9/21.
The only way this should affect you is that I recommend you read the Kurth piece for Monday and the Trubowitz piece on Wednesday.
Finally, following the comment system fiasco, please submit reading responses via email in the future.
The US cotton industry is such a powerful one that it affects the global economy. It is not just states with competing industries that are affected by the US cotton industry, but the open market on a global scale in general. The "leftovers" of cotton by products that are remains of low demand or things Americans have decided are no longer "in" are shipped off to third world countries to be sold at whatever that state determines is the good's market value.
ReplyDeleteOrganizations like the Salvation Army collect goods that have been donated by AMericans and sell them at a lower price. But even low prices cannot move all the goods donated by Americans. The fickle citizens of the US accumulate thousands of pounds of clothing and cannot possibly reuse all the items they donate every year.
Stacey Maldonado