Jeffrey Sachs spends a great deal of the book explaining the causes of the great recession. He discusses government policy decisions and relationships with outside interests which he feels started in the 1970s and when exacerbated by the rise of Reagan in the 1980s and continued by Clinton in the 1990s, all these events lead to the current situation we are in.
Sachs tin chapter 12 makes his argument for correcting the ills of our government system. He calls this chapter “The Seven Habits of an Effective Government” where he lays out seven major reforms necessary to create an effective government which he feels will lead to more economic fairness. He calls for the government setting clear goals, mobilizing expertise, make multi year plans, …show more content…
While this is presented in a liberal leaning way, there is a great deal of content in this book that comes off a fact that can be presented in a non biased manner. For example it would beneficial to use the discussion of the role that lobbying firms play at influencing politicians to show who influences government officials. Sachs’s argument of the dysfunctional way that congress passes legislation would also yield itself well in the classroom, in the text he used the passage of the Affordable Care Act. This would be a great example to reinforce government civics and show the negatives of the structure of our government. Sachs spends a great deal of time in the book discussing the relationship between the government and Wall Street, this would be important to show students the influential role Wall Street has in policy and the jobs they have within …show more content…
Daniel made an interesting argument in our discussion group about incorporating this material into class. He suggested teaching the second half of the U.S. History unit that covers the majority of the material in the book backwards starting with present day and working back to the period after world war 2. This would allow students an opportunity to see the current situation we are in and give them an opportunity to form their own opinions on the reasons why we are in the situation we are in and eventually by working backwards they will learn the real reasons why we are in the position we are
Sachs tin chapter 12 makes his argument for correcting the ills of our government system. He calls this chapter “The Seven Habits of an Effective Government” where he lays out seven major reforms necessary to create an effective government which he feels will lead to more economic fairness. He calls for the government setting clear goals, mobilizing expertise, make multi year plans, …show more content…
While this is presented in a liberal leaning way, there is a great deal of content in this book that comes off a fact that can be presented in a non biased manner. For example it would beneficial to use the discussion of the role that lobbying firms play at influencing politicians to show who influences government officials. Sachs’s argument of the dysfunctional way that congress passes legislation would also yield itself well in the classroom, in the text he used the passage of the Affordable Care Act. This would be a great example to reinforce government civics and show the negatives of the structure of our government. Sachs spends a great deal of time in the book discussing the relationship between the government and Wall Street, this would be important to show students the influential role Wall Street has in policy and the jobs they have within …show more content…
Daniel made an interesting argument in our discussion group about incorporating this material into class. He suggested teaching the second half of the U.S. History unit that covers the majority of the material in the book backwards starting with present day and working back to the period after world war 2. This would allow students an opportunity to see the current situation we are in and give them an opportunity to form their own opinions on the reasons why we are in the situation we are in and eventually by working backwards they will learn the real reasons why we are in the position we are