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Reaganomics and Neoliberalism

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Reaganomics and Neoliberalism

1. Give a brief description of Reaganomics and Neoliberalism.
2. How does the neoliberal world view in the 1980s reflect that of the economic
elite during the Gilded Age of the 1880s? Where does social darwinism fall in
this discussion?
3. Given the content of the second video, where do you fall in the discussion of
regulation vs deregulation. This has been a conversation in US history from
the 1860s onward, throughout the Progressive Era to our contemporary
period. What is your critique of these ideas, do you think there is common
ground or a specific answer to these issues in the US now?
Sufficient = INITIAL POST should contain 300 words, substantive and addresses the
prompt. Each of the the required secondary posts and commentary should EACH be at
least 150 words of relevant and substantial response. Watch two video:

Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses

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Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses

Discussion 2 (Chapter 11): Explain how GDSS can increase some benefits of collaboration and decision making in groups and eliminate or reduce some losses.

Your response should be 250-300 words.  Respond to two postings provided by your classmates.

There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post

The Great Hack

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The Great Hack

A documentary examines the ramifications when private companies harvest online information about us. The Great Hack outlines in detail how social media sites such as Facebook and data firms such as Cambridge Analytica harvest and use people’s data to sell users things — including political candidates and agendas. By now, most Americans are aware — no matter their political leanings — that the data they give up to sites like Facebook and Twitter (as well as what they’ve purchased, their browsing history, and other personal data) is bought and used by companies that want to sell them things. But the extent to which this data harvesting has been used to reshape our world is, for many people, only beginning to come into focus.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/25/8930283/great-hack-review-netflix-facebook-cambridge-analytica

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Available on Netflix – https://www.netflix.com/title/80117542

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***I will not be grading heavily on your opinions. Rather, I will consider your ability to take ideas from the movie and at least one other external source related to the field of marketing; then synthesize the material into evidence supporting your original thoughts.

 

 

Writing Assignment

Watch Movie the movie The Great Hack (2019) on Netflix and then write a paper.

Address all these questions in your paper:

  • What was the Great hack documentary all about?
  • Discuss the idea that “data is the most valuable resource on earth”, why would this be the case?
  • Do you think that social media influences you? In what ways? How do you think your data might affect your life?
  • Are data rights human rights? Explain your point of view.
  • Do you think “psychographics” (data on large groups of people) should be classified as a “weapons-grade technology”?
    • Psychographics (Definition): the attitudes, interests, activities, personality, behaviors, values, opinions, and lifestyles of a target market.
  • In Closing, describe a moment in the film that you found particularly disturbing or moving. What was it that was especially compelling for you?

Note: that you cover each bullet point question in your paper. Make sure that I can tell you answered them, but don’t post the exact questions as headers in your paper.

 

1973 Arab-Israeli War

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1973 Arab-Israeli War

During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC) imposed an embargo against the United States in
retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in
the post-war peace negotiations. Arab OPEC members also extended the embargo to
other countries that supported Israel including the Netherlands, Portugal, and South
Africa. The embargo both banned petroleum exports to the targeted nations and
introduced cuts in oil production. Several years of negotiations between oil-producing
nations and oil companies had already destabilized a decades-old pricing system, which
exacerbated the embargo’s effects. The 1973 Oil Embargo acutely strained a U.S.
economy that had grown increasingly dependent on foreign oil. The efforts of President
Richard M. Nixon’s administration to end the embargo signaled a complex shift in the
global financial balance of power to oil-producing states and triggered a slew of U.S.
attempts to address the foreign policy challenges emanating from long-term
dependence on foreign oil. (Office of the Historian). Watch the clip below and answer
the questions. Refer to Ch 26, The End of the Golden Age subsection for more
information. Watch this video

Questions:
1. Are economic or resource embargoes an effective way to make a political
point? How much of an impact did this have on the US in 1973 and did the
OPEC nations get their point across through their political action against the
support of Israel?
2. Why at this point in time was the US so susceptible to resource embargo?
Consider other embargo the US instituted like that against Cuba for decades.
Does this video give a wider, different perspective of those actions?
3. Some people argue in favor of opening protected oil reserves in the US
national parks to drilling while others focus on more sustainable sources of
clean energy. Is the web of globalization the US is tied into bound to create a
scenario like this again or is there a way to maintain energy independence?
Sufficient = INITIAL POST should contain 300 words, substantive and addresses the
prompt. Each of the the required secondary posts and commentary should EACH be at
least 150 words of relevant and substantial responses

The Cold War

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The Cold War

The Cold War came to an end when the last war of Soviet occupation ended in
Afghanistan, the Berlin Wall came down in Germany, and a series of mostly peaceful
revolutions swept the Soviet Bloc states of eastern Europe in 1989. Check out this short
video and refer to the introduction of Ch 27 From Triumph to Tragedy for more
information. Watch this video

Questions:
1. What were the major factors of causes that led to the end of the Cold War?
Name three and explain how they connect to each other (the connection is
the part that gets you credit here).
2. What was the end result of the Cold War for the US in 1991? What were the
positive outcomes or negative outcomes of being the only remaining
superpower from the Cold War era?
3. Given a substantial amount of resources were allocated to fighting the Cold
War in a myriad of ways, where did the US military industrial complex focus
after the dissolution of the Soviet Union? What region of the world became
targeted in the 1990s?
Sufficient =300 words, substantive and addresses the prompt

Ginnie’s Gym Refreshment Bar

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Ginnie’s Gym Refreshment Bar

Question 1
Tying as a Bundling Strategy
Ginnie’s Gym Refreshment Bar
Hydration Power Drink Satisfying Smoothie
Early 7.00 5.00
Late 6.00 10.00
Ginnie has observed that her signature item, the Satisfying Smoothie, is very popular with the late evening crowd at the gym, but it is not so popular with the early crowd. The early and late crowds have only slightly different preferences for her Hydration Power Drink. The gym has a very large clientele, and Ginnie can’t always tell who has the late-crowd preference and who has the early-crowd preference. 
  
In her graduate MBA class, they have been studying tying as a bundling strategy. Ginnie asked her professor, “Would bundling work for my business?” Her professor said, “I think you told me that the marginal costs for you two products differ significantly, so first, I would recommend that you look at the contribution margin for each. Sometimes, low prices may be more profitable and sometimes high prices will be more profitable, especially when there are large differences in the price elasticities of demand.  Second, think about the example of the Happy Meal. People are really there for the hamburger, and the company is leveraging that one item to sell other parts of the menu. What is your lead product, the item customers can’t get elsewhere?” The MC for Hydration Power Drink is $1.00. The MC for the smoothie is $4.00. 

What is the contribution margin at each price for each product? 

  
a) Hydration High Price contribution margin is
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c) Smoothie High Price contribution margin is
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d) Smoothie Low Price contribution margin is
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Question 2
Continuing the analysis of Ginnie’s Gym Refreshment Bar:
Hydration Power Drink Satisfying Smoothie Bundle Price Net Profit
Early 7.00 5.00
Late 6.00 10.00
• Calculate the bundle prices and net profits. (10pt)
• Determine which bundle price will maximize net profit. Show the steps to support the conclusion. (5pt)
• Determine the net profit from a tying strategy.  Show the steps to support the conclusion. (5pts)

Question 3
You have developed a self-study certification system for those who need credit hours for recertification by your state’s social welfare office. The system operates at virtually no cost, i.e., there is no marginal cost. A marketing research team has assembled the following sales information.
You are researching the options for pricing the courses. Your goal is to achieve maximum revenue to establish funding to maintain and update the system to reflect annual policy changes in licensing requirements.
Complete the calculations for Total Revenue by determining how many customers will purchase at each of the segment prices.
Online Self Certifications for Social Work License
Certification in Online Counseling Certification as a Group Home Counselor Bundle
Customers TR Counseling TR Group Home TR Bundle
Segment 1 1000 $190 a $70 e $260 4a

Segment 2 1000 $150 b $90 f $240 4b

Segment 3 1000 $95 c $160 g $255 4c

Segment 4 1000 $35 d $195 h $230 4d
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Question 4

Continuing with the Table of Certificate Programs, complete the calculations for Total Revenue by determining how many customers will purchase at each of the segment’s bundle price.

Online Self Certifications for Social Work License
Certification in Online Counseling Certification as a Group Home Counselor Bundle
Customers TR Counseling TR Group Home TR Bundle
Segment 1 1000 $190 a $70 e $260 4a

Segment 2 1000 $150 b $90 f $240 4b

Segment 3 1000 $95 c $160 g $255 4c

Segment 4 1000 $35 d $195 h $230 4d
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Question 5
Using the Online Self Study Certifications table, answer the following question:
At what individual price would the revenue be maximized for the Certification in Online Counseling? Explain/support your answer based on the calculations in question 3.

Online Self Study Certifications table

Question 6
Using the Online Self Study Certifications table, answer the following question:
 
At what individual price would the revenue be maximized for the Certification as a Group Home Counselor? Explain/support your conclusion based on the calculations in question 3.

Question 7
Using the Online Self Study Certifications table, answer the following question:
What is the maximum profit from individual pricing?

Question 8
Using the Online Self Study Certifications table, answer the following question:
If you employed pure bundling what would be the maximum total revenue? Explain/support your conclusion based on the calculations in question 5.