What is meant by the New Economy? How is it different from the economy of the past?
How has this shift changed the ways most people in the United States work (or prepare to work)?
Discuss the New Economy in a Global Perspective.
Students are graded on their ability to:
Compare and Contrast the economy of the industrial and post-industrial economy in the U,S.
Define aspects of the New Post-Industrial Economy and the Old Industrial Economy in the U.S. related to the employment opportunities, wages and how people prepare for those jobs.
Discussion of related aspects of globalization to this topic. E.g. outsourcing/off-shoring of American industry
