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ECO 284 – Microeconomics – Dr. D. Foster

• Is there scarcity in Is there scarcity in Anthem?Anthem?

• How are choices made?How are choices made?

• What?What?

• How?How?

• For whom?For whom?

How is individualism a threat to collectivism?How is individualism a threat to collectivism?

How is individualism suppressed in Anthem?How is individualism suppressed in Anthem?

What does freedom mean?What does freedom mean?

How does freedom relateHow does freedom relateto individualism?to individualism?

• What is the moral What is the moral contrast?contrast?

• What sentiment is What sentiment is collectivism trying to collectivism trying to

usurp?usurp?

Is collectivism committed toIs collectivism committed toeducation? ..rising living stds?education? ..rising living stds?

How does technology fit in?How does technology fit in?

Are their upper castes?Are their upper castes?Do they suffer? ..toil?Do they suffer? ..toil?

What is the “Transgression of What is the “Transgression of

Preference?”Preference?”

What does the state needWhat does the state needfrom Equality 7-2521?from Equality 7-2521?

Why is Equality 7-2521 teamedWhy is Equality 7-2521 teamedup with Union 5-3992 and withup with Union 5-3992 and with

International 4-8818?International 4-8818?

What are the motives for Equality 7-What are the motives for Equality 7-2521?2521?

What are the motivesWhat are the motivesfor Liberty 5-3000?for Liberty 5-3000?

““[M]en have no cause to exist [M]en have no cause to exist save in toiling for other men.”save in toiling for other men.”

““To be free, a man must be To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.”free of his brothers.”

““[E]verything which is not [E]verything which is not permitted by law is permitted by law is

forbidden.”forbidden.”

““Many men in the Homes of Many men in the Homes of

the Scholars have had strange the Scholars have had strange

new ideas in the past . . . But new ideas in the past . . . But

when the majority of their when the majority of their

brother Scholars voted against brother Scholars voted against

them, they abandoned their them, they abandoned their

ideas, as all men must.”ideas, as all men must.”

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Class Discussion

ECO 284 – Microeconomics – Dr. D. Foster