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Unit 1
__**Comparing Economic Systems Project:**__

Use the following site to help find information for the chart and to answer the analysis questions -

1. [|World Thematic Maps] - Click on Thematic maps that match each topic and locate your countries for data. 2. [|CIA World Factbook] - Find your countries and look for information 3. Use Google to look up information if you are stuck.

- Adam Smith reading and questions

[[file:Econ Systems project questions (New).docx]] - The questions and rubric for the Econ System project
__Choices of Countries for the Project:__

__Traditional__ - Afghanistan, Burundi or Haiti

__Command__ - Cuba or North Korea

__Capitalism__ - India, Japan, Brazil or United States

Useful sites for the Economic Types Comparison Project

[|Alternative to CIA WorldFactbook]

[] http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html http://www.economist.com/countries/

[|US states - Countries] - compares country's GDP around the world to individual US states' GDP

__**Articles:**__

- Look at the banking system, bailout, and why things are not working

- Look at past and present decisions that are leading the U.S. to Socialism

[|Obama and Keynes] - Economics Theorist John Maynard Keynes' views and relation to Obama's ideas and the economy