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Lecture 3: Chapter 1
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:41 PM
Review From Lecture 1:
Rules of the Game
• Social problems are different from economic problems
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Declines in populations are not doing very well because they don't have enough workers
• H1D Visa - worker visa
○ Allows the American industries to be competitive
○ STEM industry individuals are most common to come in • Immigrants are from Asia and Eastern Europe
○ Economic migrants - "run after a food source"
▪ Ex. Cave men
▪ Immigrants are moving to make more money and supply food for their family
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Higher developed countries (Western European countries) don't migrate to the US because there are more perks in their home country
○ Non Hispanic whites are decreasing
• Change the public policies and we will get a different outcome
Fertility
• US Growth rate 2.1 (aka. Stagnant)
• Fertility is less than 2.1 We also discuss several other topics like What is the language of the ashkenazi?
○ Immigration is the only thing keeping our population from decline
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Impacted by: culture, health, education*, public policies pertaining to children
▪ As education goes up fertility goes down
□ Children are seen as a liability We also discuss several other topics like What is the president’s role in fp decision-making?
□ Women's education
Texas vs. US
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Population percent change of Texas is greater than 2x the US percent change
□ Women's education
Texas vs. US
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Population percent change of Texas is greater than 2x the US percent change
• Texas percent is below the US percent of graduates from high school • Bachelor's Degree or Higher
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People are immigrating into Texas with a degree which increases the percent
▪ 1 in 4 people have a degree in Texas
• Median household income
○ Median household income of Asian Americans is the typically highest, because multiple generations of families will live in one house If you want to learn more check out What is the definition of a marketing plan in marketing?
• Per capita income is divided by people in the household • Glass Ceiling Effect - minority groups are disadvantaged in income • Percent living in poverty: Texas> US
○ Mostly women with children that are impoverished ○ Poverty is directly related to education
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States with higher educational levels will have lower poverty levels
• Incarceration rate: US is #1 in the world, Texas #4 in the nation ○ Also related to education
▪ Those who are more educated less likely to be in jail ○ Deterrents
▪ Do the crime do the time If you want to learn more check out Gestalt psychology means what?
▪ Longer sentences are given to those who "deserve it" ○ Privatized prison systems
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Judges are bribed to give longer sentences to keep prisons running
▪ Private investors make more money this way
• Number of prisoners, violent crime rate and incarceration rate are high • Unemployment
Data Accuracy
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In real time data is off by a small percent, because it cannot be accurate 100% of the time
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Data from countries with a liberal democracy can be trusted, but authoritarian governments are not trustworthy
• What is data used for?
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In real time data is off by a small percent, because it cannot be accurate 100% of the time We also discuss several other topics like What is a filibuster and why is it used?
If you want to learn more check out What is the definition of growth in the cell?
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Data from countries with a liberal democracy can be trusted, but authoritarian governments are not trustworthy
• What is data used for?
○ It is used to make the best informed decisions
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If it is coming from government agencies not controlled by the executive it is reliable
Texas Health Insurance
• Texas is #1 state of people that are uninsured for healthcare
Government
• Texas has 254 counties
○ City of Brian is the County seat for Brazos County • There are 1,196 cities in Texas