Monday, October 19, 2009

Concerning econ test

Concerning microecon test... I have to say that I have been studying for the last week and its seems that the test is not going to be easy. Actually, the theory is not really hard to understand nor long, but it is the way that Dr. Borland likes to teach. It is just too much wordly. I mean, he uses a lot of words to try to explain the dynamics of the theory, but he almost never uses numbers to explain the exersices. I think it would be a lot easier if there is formulas and numbers that explain the exercises. Another thing that is very bad is the graphics. They dont even have a tittle that explain the theory involved in the exercises. I think those need to be improved in order to be more didactic. Well, anyway. Good luck everyone in the test!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Microeconomic class

hey guys,.. Here is an issue about the education system that we discussed a couple of weeks ago. It seems that professor Borland does not agree with the idea of giving free education to north Americans. Well, this can be understood if you only take in account the monetary benefits from giving free money as a subsidy instead to offer free education. To me the topic is very interesting and its a classic point of debate in politics and economics.
Well, I have to say that I agree with the free education idea and I will give you my reasons. First, even if this kind of subsidy is less effective and more expensive than give money to people, I think that unless the government provides free education to students they are going to spend this money in other things (thinks that give them more utility according to the indifference curves). As far as I remember we discussed this topic last semester in Public Policy Economics class with professor Goff and we concluded that from the economic theory view point it is not very effective, however, it assures in some how that young people go to school instead of spend the money in other things. Second, about the argument that the students are less productive if they receive free education, I think that this can be measured and compared with another systems. For instance, most of the European countries have free education systems even at the university level and they have been able to achieve great achievements in all the areas of sciences.
Therefore, I think that a free education system is the most fair way to redistribute the wealth among the society even if it is not the most effective economically speaking.

Friday, September 11, 2009

As I was watching President Obama address to the Congress about his health care plan reform, I could not let pass the opportunity to comment about his great capability as a speaker. Regardless the advantages or disadvantages of his plan, it is clear that the Presidency of the U.S. has a very intelligent and persuasive person working in the main office of the White House. For instance, it can be counted the number of times that President Obama was applauded during his speech. Certainly, President Obama is able to join the majority of the people, including congressmen and senators, around the same topic, even when there are particular individuals that do not understand the moment that the nation lives, and show a lack of patriotism through misplaced comments that only indicates particular interests.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009


Ok, I am going to post a picture of my last vacation in Florida that I really like. It is a picture of my sister and my Mom is in it too but in the back. This is in Universal studios in Orlando.
Ok , it's 10:15 in the night and I am working on this blog. Actually this is the first time that I have done this and I have no clue about how to create a new blog. However, with some "help" from my dear friend Libby I think I will be done probably by tomorrow. Well, anyway, I am researching how to make one, and I think I already know a couple of things. I like it. It is like an advanced level of fb. The only bad thing about it is that, in the real world, you do not really have all the time to spend searching for the blogs of the people you want to know more about. So, probably is not as friendly as fb.

Well, now, I am going to continue improving my blog. I want to put some features on it so it seems very professional...!! he he