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Teacher Name: ____________________Date: __________ 

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Assignments (Discussion post #7 due by Tuesday October 5th, 9:00pm, this week)

Part One

· “Park Avenue: Money, power, and the American Dream” (video, 59 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niWzomA_So (Links to an external site.)

· “How some companies avoid paying up to $100 billion in federal income taxes every year” (video, 2 minutes)

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/justthefaqs/2021/05/13/income-taxes-what-loopholes-corporations-use-avoid-paying-taxes/5075886001/ (Links to an external site.)

· “The Panama Papers: The shady world of offshore companies” (video, 55 minutes)

https://youtu.be/iSb_JzB29U4

Part Two

· “East India Company: The original corporate raiders”

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2019/09/east-india-company-original-corporate-raiders (Links to an external site.)

· “How Britain stole $45 trillion from India”

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/12/19/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-india/ (Links to an external site.)

Part Three

· “CEO pay rockets to 361 times that of the average worker”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianahembree/2018/05/22/ceo-pay-skyrockets-to-361-times-that-of-the-average-worker/#18bae3c7776d (Links to an external site.)

· “Uber was designed to exploit drivers”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3k3kdn/uber-was-designed-to-exploit-drivers (Links to an external site.)

· “Uber drivers block traffic in Manhattan, protesting low pay and poor working conditions”

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/17/uber-drivers-are-protesting-again-heres-what-the-job-is-really-like.html (Links to an external site.)

Discussion post #7 (QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED)

Part One

· According to “Park Avenue,” “The Panama Papers,” and “How some companies...”: How do major corporations and the ultra-wealthy in general operate to amass an increasingly large share of national and global wealth? What are the economic, social, and political consequences?

Part Two

· Briefly, how was the East India Company "masterful at manipulating governments for its own profit"? How did Britain steal $45 trillion from India?

Part Three

· How is Uber "designed to exploit drivers"?

250 word minimum for the entire assignment; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post. -50 points for non-submitted posts without an instructor-approved excuse.

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