550: Unit 3

History 550: Politics and Public Policy, Fall 2022

Part III: Exploring Public Policy Issues

Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Short Blocks: We discussed: social media regulation, housing, COVID policy, inflation. In unit 20 we did Education policy.

Week 9 (do homework ahead of short block)

22. The Politics of Immigration Policy

READ: Green Packet, 24-45 & WATCH: 60 Minutes on the H1B visa program.

QF: Open borders is the only ethical immigration policy.

23. Trade policy

READ: Trade Policy, 45-63.

QF: Trump's main asset in the 2020 election was that he went to bat in trade negotiations for the American worker.

24. We will begin the library project. Go to page 4 of the syllabus.

Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4