“Black Friday Shopping” 12/2/13 “Black Friday Shopping” Did you go shopping on “Black Friday” (or at all) over break? Did you shop at any local stores? Why or why not? On desk: Sweatshop paragraph final draft

12/2/13 Econ. Agenda Why is buying local a good thing? (presentation by former Econ. Class Whiz, J. Berdugo) Can we end poverty in our lifetime? The End of Poverty (articles written by Jeffrey Sachs) HW: Shop Here, Not There posters complete by end of day Tues. Finish reading “End of Poverty” article

Look back at your notes from 11/1 to find out: How many people are living in poverty on Earth? Over 3 billion live in poverty (extreme, moderate, or relative) How many children die per day of hunger? 22,000 children die per day of hunger How many children do not attend school? 72 million children do not attend school

Jeffrey Sachs, one of most prominent poverty scholars in U.S. Director of The Earth Institute @ Columbia University Professor of Sustainable Development, and Health Policy and Management @ Columbia University. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals. He is Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has authored three New York Times bestsellers in the past seven years: The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008), and The Price of Civilization (2011)

Jeffrey Sachs, 2005