Grantham University Social Groups and Economies Discussion

Social Groups and Economies

Your
initial post should be 75-150 words in length.

This week we explored elements of
culture that are closest to us – social groups and households. We have
seen in the textbook readings that there are both internal and external
sources of conflict that arise from social groups and households.

In your initial post, summarize a current event (within the past two years) that relates to ONE (or more) of the following topics:

• High schools students in the
  United States are well known for their intense social dramas and
  tendency to form cliques. Summarize a news story that relates to the
  conflicts that arise within and among high school cliques.
• Economic systems are embedded
  in cultures and reflect cultural beliefs and values. In what ways do
  industrial economics reflect the cultures in which they operate and what
  ways do they undermine some of the basic bonds of human social life?
  Summarize a recent news story that highlights conflict that relates to
  differences in cultural values and beliefs as they relate to economies.
• Industrial agriculture was
  intended to insure that no one in the world would ever go hungry, and
  yet as you read in the newspaper, famines are common in the world today.
  Outside of natural disasters, what factors might account for the
  inability of industrial agriculture to meet its goals?

Please provide original work. No plagarizing.