Thursday, November 15, 2007

Sell your citizenship?





UGA Economist Dwight Lee has an idea that he claims would help the immigration controversy in the United States, and the homeless/panhandling problem: allow US citizens to sell their citizenship to non-Americans. The American selling their citizenship would have to leave the country, and the buyer would be a US citizen.




What do you think of this idea? Do you think it would work at its stated purpose (with restrictions on selling citizenship to terrorists, etc.)?


(Taken from Walker Economics Blog)

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Is inflation always a bad thing?



What conclusions can you draw about who is helped and who is hurt by inflation?

Explain your answers below.