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"Money" in a P.O.W. Camp



"The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Camp," written by R.A. Radford was first published in 1945 (the last year of World War II) in the prominent economics journal, Economica. R.A. Radford spent almost two years in a P.O.W. camp and describes how an economic structure evolved in the camp. It is a very interesting article.



Radford, R.A. (1945) "The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Camp." Economica Vol. 12 Retrieved November 15, 2009 from: http://www.albany.edu/~mirer/eco110/pow.html



The Full PDF version is also available: click here Check below for a glossary of terms used in the essay. Retrieved November 15, 2009.



In a 2-3 page paper, please address the following questions:

1. What are the functions of money, and why are cigarettes both a good and bad form of money?

2. What is the main advantage of our current currency over a barter system?

3. What is meant by the term "arbitrage"'?

4. What is the function of an entrepreneur in an economy?

5. In your view, did the POW exchange system produce a just distribution of goods?



Glossary of Terms in Article:



Ratford uses British expressions that were in common use after World War II. Some of these are still in use in Britain. Bully is canned beef. Treacle is molasses. Oflags, short for Offizierslagers, are POW camps for officers. The BRCS is the British Red Cross Society. Money is clipped when metal is trimmed from the edges of coins. It is sweated when heat is applied to remove the metal. Points are electrical contacts.

SLP Assignment Expectations:

Use concepts from the modular background readings as well as any good quality resources you can find from the cyberlibrary or other internet search engines. Please be sure to cite all sources within the text and a reference list at the end of the paper.

Length: 2-3 pages double spaced and typed

Essay Instructions: Trying to explain a specific Ethic of the US Military. I will provide the link below to the Military Code of Conduct, which is the ethical guide to serving in Military in combat as a POW or day to day. I would like thi paper to concentrate just on the first code which is, 1. I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/code_of_conduct/code-of-conduct-indepth.shtml

I want to show how this is ethical and and the pros and cons of this behavior, and what actions can be taken if followed and not followed. I also would like to show how volunteering for the military how you are obligated to follow this rule.

Essay Instructions: The paper should be based on Angola's position on human rights and address the following questions.

What is Angola's stance on human rights?

What articles of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights pertain to Angola?

What historical factors contribute to Angola's position on this issue of human rights?

Tha paper should address the following relevant issues in Angola's perspective.

Are human rights political, moral, or legal entities (or are they all the same)?

Is there or should there be a hierarchy of human rights?

Can a person lose their human rights, or have them suspended? Prisoners? War captives?

Which rights should be defined as fundamental human rights? Should all human rights be considered equal?

Questions of cultural relativism - some arguments claim that human rights policies are a form of cultural imperialism in which powerful countries dictate which rights they consider most important countries. What is Angola's opinion about this issue?

Essay Instructions: we’re going to focus on pp. 30-49.

This is an excerpt of chapter 1 of Salisbury’s book in which he tells the story of the removal of Algonquin-speaking Indians of southern New England that culminated in the permanent settlement of the British, namely the Puritans. This is the academic version of the story of the U.S. origin story of the Pilgrims that includes an in-depth view of the native peoples of the area.

Southern New England includes Massachussets, Connecticut and Rhode Island where groups such as the Pokanoket and Narragansett indians lived. Salisbury focuses on the Indians from this area, you’ll notice that on occasion he contrasts the northern Indians with them. Here’s a good map of southern New England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tribal_Territories_Southern_New_England.png

The chapter focuses only on the Algonquin Indians and their practices, social structures and values before Europeans arrived. We’re going to focus on their values and ideology because of the sharp contrast with the Puritans who would arrive in the early 17th century, who we’ll discuss later in the week.


1.) What’s your overall gut reaction to this reading?


2.) Explain how the Algonquin Indians saw their relationship with the land, the crops they grew (especially corn) and the animals they consumed?


3.) Explain the role of an Indian band leader (known as sachem or sagamore). How did he gain and keep his position? What were his duties and how did the value of reciprocity function in his relationship with the band? Explain who pnieses and pow-wows were.


4.) Choose one of the two following questions to answer:
A.) How did the Indians of southern New England maintain equal resources between families in order to avoid vengeance and conflict and maintain equality among all members of the band?
B.) What was the purpose of inter-band alliances? What role did the leader of
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