Object/Case Study Prompt - Economic Dimensions (due 9/22)
Consider your object/case study. Now consider the question below. Take 30 minutes to browse online to find 1-2 key resources to draw into your response. Take 30 minutes to write a response to the below:
- Economic dimensions: How is your object marketed, purchased, consumed? Where and by whom? How is it involved in a world/national/regional marketplace of competing products/commodities? What kinds of capital, debt, credit, and labor relations are involved in producing, marketing, and circulating it? Who sells it? How are costs calculated? How are economic risks calculated? By whom and when? Who is involved at each stage and how are differences in power situated?