What question do you plan to ask Sandy during the lecture and why do you think it’s important?

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Read the article about next week’s visiting artist Sandy Rodriguez. https://www.art-critique.com/en/2019/11/sandy-rodriguez-an-artist-honoring-the-land-and-confronting-immigration/

Suggested discussion questions to answer:

What question do you plan to ask Sandy during the lecture and why do you think it’s important? What role do you think working at the Getty designing curriculum for students played in shaping her artwork? Rodriguez is teachiing a painting class at CalTech this semester to scientists, why do you think her work would be of special interest to students majoring in science?

Discuss the cult status that the artist Frida Kahlo occupies in our time.

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1. Marcel Duchamp liked to challenge people’s traditional standards of beauty and values, for example his piece “L.H.O.O.Q”, where he drew a mustache on a postcard version of Mona Lisa. Give a modern example of an artist challenging the world’s traditional standards and values, and a brief explanation as to what it is challenging. Please insert the picture as well.

2. Discuss the cult status that the artist Frida Kahlo occupies in our time.

3. Discuss the reasons why Abstract Expressionist painters moved away from the dominant realistic styles of the time. How did their art liberate painting (e.g. easel painting, materials, technique, attitude)?

Employees use the Internet in whatever way they want using company-owned personal computers. Could this cause a problem for the organization? Why or why not?

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  1. Think about how you would feel if there were no rules regarding how your credit card information was stored on merchants’ websites. Consider whether you would purchase items online. Would the Internet be as big as it is today if we had no laws or information security policies regarding data that makes up an e-commerce transaction? Provide rationale for your answer.
  2. Imagine that you work for an organization that has no Internet use policy. Employees use the Internet in whatever way they want using company-owned personal computers. Could this cause a problem for the organization? Why or why not?

Explain and show how the results were obtained for full credit.

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1. Assume the following data for a country: total population, 500; population under 16 years of age or institutionalized, 120; not in labor force, 150; unemployed, 23; part-time workers looking for full-time jobs, 10.

Explain and show how the results were obtained for full credit.

  • What is the size of the labor force? 
  • What is the official unemployment rate? 

2. Suppose that the natural rate of unemployment in a particular year is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent. Use Okun’s law to determine the size of the GDP gap in percentage-point terms. If the potential GDP is $500 billion in that year:

Explain and show how the results were obtained for full credit.

  • How much output is being forgone because of cyclical unemployment? 

3. If the CPI was 110 last year and is 121 this year:

Explain and show how the results were obtained for full credit.

  • what is this year’s rate of inflation?

In contrast, suppose that the CPI was 110 last year and is 108 this year.

  • What is this year’s rate of inflation?
  • What term do economists use to describe this second outcome? 

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All assignments due end of day Thursday end of day. Complete and submit, don’t procrastinate, keep in mind you have assignments and discussion responses to complete this week.