Comparative Arguments Scaffolding Assignment- Due November 28th, 2023, at 11:59

Comparative Arguments Scaffolding Assignment- Due November 28th, 2023, at 11:59 pm
To assist students in working towards writing up and submitting the final essay for the fall semester, students will submit these worksheets that systematically compare the ideas and concepts of the three thinkers a week before the essay is due. The intention is to fill these worksheets in weekly, using some of the time in tutorials as a way of interpreting the readings during the weeks of October 30th, November 6th and November 13th. Think of these worksheets as rough work for the final paper; you can draw directly on them in writing up the final essay and solicit feedback from your TA based on the contents of the worksheet.
These worksheets must be submitted as a single Word or PDF document on Turnitin by November 28th or earlier if you want to get feedback and a grade before this. Each section will be graded out of 2.5 marks for 10 marks in total, corresponding to 10% of the total grade in the course.
Marx, K. (1977). McLellan, D (Ed.) Karl Marx: Selected Readings. Oxford University Press. (Excerpt of pages 483-488 only).
1. Summary of the content- What did you understand the argument as being? – Write a paragraph summary of the reading in your own words.
2. What do you infer from the reading(s) about the nature of capitalism? In your own words, what is the argument of the text(s) about the nature of capitalism as a system? – Write a paragraph response summarizing what you understood to be the text’s argument in your own words.
3. Quotations- select two quotations from the reading, citing them using APA formatting, writing and introducing them with a sentence that introduces what they mean.
4. Constructing YOUR argument/ thesis for the essay: what do YOU think about the argument(s) in this reading? Do you agree or disagree with what the author is arguing? – Provide a short response of several sentences only.
5. How might the theories of Keynes, Marx and Schumpeter help to understand one of the following themes or issues we have studied in the course: liquid modernity (September 20th), artificial intelligence (September 27th), or the corporation/ corporate power (October 25th)
Schumpeter, J.A. (2010). Chapter 7- The Process of Creative Destruction. In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (1st ed.) (71-75). Routledge.
1. Summary of the content- What did you understand the argument as being? – Write a paragraph summary of the reading in your own words.
2. What do you infer from the reading(s) about the nature of capitalism? In your own words, what is the argument of the text(s) about the nature of capitalism as a system? – Write a paragraph response summarizing what you understood to be the text’s argument in your own words.
3. Quotations- select two quotations from the reading, citing them using APA formatting, writing and introducing them with a sentence that introduces what they mean.
4. Constructing YOUR argument/ thesis for the essay: what do YOU think about the argument(s) in this reading? Do you agree or disagree with what the author is arguing? – Provide a short response of several sentences only.
5. How might the theories of Keynes, Marx and Schumpeter help to understand one of the following themes or issues we have studied in the course: liquid modernity (September 20th), artificial intelligence (September 27th), or the corporation/ corporate power (October 25th)
Przeworski, A. (1985). Chapter 6- Democratic Capitalism at a Crossroads. In Capitalism and Social Democracy (205-221). Cambridge University Press.
1. Summary of the content- What did you understand the argument as being? – Write a paragraph summary of the reading in your own words.
2. What do you infer from the reading(s) about the nature of capitalism? In your own words, what is the argument of the text(s) about the nature of capitalism as a system? – Write a paragraph response summarizing what you understood to be the text’s argument in your own words.
3. Quotations- select two quotations from the reading, citing them using APA formatting, writing and introducing them with a sentence that introduces what they mean.
4. Constructing YOUR argument/ thesis for the essay: what do YOU think about the argument(s) in this reading? Do you agree or disagree with what the author is arguing? – Provide a short response of several sentences only.
5. How might the theories of Keynes, Marx and Schumpeter help to understand one of the following themes or issues we have studied in the course: liquid modernity (September 20th), artificial intelligence (September 27th), or the corporation/ corporate power (October 25th)
Matrix of Arguments- Marx, Schumpeter and Keynes
What do each of these thinkers have to say about capitalism? How might these thinkers respond to one another? Answer each of the following questions with a one or two-sentence response or longer if you’d like to elaborate further. Compare and contrast their arguments about the nature of capitalism below based on the readings, links to further readings by each thinker, documentaries and other lecture content over the three weeks we have studied these three thinkers.
Marx versus Schumpeter- What might Marx say about Schumpeter’s description of capitalism and vice versa?
Schumpeter versus Keynes- What might Schumpeter say about Keynes’s description of capitalism and vice versa?
Marx versus Keynes- What might Marx say about Keynes’s description of capitalism and vice versa?