The 2004 Econ Bowl Question/Problem
What can be done today (or could have been done in the past) to limit the hardships brought about by great changes in technology?
Suggested Topics
Improvements in navigation, sail, and shipbuilding and the age of exploration.
The Industrial Revolution transforms the textile industry.
Science and machines transform agriculture.
Advances in medical knowledge and population problems.
New power sources (coal, oil, nuclear) advance productivity and impact the environment.
Industrial Revolution in the home (time saving appliances for cleaning, food prep, etc.) transforms the lives of women.
Trains, planes, and the automobile change the way we live.
The computer and the new economy.
Globalization and its discontents.