Do Your Favorite Magazines Define You Primarily as a Consumer

question 14

Essay

Do your favorite magazines define you primarily as a consumer or as a citizen? Do you think magazines have a responsibility to educate their readers as both? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Comparative Advantage

The advantage in the production of a good enjoyed by one country over another when that good can be produced at lower cost in terms of other goods than it could be in the other country.

International Marketplace

A global economic environment where goods, services, and financial assets are exchanged between countries.

Social Overhead Capital

Public infrastructure that provides support for the economic activities of a country or region, such as roads, schools, and hospitals.

Education

The process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits through various methods.