ISS 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Brett Kavanaugh, The New York Times, Georg Simmel
16 Oct 2018
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9/18/18
NY Times
Trump is Hitting China with New Tariffs
- 200 billion more → by doing this it would encourage companies to come back to the US
- Possibly for image/ political platform
- China is demanding more technology and he believes that the trade is skewed… we buy
more goods from them than they buy from us
- Because they have a low labor cost and low labor standard
- They believe that presidents Nixon and on have pushed the idea of globalization
(encourage trade and outsourcing labor overseas)
Philippine Miners Trapped in Typhoon: Drawn by Gold, Drowned in Mud
- City planning could have prevented this natural disaster
- Same as why NOLA wasn't prepared for hurricane
AT WATERS EDGE
- Neighborhoods were hit
- Planning for reconstruction between house and state (200 families) to prevent future
flooding by
- Never really about saving the people (housing development wants to bring tourists)
- Not about the government trying to save people → maybe the rich ones
- Intersection between power and space
Brett Kavanaugh
- Judge
- Attempted to rape 15 yo when he was 17
- Republicans have offered to open hearings because woman has agreed to testify
- Could shape union rights, workers rights
- Credit card companies trying to force payments without any say b/c they have all
the power
- He has an understanding of the power of the president
- Believes that the executive power is above the law→ immune to the criminal
justice system→ last time this was decided was in Nixon’s era
Simmel
Capitalist modernity
- Rise of Nation State in Europe
- Rise of European COlonialism
- Rise of Capitalism
- Shift from primary to the secondary
- A very very new society with new working classes
Document Summary
200 billion more by doing this it would encourage companies to come back to the us. China is demanding more technology and he believes that the trade is skewed we buy more goods from them than they buy from us. Because they have a low labor cost and low labor standard. They believe that presidents nixon and on have pushed the idea of globalization (encourage trade and outsourcing labor overseas) Philippine miners trapped in typhoon: drawn by gold, drowned in mud. City planning could have prevented this natural disaster. Same as why nola wasn"t prepared for hurricane. Planning for reconstruction between house and state (200 families) to prevent future flooding by. Never really about saving the people (housing development wants to bring tourists) Not about the government trying to save people maybe the rich ones. Attempted to rape 15 yo when he was 17. Republicans have offered to open hearings because woman has agreed to testify.
