GVPT 306 Week 1 Discussion

GVPT 306

Week 1 Discussion

This week’s discussion will focus on the reding for this week.  Please read the selections and respond to these questions to get the discussion going.

1.How do we understand ‘facts’ in trying to assess the global economy?

2.  What does it mean to speak of ‘alternative facts’ or the ‘fake news’? Are these ways political leaders ignore or distort the ‘truth’?  And how do we know what is ‘true’ or not in thinking about political life?

Readings links:

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2020/0430/Fake-news-101-A-guide-to-help-sniff-out-the-truth?cmpid=ema:mkt:20200513&src=highlight

http://www.newsweek.com/excerpt-zakarias-post-american-world-89645

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/technology/coronavirus-plandemic-misinformation.html

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/jfrieden/files/stateofdiscipline.pdf