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Bus 101 Week 6 Tutorial

Lecture: The Nature of Capitalism (week 5)

Schmidt, E, Investors, consumers, and workers are changing capitalism for the better by demanding
companies behave more responsibly.

The Conversation, published: July 24, 2019 9.38pm AEST Updated: August 20, 2019 (wk5 Reading
Guide Bus 101)

1. In your view would tutorial attendance and participation be improved if we at UOW offered a
Cash incentive to students for attendance and responses in class? Give reasons for your response
(make sure you have watched the video by Michael Sandel)

2. Outline in your view of the major reasons for the growth of the Occupy Wallstreet movement.
3. “A new kind of capitalism seems to be emerging, one in which companies value communities, the
environment and workers just as much as profits.” Schmidt, E.
Write a response from the perspective of both Adam Smith and Milton Friedman to this statement,
outlining what you think would be the views of both individuals to the emergence of this new kind of
capitalism.

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