Wednesday, May 30, 2012

, 7. Economic Geography: Using the diverse economies framework, map out your activities and economic transactions for one day. Comment on the proportion of activities/transactions that could be viewed as ‘capitalist’, ‘non-capitalist’ and ‘alternative capitalist’.


Transactions
Labour
Enterprise
Market


Wage
·       Working as a waiter

Capitalist
Alternative Market
·       Buying my monthly phone plan.

Alternative Pay
Alternative Capitalist
Non-market
·       Borrowing things of friends (Games)
·       Favour system within friends group.

Non-pay
·       Coach soccer team
·       Help around the house.
Non-Capitalist


In my daily and activities and transactions there were not many, if any activities that could be seen as capitalist.  The 2 main ones were earning a wage as a waiter and buying my phone plan.  Although we are said to live in a capitalist society, there are many different ways to get by everyday.

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