Economie et Gestion




Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Noam Chomsky - Requiem for the American Dream.


CLASS - April 15. 

You have to watch the video (linked below) and answer the 10 questions. 

You can work in groups (maximum of students per group: 3).

Format: Word or PDF.

Deadline: Sunday, April 19, at 11: 59 PM (23h 59m). 

Please send your work, as always, to upecenglish100@gmail.com

REMEMBER: sending your work to my yahoo address is NOT VALID. 


Please answer all these questions. (Find the video linked below)


  1. How does Chomsky define “democracy”?
  2. Explain why, according to Chomsky, concentration
of wealth yields concentration of power. 

  1. “The constitutional system has to be set up to 
prevent democracy”: explain this sentence in the context
 of the Constitutional Convention of the United States. (1787)

  1. How does Chomsky define the 1960s? Explain. 
  2. (Human Rights, Women's Rights, Environment, Opposition 
to Aggression, et cetera).  

  1. What was the reaction against the democratizing movements
of the 1960s during the 1970s? 

  1. How was the economy re-designed during and after 
the 1970s? (Explain: financialization of economy, 
off-shoring, redesign of the tax system ).

  1. According to Chomsky, why does the neoliberal system 
criticize the idea of solidarity?

  1. Why do the American elites have an anti-union 
sentiment? 

  1. What does it mean, for Chomsky, “manufacture consent”?
  2. What is the purpose of marginalizing the population?



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