1. American Free Enterprise
Intro Question -
List three ways that government actions affect your economic freedoms. Are they positive or negative? Explain your answers.

2. American Free enterprise
Ch. 3 section 1

3. Pair Share! Share your answers with a partner.
Share their results with the class.

4. Why is this the land of opportunity?
Open Land.
Lots of natural resources.
Large and talented labor supply.
BUT! There is one main reason..

5. Free Enterprise! (p. 50)

6. Question:
Pair/Share
What is the perfect level of government involvement?

7. How does the gov’t play a role?
Public Disclosure Laws
Companies have to give important information to consumers so that consumers can make the best well-informed decisions.
Examples?
Public Safety
Gov’t regulations on health standards, labels, ingredients, etc.

8. Major Federal Regulatory Agencies
Food and Drug Administration
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Communications Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Etc.
Why does the government place some limits on the economic freedom of businesses?

9. Government Roles
The government steps in in order to protect public safety, fair competition, and equality.
Example - How does the FCC promote public interest?
How might government regulation have some negative consequences?

10. What about the internet?
SOPA, PROTECT IP Act
Meant to curb unauthorized sharing and streaming of copyrighted content.
Cybersecurity Bill
The DOJ argued that new legal powers were needed in order to combat the problem of foreign “rogue sites,” which profited from the facilitation of copyrighted material.
What are some positive/negative aspects of these bills?
What is the government trying to accomplish?

11. Internet Regulation Cont.
Complaints against them – Civil Liberties
It threatens free speech in America, because the law is broad enough to allow shutting down an entire site over one offending link, posted not by the site's operator but by a user. Damaging User-Generated Sites.
Protests – January 18, 2012
Wikipedia Blackout
Senator Reid postponed votes on this bill.

12. Internet Regulation Cont.
Senators worry that without some type of regulation, overseas criminals will be able to freely steal American intellectual property.

13. Government’s censorship of “art”
Activity:
I will give you a poll question regarding the:
Government’s censorship of “art”
Please read it on your own and do not discuss it with anyone around you.
I’d like to not have your opinion sway the responses of others.
Once you’ve made a choice, please turn over your paper.

14. Exit Question
Is government censorship of art something that is necessary?
HW Read pp Chapter 3 Section 3