When I read the premise of this assignment I was very intrigued. However I wanted it to be more than just giving a people a dollar. I want the exercise to reflect the best parts of the American economy: when its members can use the prosperity that they've achieved for themselves and offer others the opportunity to do the same.
My exercise would do more than just ask people if they'd want to have a dollar (I can't imagine anyone that would refuse).
It would ask of them to do the same,
I would challenge people to think of a way to make at least three dollars from the one dollar (which is at minimum 200% profit). Then I'd ask to give them to give one of those dollars to someone else and repeat the process. This is not only indicative of our income tax system (capping around 39 percent), but reinforces that people not only have a legal but more importantly a moral responsibility to engage themselves in the success of others.
Hi Oliver, I enjoyed reading your blog post! I like that you turned an odd and uncomfortable assignment into a way to better people's lives. I think you took a really unique and innovative approach to this assignment. You might be surprised at people's skepticism and unwillingness to take anything, even money, from strangers. I know I had a tough time giving my dollar bills away. How did it work out for you? I wish I could see the videos of people's reactions to you completing this assignment.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to check out my attempt at the "Free Money" assignment, you can find my blog post by following this link: http://entrepreneurshipbyisa.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money-week-7.html
ReplyDeleteHi Oliver. I liked your idea in expanding the assignment. I would be interested to see how many people actually gave a dollar away to someone else. I would have liked to see the video of how it went. Out of the 5 dollars how many were you able to give away?
ReplyDeleteHere is my blog if you would like to see it.
http://wjkms.blogspot.com/2016/02/free-money.html
Hi Oliver
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog post. I thought it was really interesting how you decided to expand on the concept of the assignment. One thing that really stood out to me is how you talked about challenging them to turn 1 dollar into 3 and continuing the process.Although I didn't get to this assignment you should check out my blog: blogapocolypse.blogspot.com if you get the chance