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From ABBA to Led Zeppelin: using music to teach economics
From ABBA to Led Zeppelin: using music to teach economics

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Welcome To The Future - Brad Paisley

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My grandpa was in World War 2
He fought against the Japanese
He wrote a hundred letters to my grandma
Mailed them from his base in the Philippines
I wish they could see this now
Will they say it’s changed a note
‘Cause I was on a video chat this morning
With a company in Tokyo

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Assignment:

How does technological progress make us better off? Comment by using the two examples provided in the lyrics.

By: Dirk Mateer
04.30.10 · Permalink
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