Plagiarism Exercise
http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2010/04/06/196778/political-conflict-isnt-about-free-markets/?mobile=nc
1. I think this is very insightful. Where it goes wrong, though, is in concluding that there’s something “weird” about this inversion. I think if you look at political conflict you’ll see that attitudes toward property rights are really all over the map. I like the idea of allowing people to build more densely, which would be a form of strengthening property rights, whereas Cato’s Randal O’Toole doesn’t like this idea at all. The main difference between left and right with regard to property rights is simply that the right is invested in a lot of rhetoric about markets and property rights and the left is invested in different historical and rhetorical tropes.
2. I think this is very insightful. Where it goes wrong, though, is in concluding that there’s something “weird” about this inversion. I think if you look at political conflict you’ll see that attitudes toward property rights are really all over the map. I like the idea of allowing people to build more densely, which would be a form of strengthening property rights, whereas Cato’s Randal O’Toole doesn’t like this idea at all. The main difference between left and right with regard to property rights is simply that the right is invested in a lot of rhetoric about markets and property rights and the left is invested in different historical and rhetorical tropes. (Yglesias, 2010, http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2010/04/06/196778/political-conflict-isnt-about-free-markets/?mobile=nc)
3. Yglesias claims that the right is more concerned about market and property rights while the left concerns themselves more with historical findings.
Yglesias, Mathew. "Political Conflict isn't About Free Markets," www.thinkprogress.com
April, 2010 http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2010/04/06/196778/political-conflict-isnt-about-free-markets/?mobile=nc
4. In his article, Yglesias claims that politicians on the right are willing to make inconsistent claims so long as they align with what best suits big businesses.(Yglesias, 2010. "Political Conflict isn't About Free Markets")
1 and 2 are right on. 3 doesn't really plagiarize as it indicates who it is paraphrasing, and is thus not plagiarism (also, Yglesias doesn't really say that the right is concerned more about market, although perhaps you interpreted 3 to mean paraphrase incorrectly?) 4. Again does start to plagiarize, but it actually cites its source, both in parentheses and in the sentence. It looks like cheating just may not be your strong suit :)
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