PAD520 WEEK 8 DISCUSSION 1 & 2

PAD520 WEEK 8 DISCUSSIONS

DISCUSSION 1

"Evaluating Policy Performance" Please respond to the following:

·         Compare and contrast methods of evaluation and prescription in terms of time and the types of claims produced by each. Provide examples to support your response.

DISCUSSION 2

"Moral Judgment and Living Wage" Please respond to the following:

·         From the e-Activity, select two different states and locations (city or county) to compare the living wage estimates and poverty wage for a family with one adult and one child designated for the two states and selected locations. Make sure to find two states that have more than $2.00 difference in living wage estimates. Suggest at least two reasons for the differences. 

·         From the case study, Case 7.1., explain at least two reasons many consider the adoption of a living wage a moral and ethical issue. Discuss the implications that morality and ethics have to analyzing and developing public policy.