<p>What were the essay questions for Haas? I can’t find them on their website. Any help is appreciated :)</p>
<p>First was just another personal statement question like “what can you bring to haas” or “why are you applying to haas.” I can’t remember it because i didn’t answer it.</p>
<p>The other one, which I did answer, was something along the lines of:</p>
<p>Hurricane Katrina, arguably the most devastating natural disaster in history, revealed the large gap between the rich and the poor. <strong><em>Who do you think is responsible of lessening the gap or is it a by-product of the American Economy.</em></strong></p>
<p>i answered that question too but i got rejected
did u get in? what are your points?</p>
<p>Thank you for responding! :)</p>
<p>Sorry, that was me that posted under Bearclaw (friend was still logged in on senate computer). Yes I was able to get in.</p>
<p>This is how i answered the question :</p>
<p>Hurricane Katrina illuminated the overwhelming socioeconomic inequality concentrated in the New Orleans region. Despite the inevitability of class differences in a capitalist economy, with wages being determined by the market and influenced by supply and demand, the large economic gap facing the New Orleans region can be minimized. Corporations and individuals in New Orleans have limited power to reduce this economic inequality; however, the multiple levels of government possess the requisite ability and authority to lessen the gap, primarily through changes in public policy.
The US government has long been the final authority in restoring economic prosperity in volatile times, because of its constitutional mandate to protect its citizens and its flexibility to initiate change on a large scale. The function of government is to protect and serve the people. As Abraham Lincoln acknowledged, Government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Historically, government has had the ability to step in during times of national crisis and has set many precedents as the authority to affect positive economic change for all social classes. For example, during the Great Depression, when corporations and the people were reluctant or unable to spend money, President Roosevelt used the government to fund large-scale social programs in order to stimulate the economy until war pulled America out of the Depression. Similarly, the local people of New Orleans lack the capacity to act on their own behalf to lessen the divide and to escape their own poverty. Todays government should learn from Roosevelts anti-Laissez-faire stance and actively work to reduce the economic gap in the New Orleans region.
The government should instigate short and long term policies to reduce the prevailing socioeconomic gap in the country, and more specifically the New Orleans region. For short-term improvements, the state government can redistribute national wealth by enacting a higher progressive income tax. According to Businessweek, the ratio between CEO and employee pay has increased from 42:1 in 1980, to an alarming 691:1 times in 2000. Inversely, federal progressive tax rates in 1980 were at 70% and have gradually decreased to 33%, which contributes to the trend of the rich getting richer. A higher income tax for the rich will provide funds that can be applied to stimulate the economy by rebuilding the social and educational infrastructure. East Palo Alto (EPA), a city that parallels New Orleans in its growing poverty exemplifies a viable long-term strategy, which has enticed local industries with government involvement to become more socially responsible and decrease the disparity of wealth in that region. For instance, in 1997, EPA contracted Ikea and Four Seasons Hotel to build properties on their land with the stipulation of hiring a percentage of employees from the local community. The multiple levels of government in Louisiana should collaborate to entice businesses with enterprise zoning and redevelopment corporations.
The government is responsible for constraining the socioeconomic rift because they have the function and capability to decrease New Orleans economic rift. The government should follow EPAs example and entice corporations back into the region to provide educational and employment opportunities. Investment in the areas economy and infrastructure will complement the higher progressive income for the wealthy. New Orleans could potentially serve as a model for other deeply divided communities and inspire other regions to meet basic human needs and better their economic status.</p>
<p>Some obvious flaws:<br>
i mention increasing progressive tax while i am applying to a Business School.
I mention the egregious statistic of Ceo/employee pay.
Economists don’t like Roosevelt and New Deal and believe it did more damage than good.</p>
<p>very well done mschop… you deserved that acceptence</p>