a. Interest in privatizing the United States Post Office seems to have grown in recent years. USPS revenue is down about 35 percent in real terms since 2008. USPS
employee pension and health care funding deficits now exceed $100 billion. Raise some of the arguments both for and against privatizing the Post Office. What would you do? Explain.
b. In a Washington Post opinion piece, Long Island University economics professor Panos Mourdoukoutas argued that public libraries should be replaced with Amazon. Explain his argument. Do you agree with Mourdoukoutas? Explain.