Using this Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-employees-after-slowdown-in-earnings-growth-11666072959

1. Explain how the situation in your article demonstrates a capitalist economic system? Explain how the specific ways of approaching resource management, production, and distribution (which may be directly discussed in the article?

2. Explain how the situation in the article demonstrates the strengths of capitalism? In this specific case, where do you see the benefits of the centralized and decentralized nature of capitalism? Explain the reasoning?

3. Explain how the situation in your article demonstrates the weaknesses of capitalism? In this specific case, what are some problems that you see, or can imagine, arising from the methods of resource management, production, and/or distribution that are characteristic of capitalism? Explain the reasoning. Include, in some comments about William Cavanaugh's critique of capitalism and how it does or doesn't apply to your situation.

4. Discuss how the good in your news article could be produced in other economic systems, and describe what this could look like. Include a consideration of Robin Wall Kimmerer's concept of a gift economy in the explanation, as well as other economic models such as a centrally planned economy and/or subsistence economy.