2.4b Portfolio Project - Raw Field Interview

 

 

Title
The Economy Today: Response to Rising Cost
Guest
      Beverly Wade/ Arkansas Department of Health employee

 Sample Questions
    1. What are your feelings about the economy?
     2. How would you define inflation?
     3. Has there been a significant rise in cost of products or services that you use in

          your everyday life?
           a. If so, name some of those products, and some of the decisions you’ve made.
     4. What do you think is the cause of inflation?
     5. Do you think any one person or event is to blame, or do you believe that it is

         an accumulation of events?
          a. Who is that person?
          b. Detail the event, or events
     6. Do you believe it is long term or short term?
     7. Where do you see yourself financially a year from now?
     8. If you had any advice to offer on the solution to inflation, what advice would give

          and to whom?
     9.  Have you made any significant changes in the way you spend or save for the long term?
 

     This interview features Beverly Wade, an Arkansas Department of Health employee. Beverly’s
commute to work is 30 minutes one way. My intent was to interview someone who was not working from home and did not necessarily work close to the job. With gas prices continuing to increase, I assumed the high price of gas would have a greater effect on someone who lives further away from their job, than one who’s commute is only several minutes away. Although we can adjust the food we eat and cancel our Netflix or Hello Fresh subscription services, we cannot escape the amount of money we are pouring down our gas tanks. We also cannot go without our diabetes medication or medical services. We have had to find clever ways to minimize the dent that these increasing costs are having on our wallets. Although some prices remain steady, it only takes the increase in one vital necessity to put us over the edge. Some individuals are being forced to ask themselves, what is essential ...and what can I live without.”  This is Beverly’s story.
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