AT Micro/Macro Economics

Week's Eye-opener: If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. John F. Kennedy Key Dates: 1. Your Capsim assignment on Situational Analysis is due online by 8:00 am. on Monday. 2.  During the SECOND class period of the week, we will have quiz on chapters 3 and 4 plus the on the article, The Magician and the Michael Lewis reading. There will be one essay from the non-Colander readings. 3. On Monday, Oct. 8, your elasticity Capsim assignment is due at 8 am and you will have a QUIZ on chapter 5, Using Supply and Demand and chapter 7, Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities. There will an essay  from  Setting the Right Price at the Right Time. CLASS ONE: we will read and discuss Washington versus America. We will also review what we should remember from the Michael Lewis reading. HOMEWORK: prepare for the QUIZ during the next class period. CLASS TWO: QUIZ on the Colander chapters 3 and 4 plus the two other readings.  HOMEWORK: please ...

Week's Eye-Opener: Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. Daniel H. Burnham Key Dates: 1. This Monday, Gerhard Plaschka, the Managing Director of Capsim, and Mike Ross, a Relationship Consultant from the same firm, will come introduce the yearlong economic simulation to you. 2. On Monday, Oct. 1, you will have completed the Capsim "Situation Analysis". 3. During the SECOND class period of the week of Oct. 1, we will have a quiz on chapters 3 and 4 of Colander, and the readings , The Magician and Washington Versus America . There will be two short essays from these readings. 4. On Friday, November 30, your stock selection is due. See the course syllabus for details. LONG PERIOD: we will read the article, Washington versus America by Ross Douthat CLASS ONE: Capsim presentation. HOMEWORK: read the handout, The Magician, and  chapter 3 in Colander. CLASS TWO: we will discuss the two readings. HOMEWORK: read chapter 4 in Colander on  Supply and Dema...

WEEK'S EYE-OPENER: Character is that which can do without success. Ralph Waldo Emerson KEY DATES: 1. During the THIRD class period of the week, you will have your first econ. quiz. There will be 29 objective questions from the test banks and two essays from the handouts and Naked Economics. 2. On Monday, Sept. 24, the Capsim team will come to Lab to introduce the economic simulation that we will be doing this year. 3. On Friday, November 30, your stock selection paper is due. See the course syllabus for details. LONG PERIOD: we will look at the article, U.S. Companies Brace for an Exit From the Euro by Greece. CLASS ONE: We will discuss discuss chapter one in Naked Economics. HOMEWORK: Please finish chapter 2 in Colander. CLASS TWO: we will discuss the Colander chapter. HOMEWORK: prepare for the QUIZ tomorrow. CLASS THREE: QUIZ.  HOMEWORK:  please read the prologue and first chapter in The Big Short. CLASS FOUR: we will discuss the Lewis reading. HOMEWORK: please read the Capsim ha...