AT Micro/Macro Economics

EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. Jacques Barzun KEY DATES: 1. Your Capsim assignment on the attributes of the Able product are due on Monday. 2. During the second class period of the week, we will have a QUIZ on chapter 10 and on the rest of the Learn to Earn packet.  There will be one essay question on the Lynch packet. 3. On Monday, Nov. 5, your Capsim assignment on a new product introduction is due. 4. On Friday, November 30, your stock selection paper is due. See the course syllabus for details. LONG PERIOD: we will look at the article, Euro Survives but Future is in Doubt CLASS ONE: we will discuss the rest of the Learn to Earn packet. HOMEWORK : prepare for quiz. CLASS TWO: QUIZ on chapter 10 and Learn to Earn packet. We will also debrief  the Capsim assignment on attributes of the Able product. HOMEWORK:  read the Colander chapter on Game Theory up to Informal Game Theory and Modern Behavi...

WEEK'S EYE-OPENER: Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for? Robert Browning KEY DATES: 1. On Monday, Oct. 22, your Capsim assignment on forecasting is due. 2. On Monday, Oct. 22, you will have a QUIZ on chapter 9 and the Wheelan chapter on incentives. 3. On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Mike Ross will come in for a debrief of Round 1. 4. On Monday, Oct. 29, your Capsim assignment on the attributes of the Able product are due. 5. During the second class period of the week of Oct. 29, you will have a QUIZ on chapter 10 In Colander, The Logic of Individual Choice and the rest of the Learn to Earn packet. 6. On Friday, November 30, your stock selection paper is due. See the course syllabus for details. CLASS ONE: QUIZ on chapter 9 and the chapter on incentives in Wheelan. HOMEWORK FOR PERIOD 3: continue to read in the Learn to Earn packet up to page 169. HOMEWORK FOR PERIOD 6: please read chapter 10 in Colander on The Logic of Individual Choice. CLASS TWO FOR...

WEEK'S EYE-OPENER: Angels can fly because they take themselves so lightly. G.K. Chesterton KEY DATES: 1. On Monday at 8:00 am your Capsim assignment on Promotion is due. 2. On Monday, you will have a test on chapter 8 and Value Investing. 3. On Monday, Oct. 22, your Capsim assignment on forecasting is due. 4. On Monday, Oct. 22, you will have a QUIZ on chapter 9, the Harvard Business Review article on creating demand and the Wheelan chapter on Incentives. CLASS ONE: QUIZ on chapter 8 and Value Investing. HOMEWORK: please read chapter 2 in Wheelan and the Harvard Business Review handout on creating demand. CLASS TWO: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: please read chapter 9 in Colander, International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and Outsourcing. CLASS THREE: we will discuss the readings. HOMEWORK: do your Capsim assignment and prepare for the QUIZ.

WEEK'S EYE-OPENER: The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure ion the exercise of his mind. Jacques Barzun KEY DATES: 1. On Monday at 8:00 am your Capsim assignment on PRICING is due. 2. During the second class period of the week, you will have a QUIZ on chapters 5 and 7 on Colander. 3. On Monday, Oct. 15, at 8:00 am, your Capsim assignment on sales and promotion is due and there is a QUIZ on chapter 8 and what we have read of the Peter Lynch reading. 4. On Wednesday, Nov. 21, John Rogers and Charles Bobtrinskoy will address both sections at 9:40 on the philosophy of value investing. CLASS ONE: We will discuss chapter 78, Describing Supply and Demand: Elasticities. We will also discuss the article on pricing. HOMEWORK: prepare for the quiz on chapters 5 and 7. CLASS TWO: QUIZ on chapters 5 and 7. HOMEWORK: read in the Peter Lynch handout, the interview and Is this a good market, please don't ask. CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading and have a mi...