AT Micro/Macro Economics

EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: What's gone and what's past help should be past grief. Shakespearre KEY DATES: 1. During the first class period of the week of Feb. 4 we will have a QUIZ on chapters 21 and 22 in Colander. 2. On Wednesday, March 6, Steve Kaplan will speak to us about income inequality and CEO pay. CLASS ONE: we will discuss the chapter, Market Failure versus Government Failure. HOMEWORK: please read chapter 22, Behavioral Economics and Modern Economic Policy. CLASS TWO: we will discuss the homework. HOMEWORK: prepare for quiz on Monday. CLASS THREE FOR PERIOD THREE ONLY: we will watch Clarissa Ward talk about Syria on Charlie Rose.

EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain. Cardinal Newman KEY DATES: 1. During the class period we will have a quiz on chapter 19 in Colander and chapters 5 and 6 in Wheelan. 2.  On Thursday, Jan. 24. we will go on our Econ. Field Trip. We will visit the CME floor at 9:00 am, hear the Fed. economist, Rick Matton at 10:30 am and go to Capsim at 12:00 for lunch and a presentation. We will  gather in the foyer of the High School at 7:30 SHARP,  take the 8:02 train to Van Buren from the 57th street station, arriving at 8:16 ,and then take the 3:12 train back from Van Buren, arriving at 3:26 at 57th street. THE LONG PERIOD: the 6th period class will use the extra half hour as a study period. CLASS ONE: For period 3, we will talk about the Federal Reserve and commodities.   For period 6, QUIZ on chapter 19 in Colander and chapter 5 and 6 in Wheelan. CLASS TWO: period 3, a QUIZ on chapter 19 in Colander and chapters 5 a...

EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: FULL MANY A GEM OF PUREST RAY SERENE, THE DARK UNFATHOME'D CAVES OF OCEAN BARE: FULL MANY A FLOWER'S BORN TO BLUSH UNSEEN, AND WASTE ITS SWEETNESS ON THE DESERT AIR. GRAY'S ELEGY KEY DATES: 1. During the first class period of this week, you will have a QUIZ  on chapters 17 and 18 and the two Krugman articles. 2. During the first period of the week of Jan. 24, you will have a QUIZ on the two Wheelan readings and chapter 19 in Colnader. There will be an essay on Wheelan. 3. On Thursday, Jan. 24. we will go on our Econ. Field Trip. We will visit the CME floor at 9:00 am, hear the Fed. economist, Rick Matton at 10:30 am and go to Capsim at 12:00 for lunch and a presentation. We will take the 8:02 train to Van Buren from the 57th street station, arriving at 8:16 and then take the 3:12 train back from Van Buren, arriving at 3:26 at 57th street. THE EXTRA HALF HOUR OF THE LONG PERIOD: We will watch David Leonhardt and Austin Goolsbee talk about the...

EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: A Good Marriage is that in which each appoints the other the Guardian of his solitude. Rainier Maria Rilke KEY DATES: On Monday, Jan. 14, we will have a test on chapters 17 and 18 with an essay on your assessment of the budget deal and the future of negotiations between the Congress and the President. 2. On Thursday, Jan. 24. we will go on our Econ. Field Trip. We will visit the CME floor at 9:00 am, hear the Fed. economist, Rick Matton at 10:30 am and go to Capsim at 12:00 for lunch and a presentation. We will take the 8:02 train to Van Buren from the 57th street station, arriving at 8:16 and then take the 3:12 train back from Van Buren, arriving at 3:26 at 57th street. Extra Half hour of long period: we will choose teams for the Capsim competition that will begin on Feb. 11. CLASS ONE: we will discuss the budget deal and the future of growth in the U.S. economy. HOMEWORK: please read chapter 17 on Real-World Competition and Technology. CLASS TWO: we will discu...