AT Micro/Macro Economics

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/upshot/financial-markets-were-flat-in-2015-thank-goodness.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL45pVdsRvE

  Please enroll and upload your quarterly research paper to Turnitin.com.  The Class ID is 11250670 and the enrollment password is St. Cat's

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/09/29/444169254/-50-000-or-more-in-student-loans-you-probably-dont-think-college-was-worth-it?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150929

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/08/29/435189789/50-percent-off-a-college-education-not-such-a-good-deal-after-all?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150829

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/opinion/europe-should-see-refugees-as-a-boon-not-a-burden.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/technology/apple-ios-9s-enabling-of-ad-blocking-prompts-backlash.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/opinion/sunday/a-toxic-work-world.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

APPLE'S FAITH-BASED CULTURE /

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/102640715

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15 YEARS AFTER RHE DOT-COM BUBBLE BURST, A NASDAQ RECORD

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-influence-hinges-on-future-of-dollar-yuan-1429120648

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/gangnam-style-can-teach-us-psy-chology-investing/

In chapter 9, please read only the first half of chapter 9 on the Keynesian Model up to the Aggregate Supply  Curve.

Please write on one of the following (50 points): 1. A major goal of the Federal Reserve is to promote steady, sustained growth in the aggregate US economy. If the economy is falling into a recession, what can the Federal Reserve do to steady it? What level of certainty can the Fed have that its policies will have the desired effects? 2. GDP is defined as the sum of spending from consumers, businesses, and government plus net exports. If you could add any one category to this equation in order to make it a more accurate reflection of an economy's health, what would it be and why?

You will address one of the following: 1. In 2010, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker enacted an initiative to disband many of the state's public sector unions. Among the affected unions were teaching and research assistants at the University of Wisconsin (a state-supported university), who worked on semester-long appointments helping professors with all manner of projects and classes. TAs and RAs received a small monthly stipend, tuition remission, and health benefits for their work. The TA and RA union protested Walker's measure fiercely. What do you think were some of the reasons for these protests? On the other hand, from an economic perspective , why would Governor Walker seek to disband public sector unions? 2. Poverty is officially defined as a function of a family's weekly food expenditures. Poverty, though, is not simply an economic issue, but a social one as well. Please give a definition of poverty that captures both its economic (objective) and social (subjective