AT Micro/Macro Economics

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-voters.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/business/economy/nafta-may-have-saved-many-autoworkers-jobs.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/opinion/trade-labor-and-politics.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/28/upshot/the-trade-deficit-isnt-a-scorecard-and-cutting-it-wont-make-america-great-again.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://youtu.be/Y3ttxGMQOrY

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/business/economy/carrier-workers-see-costs-not-benefits-of-global-trade.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/us/politics/-trade-donald-trump-breaks-200-years-economic-orthodoxy-mercantilism.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/07/donald-trump-why-americans-support

Your final assessment for the winter quarter will focus on a topic that synthesizes behavioral and financial economics: marketing. You will have the entire week of March 7 to work on this assessment in class; brief presentations will follow on the last two days of the quarter, March 14 and 15. Point total: 50 Step 1: Choices Find a partner. Brainstorm about a company you both know well. Familiarity with both product/service and public image is important for the success of the project, as you will need to design a marketing campaign that speaks to the consumer base of the company in a convincing manner. Step 2: Concept Your design for the marketing campaign will need both a verbal and a visual component. The most effective campaigns tend to have concise, memorable phrases to accompany a striking image. An example is Apple’s recent iPhone 6s campaign, one of which pictured below. Apple chose photo submissions from 40 iPhone users around the world to include in the...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/opinion/boris-johnson-britain-europe-brexit.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/the-deficit-is-down-and-nobody-knows-or-cares/?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/krugman-dwindling-deficit-disorder.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share