AT Micro/Macro Economics

EYE OPENER OF THE WEEK: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry; but money answereth all things. BIBLE KEY DATES: 1. On Monday, Nov. 26, Mike Ross will do a debrief. 2. During the second class period of the week, we will have a QUIZ on Perfect Competition. 3. On Friday, your STOCK SELECTION PAPERS are due. 4. On Wednesday, December 19, Ariel Capital Management will be in and John and Charlie will speak to us about value investing. CLASS ONE: we will review the chapter on Perfect Competition and I will give you time to work on your stock selection papers.  HOMEWORK: prepare for a quiz on Perfect Competition. CLASS TWO: QUIZ  on Perfect Competition. HOMEWORK: please read chapter 2 in The Big Short. CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: work on your stock selection papers which are due tomorrow. CLASS FOUR: I will collect your papers and we will read some of them in class. HOMEWORK: Please read chapter 15 on Monopoly.

EYE OPENER FOR THE WEEK: Character is that which can do without success. Ralph Waldo Emerson KEY DATES: On Monday, Nov. 12, your Capsim assignment on the production schedule for the demand forecast for Able is due. On Wednesday, Nov. 15, Steve Soble will speak to both sections about running a small business and, specifically, Obamacare. During the last class period of the week, you will have a quiz on the two chapters on production and cost analysis plus an essay question from Soble's talk. On Friday, Nov. 30, your stock selection paper is due. See the course syllabus or the category Stock Selection paper on this site for details. THE LONG PERIOD: we will watch Doris Kearns Goodwin discussing Obama's second term. CLASS ONE: we will discuss chapter 12 on Production and Cost Analysis. HOMEWORK: read chapter 13, the second chapter on production for the class period that Steve Soble is not speaking. CLASS TWO: we will discuss chapter 13 and do the Capsim debrief. HOMEWORK FOR LAST ...

EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: The nation that has no schools has no future. Bismarck KEY DATES: On Monday, Nov. 5, your Capsim assignment on a new product introduction is due. On Friday, Nov. 9, we will have a QUIZ on the game theory chapter in Colander as well as the chapter on production and cost analysis. On Monday, Nov. 12, your Capsim assignment on the production schedule for the demand forecast for Able is due. On Friday, Nov. 30, your stock selection paper is due. See the course syllabus or the category Stock Selection paper on this site for details. LONG PERIOD: we will watch a video on Sandy and our economic goals. CLASS ONE: We will discuss the first half of the chapter on game theory. HOMEWORK: finish the chapter. CLASS TWO: we will discuss the second half of the chapter and do the Capsim Debrief. HOMEWORK: please read chapter 12 on Production and Cost Analysis in Colander. CLASS THREE: we will discuss the reading. HOMEWORK: prepare for the Quiz on game theory and production and c...

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...