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5 | Week 1 | 1. Introduction: What is economics? | Study the course website | Assignment 1 & 2 | 28 | |||||||
6 | Aug 27 - Aug 31 | What is the economic way of thinking? | Read Module 0-2: Succeeding w/Waymaker; Economic Thinking; & Choice in a World of Scarcity | |||||||||
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8 | Week 2 | 2. Demand & Supply | Read Module: Supply & Demand and Module: Applications of Supply & Demand | |||||||||
9 | Sep 3 - Sep 7 | [ No class on Labor Day ] | Assignment 3 (Online section only) | |||||||||
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11 | Week 3 | 3. Alternative Ways of Solving | Read Heilbroner, Chapter 1 | |||||||||
12 | Sep 10 - Sep 14 | the Economic Problem | Read Radford, "The Economics of a POW Camp" | |||||||||
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14 | Week 4 | 4. The Role of Money | Read Module: Money & Banking, first 3 sections: Defining Money, Financial Markets and, Banking | |||||||||
15 | Sep 17 - Sep 21 | & the Financial System | Read Specter, "Capitalizing on Yankee Ingenuity" | |||||||||
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17 | Week 5 | First Midterm Exam | ||||||||||
18 | Sep 24 - Sep 28 | Wednesday, October 10 | ||||||||||
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20 | Week 6 | 5. A First Look at Macroeconomics | Notes for Topic 5 (scroll down) | |||||||||
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23 | Week 7 | 6. How Does One Tell the | Read the two modules on Macroeconomic Measures of Performance | |||||||||
24 | Oct 8 - Oct 12 | State of the Economy? | ||||||||||
25 | [ No class Friday ] | Fall Break | ||||||||||
26 | Week 8 | Mon, Oct 16-Tues, Oct 17 | ||||||||||
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29 | Week 9 | 7. The Role of Government | Read Module on Fiscal Policy, Sections 1 (The Federal Budget) & 2 (State & Local Budgets) | |||||||||
30 | Oct 22- Oct 26 | in the Market Economy | Listen to Financial & Political Challenges for FEMA | |||||||||
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32 | Week 10 | Second Midterm Exam | ||||||||||
33 | Oct 29 - Nov 2 | Friday, November 16 | ||||||||||
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35 | Week 11 | 8. What Determines the Level of Economic | Read Module: Macro Workings and Module: Keynesian & Neoclassical Economics | |||||||||
36 | Nov 5 - Nov 9 | Activity? What causes economic activity to | Assignment 7 | |||||||||
37 | speed up or slow down? | |||||||||||
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39 | Week 12 | 9. Fiscal Policy | Read Module: Fiscal Policy | |||||||||
40 | Nov 12 - Nov 16 | |||||||||||
41 | Thanksgiving Break | |||||||||||
42 | Nov 19 | Wed, Nov 22- Fri, Nov 24 | ||||||||||
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44 | Week 13 | 10. Monetary Policy | ||||||||||
45 | Nov 26 - Nov 30 | Read Module: Monetary Policy | ||||||||||
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47 | Week 14 | 11. Real World Complications | Read Module: Policy Applications | |||||||||
48 | Dec 3 - Dec 7 | |||||||||||
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50 | Final Exam | |||||||||||
51 | Wednesday, December 12 | |||||||||||
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