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Economics Syllabus

Economics Text Assignments (TAs) (1-6 available 2/7/17)

APA Citation Reference

Economics Essay #2: Fall 2017, Marginal Cost V Benefit for College

"Will College Pay Off?": A Surprising Cost Benefit Analysis - Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

The Rising Cost of Not Going to College - Pew Research Center

The Benefits of Education - Global Partnership for Education

Higher Education: Not What it Used to Be - The Economist

Economics Essay #1, Fall 2017, The Amazon Economy

Suggested Readings

The Amazon Economy - Huffpost

11 Ways Amazon Is Crushing the Competition, in Order to Rule Over the Ways We Consume Virtually Everything - Alternet

The Amazon-Walmart Showdown That Explains the Modern Economy - The New York Times

The Age of Microsoft and the Amazon Economy - Tim Harford

Apped to be Screwed - The Indypendent

10 Takeaways About the Gig Economy That Has Pushed Europe to Say No to These Predatory Capitalists - Alternet

Gig Economy Workers: Independent Contractors or Indentured Servants? - Capital & Main

YouTube Video - Stand Up Economist

YouTube Video - Beware Fellow Plutocrats, the Pitchforks are Comming

Unit Powerpoint Lesson Plans - Use for notetaking

*all lessons are subject to change

Unit 1.1 Fundamentals of Economics

Unit 1.2 Choice and Opportunity Costs

Unit 1.3 Production Possibilities Curve

Unit 1.4 Economists Toolbox

Unit 2.1 Economic Systems

Unit 2.2 Command Economies

Unit 2.3 Market Economies

Unit 2.4 Mixed Economies

Unit 3.1 Advantages of the Free Enterprise System

Unit 3.2 How Does Free Enterprise System Allocate Resources

Unit 3.3 Government and Free Enterprise

Unit 4.1 Demand

Unit 4.2 Factors That Affect Demand

Unit 4.3 Elasticity of Demand

Unit 5.1 Supply

Unit 5.2 Costs of Production

Unit 5.3 Factors That Affect Supply

Unit 5.4 Elasticity of Supply

Unit 6.1 Prices

Unit 6.2 Prices as Signals and Incentives

Unit 6.3 Artificial Barriers

Unit 7.1 Perfect Competition

Unit 7.2 The Impact of Monopoly

Unit 7.3 Market Structures

Unit 7.4 Regulation and Deregulation

Unit 8.1 Sole Proprietorships

Unit 8.2 Partnerships

Unit 8.3 Corporate Mergers and Multinationals

Unit 9.1 How are Wages Determined

Unit 9.2 Trends in Todays Labor Markets

Unit 9.3 Organized Labor in the U.S.

Unit 10.1 Money Functions and Properties

Unit 10.2 History of US Banking

Unit 10.3 Banking Today

Unit 11.1 Saving and Investment

Unit 11.2 and 11.3 Investing in a Market Economy

Unit 11.4 Bonds and Other Finanacial Instuments

Unit 12.1 Gross Domestic Product and Other Indicators

Unit 12.2 Business Cycles

Unit 12.3 Stimulating Economic Growth

Unit 13.1 Unemployment in Todays Economy

Unit 13.2 Poverty and Income Distribution

Unit 13.3 Casues and Consequences of Inflation

Unit 14.1 How Taxes Work

Unit 14.2 Federal Taxes

Unit 14.3 Federal Government Spending (Fiscal Policy)

Unit 15.1 What is Fiscal Policy

Unit 15.2 Demand Side and Supply Side Policies

Unit 15.3 Deficits and the National Debt

Unit 16.1 The Federal Reserve System

Unit 16.2 Functions of the Federal Reserve

Unit 16.3 Monetary Policy

Unit 17.1 Benefits and Issues of International Trade

Unit 17.2 Trade Barriers

Unit 17.3 Measuring the Value of Trade

Unit 17.4 Modern International Institutions

Unit 18.1 Definitions of Development

Unit 18.2 A Framework for Economic Development

Unit 18.3 Transition to a Market Economy

Final Exam Study Sheet 2014-2015

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