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Homework

Week of January 11

Wednesday, January 13

•Due Wednesday, January 13 – prior to 8 PM. Located on Blackboard; under the assignment icon. Please complete in a Word Document and post that Word document onto the assignment.

oChoose one point and research two articles that expands on our discussion in class regarding:

o Economics and scarce resources,

oEconomics and quantifying and creating models to describe situations and how those models are being used,

oDiscuss how would you as an economist look at either poverty or the environment in terms of scarce resources, cost vs. benefits

oFurther discuss specifically how the future will be different and the current variables used to develop economic models will change. You can specifically discuss

Outsourcing, technology, skills, capital/investments

Demographic changes

Technology

Immigration

•Continue discussion of Chapter 11

Friday, January 15

•Find two articles (not BEA) that discuss the US economy at the end of 2015 going into 2016 – summarize – Due Monday, January 18 by 8PM. We will discuss on Wednesday, January 20. Located on Blackboard; under the assignment icon. Please complete in a Word Document and post that Word document onto the assignment.

oChoose one point and research two articles that expands on our discussion in class regarding:

o Economics and scarce resources,

oEconomics and quantifying and creating models to describe situations and how those models are being used,

oDiscuss how would you as an economist look at either poverty or the environment in terms of scarce resources, cost vs. benefits

oFurther discuss specifically how the future will be different and the current variables used to develop economic models will change. You can specifically discuss

Outsourcing, technology, skills, capital/investments

Demographic changes

Technology

Immigration

•Continue discussion of Chapter 11

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The 2nd essay

Find two articles (not BEA) that discuss the US economy at the end of 2015 going into 2016 – summarize – Due Monday, January 18 by 8PM. We will discuss on Wednesday, January 20.

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Discuss Unemployment and Inflation Chapter 12

Start discussion Budget – Chapter 15

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