Course Description:
Students are introduced to fundamental
economic concepts such as scarcity, opportunity cost,
comparative advantage, the price system in addition
to demand and supply. Fundamental Microeconomic and
Macroeconomic priciples provide the foundation for
a thorough understanding of a college level economics
course. Generally taken the senior year, this course
may be taken earlier with departmental permission.
Book List:
Essentials
of Economics, 4th Edition. Gregor Mankiw
Important
Links:
Syllabus
(Assignment Schedule)
Student
Survival Guide (Course expectations)
Class
Lectures
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Useful Links (General):
Textbook
Student Guide for Essentials of Economics, 4th Edition
Stock
market tracker
Yahoo
Financial News
Census
Bureau Poverty Statisitics
Stock
Market Game Online
Domestic
The
Hill
Newsweek
MSNBC Online
Fox News
Network
CNN
The
Washington Post
The
Washington Times
The New
York Times
The
Atlantic Monthly
National Public
Radio
Christian
Science Monitor
Foreign
Voice
of America (US government)
Reuters
News Service (German)
Der
Spiegel (German)
La Monde
(France)
The Economist
(UK)
BBC
Online (UK)
The
Guardian (UK)
Turkish
Weekly (Turkey)
Pravda
(Russia)
Arab News
(Saudi Arabia)
The
Times (India)
Asahi
Shimbun (Japan)
Asia Times
(Hong Kong)
Useful Links (Specialized):
The
CIA World Fact Book
Political Satire:
The
Capitol Steps
Generic
political jokes
Bushisms
John
Kerry Jokes
PG-rated
Bill Clinton Jokes
Generic
political jokes
National Debt
Clock :
The following is
a running total of the US national debt based on an
algorithm provided by zFActs.com.
Divide the total you see by the
population of the country (300 million) to determine
your share of the national debt. This
is how much more money the government must now take
from you in taxes or deny to you in benefits (in the
form of national defense, student grants and loans,
highway construction, law enforcement, etc.)
Since the 1960s, the national
debt has gone up in every administration, Repbublican
and Democrat. It has gone up when Democrats have controlled
Congress and when Republicans have. No party is solely
responsible. The voters who have chosen the politicians
are. Who do you blame if you have never voted? Have
you ever seen the bumper sticker on the expensive car,
"I am spending my children's inheritance!"
It is more true than you thought.
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