Readings for 10.29 - 11.06 (yes, it's November)

For Tuesday:

NYTimes on Ben Bernanke.  Be sure to click "read more" at the bottom of the column.

On Bernanke's recommendations for regulating banks.

Here is a summary of what congress wants to do.

Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf has some suggestions.

A lot of this is still about the banking crisis and not as much about the Federal Reserve System. We are at the intersection of chapters 12 and 13. But I feel that this is worth spending one more class on.

Tuesday's class: discussion of the above articles using chapter 13.

For Wednesday: Questions on 13

For Thursday, Read chapter 14


For Fri, TBA, but probably short writing assignment

Homework for this week.

We'll take it a couple of days at a time this week.

For Wednesday, come with any questions you have on chapters 11 and 12. After Wednesday I will assume you fully understand those chapters.

For Thursday, read chapter 13.

I was wrong!!

It turns out that $5s, $10s, and $20s are the bills most likely to be contaminated with cocaine.

It must be the recession.

Say hello to Dylan Robert Eason!

            Say hello to Dylan Robert Eason!

Homework due Thursday, October 15th

Here are a couple of articles on the winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics. You should know about them. Read for Thursday and we will discuss them if time allows.

From the Wall Street Journal
From the New York Times

Remember, quiz on Friday covering vocab, 3 reasons (each) for downward/upward slope of AD and AS, and a hypothetical scenario-based short answer question.

Homework Oct. 6-9

For Wednesday: Because there has been some confusion and I told some people one thing, others something else, no homework for Wednesday, Oct. 7. I will bring some articles and materials for discussion.

For Thursday: Read chapter 9.

For Friday: Readings on the Multiplier (handed out in class)