If I'm not teaching economics this year, why am I still posting?

Simple. I'll be posting links and thoughts I may find useful in the future. In the meantime, USM economics students and any other interested persons should feel free to follow along, comment, whatever.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Homework for over the weekend

Step 1: Print, read and annotate this article on unemployment.

Step 2: Find your own article on unemployment trends or data, print, read, and annotate, and bring to class to present and discuss what you found to the class.

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  1. Dirhams.

    Year GDP
    (millions of AED) US Dollar Exchange Inflation Index
    (2000=100) Per Capita Income
    (as % of USA)
    1980 109,833 3.70 Dirhams 85 239.34
    1985 100,400 3.67 Dirhams 57 111.96
    1990 123,541 3.67 Dirhams 69 84.08
    1995 157,144 3.67 Dirhams 89 60.84
    2000 259,247 3.67 Dirhams 100 67.42
    2005 491,265 3.67 Dirhams 121 78.44


    The second column is GDP. The GDP of UAE has more than quadrupled since 1980.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates

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