Welcome!  You have successfully navigated your way to Economics 809 Moraine Park Technical College Economics Instructor Course No.  809-195 Syllabus Welcome Memo - 1_Memo_Sprng_2009.doc Course Outline - Econ_Outline_MPTC_Spring_2009Trad.doc Core Abilities - Core_Abilities.pdf Macro View of Course - Economics_Reference_Macro__2_.pdf Guest Speakers - Guest_speakers.pdf Grading - 1_Economics_Grading_Rationale.doc Chinese Proverb - Chinese_proverb.pdf The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - 7 habits Dr Covey.pdf Office Hours - Springl_2009_Schedule_student.xls Inclement Weather - http://www.morainepark.edu/pages/193.asp Class Ground Rules - 2_Class_Ground_Rules.doc Core Abilities Assessment - Core_Abilities_current_events.doc Procedures and Policies for Economics Exams - Perception_Secure.doc Learning Plan 1 Foundations of Economics Scarcity, Choices, Opportunity Cost Presentation - Scarcity__Choices__Opportunity_Cost.pdf Factors of Production - The_Factors_of_Production.pdf Opportunity Cost - Opportunity_Cost__Reading.pdf Positive and Normative Statements - Learning_Plan_1_norm_post.pdf Constructing a Graph - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index.asp?objID=ECO801 Graphing - Graphing.pdf Graphing Paper - Copy_of_Graph_Paper.xls Production Possibilities Curve Exercise - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index.asp?objID=ECO701 Chapter 1 & 2 Quizzes - http://wps.aw.com/aw_miller_econtoday_13/0,10350,1934587-,00.html Opportunity Cost of an Automobile - Opportunity_cost.pdf Entrepreneurial Quiz - http://www.startupjournal.com/howto/soundadvice/20020327-mancuso-quiz.html Learning Plan 2 Marginal Analysis Marginal Analysis Presentation - Learnin_Plan_2a.ppt Your Economic Life - Your_Economic_Life.pdf Cost Benefit Analysis & Opportunity Cost - Cost Benefit Analysis and Opportunity Cost a.pdf Cost/Benefit Analysis CBA Exercise - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index.asp?objID=ECO600 401(k) or IRA? - http://www.jsonline.com/bym/your/sep04/261541.asp George Sand Quote - George_Sand.gif CBA Minimum Wage - CBA_Minimum_wage.pdf Cost/Benefit of World Aid - cost benefit of aid.pdf Cost/Benefit of Hybrids - CBA_Hybrids.pdf Minimum Wage by States - http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/america.htm Education Marginal Analysis - Education_revised_f2006.doc LP 2 Scoring Guide - Scoring_Guide_CBA_gradingFall_2007.doc LP 2 Sample Paper Format - 1_LP2SampleCBA.doc Learning Plan 3 Market Forces: Supply & Demand Supply & Demand Presentation - supplydemand_revised.ppt Chapter 3 Questions - Chapter_3_questions.doc Chapter 4 Questions - Chapter_4_questions.doc Phamphlet S & D - Phamphlet_2_Supply_and_Demand.pdf Supply/Demand Simulations - SupplyDemand.xls Grapher - http://www.mathxl.com/info/grapher.asp Chapters 3 & 4 Quizzes - http://wps.aw.com/aw_miller_econtoday_13/0,10350,1934834-,00.html Price Supports "That's a lot of cotton" - http://www.usatoday.com/money/2005-02-01-cotton-cover-usat_x.htm Why Are Milk Prices Higher? - http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/apr04/219394.asp Is $9.68 Per Hour Enough? - walmart.pdf Housing and Minimum Wage - http://www.nlihc.org/oor2002/index.htm History of Minimum Wage - Minimum_Wage_History.doc Market Structures: Comparison - Market_Structure.pdf Farm Policy - Farm_Policy_pdf.pdf How to Create a Business Plan - http://www.learnthat.com/business/learn.asp?id=120&index=0 Learning Plan 4 Economic Systems Mixed Economies Presentation - Alternative_economic_systems.ppt Role of Government Presentation - Learning_Plan4.ppt Politics Made Simple - http://www.dafydd.net/fun/msg00327.html Brainy Atlas - http://www.brainyatlas.com/ Economic Freedom - http://www.heritage.org/index/Default.aspx World Fact Book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ Alternative Economics Systems Cartoons - http://www.photoshow.net/watch/JT6QT9za What Is A Market Economy? - http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/market/homepage.htm China - http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/dec03/195581.asp Russian Economy - http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/05/25/us-russia.htm PBS Commanding Heights - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html U. 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State Department Background Notes - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Microsoft's Antitrust Battle - http://www.usatoday.com/money/covers/2002-04-23-gates-testifies.htm Wealth Distribution in USA - Wealth dist.pdf Project Management - Alternative Economic Systems.pdf AES Demo - Canada United States AES Demo.ppt Capitalism and Socialism, A Perpective - WSJ Looking Ahead.pdf NationMaster - http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gdp_percap CountryWatch - http://www.countrywatch.com/ Friedman on Captialism and Freedom - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2006/09/friedman_on_cap_1.html LP4 Scoring Guide with Notes - LearningPlan4_ScoringGuide_Notes_32109.doc Learning Plan 5 Productivity Investment, Productivity, & Profit Presentation - Productivity__Investment_and_Profit_LP_5.pdf Paper on Productivity - Productivity.doc DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/home.htm Productivity Matters - Copy_of_Productivity_matters_2.7.xls 21st Century Productivity - http://www.vodium.com/mediapod/labor/productivity/ Investment Concepts - http://nrsretire.nrsservicecenter.com/ They Made America - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/index.html Education Pays - Education_pays.pdf Labor and Human Resources - http://worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/ Productivity, Economics USA - http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html Operating and Opportunity Cost - Operating_versus_Opportunity_Cost.ppt History of Computing - http://asia.cnet.com/time_capsules/computing/ Innovations - Innovation.pdf Implicit Cost - Sugar_Shack_form.doc Learning Plan 6 Macroeconomics: Fiscal Tax the Rich? - http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/itv/2006/a/pages/lead_story.html Federal Budget Presentation - Federal_Government_Budget.pdf Unemployment & Inflation Presentation - Output__Employment__and_Prices.pdf National Income & Expenditures Presentation - Chapter_8_Highlights.ppt U. 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Budget 2008 - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/ Aggregate Demand & Supply Presentation - Chapter_10_Highlights.ppt Employment History - Workforce_trends_1950_2050.pdf Budget 101 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/budget101/ Presidential Game - http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/mankiw5/cat_070/game.htm Macroeconomic Data - http://www.economagic.com/popular.htm Fiscal Sanity - Balance_the_Budget.pdf National Bureau of Economic Research - http://www.nber.org/ The Debt to the Penny - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np Working In The 21st Century - http://www.bls.gov/opub/working/home.htm Fiscal, Economics USA - http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html Chapter 13 - Fiscal_Policy_13.ppt Debate Map - Fiscal_and_Monetary_Debate.pdf Balancing the Budget - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/states_flash/index.html?SITE=WIMIL&SECTION=HOME Tax the Rich? - http://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/itv/2006/a/pages/lead_story.html President's Budget 2008 - http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-budget07-02.html Learning Plan 7 Macroeconomics: Monetary Monetary Policy - http://www.federalreserve.gov/pf/pf.htm FRED - http://www.research.stlouisfed.org/fred/ Fed Today - Fed_Today.pdf Federal Reserve Bank 101 - http://www.kc.frb.org/fed101/indexflash.cfm Federal Reserve System - http://www.stls.frb.org/publications Federal Reserve - http://www.federalreserve.gov/ Inflation Worksheet - CPI.xls Economagic - http://www.economagic.com/popular.htm Cost of Living Calculator - http://www.aier.org/research/col.php Money and Gold - http://select.nytimes.com/ref/business/200601_NORRIS_FEATURE.html?8hpib Debate Outline - Debate.ppt Chapter 17 - ppt17.ppt Inside the Fed - http://streamer.morainepark.edu:8080/ramgen/Economics/Inside_the_Fed.rm?usehostname Monetary, Economics USA - http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html Monetary and Fiscal Debate - Fiscal_and_Monetary_Debate.pdf http://www.learner.org/resources/series79.html ThinkEconomics - http://www.whitenova.com/thinkEconomics/adas.html Scoring guides with notes - SG_LP67_notes_11908.doc Learning Plan 8 Global Economics Trade Deficit - http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/ustrade.html World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/ Outsourcing - http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-03-21-outsourcing-usat_x.htm Currency Converter - http://www.xe.com/ucc/ Trade Issues - http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref-bus/vibe2.htm#tradeus The Language of Trade - http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/trade/homepage.htm Trade Concepts - Trade_Concepts.pdf Offshoring and Public Fear - Reason_Offshoring.pdf Mankiw on Globalization - Globalization_Mankiw.pdf Blinder on Globalization - Globalization_Blinder.pdf Rethinking Globalization - US_Offshoring_Rethinking_the_Response.pdf Is Wal-Mart Good for America? - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/ Threat or Opportunity? - Globalization_threat_opportunity.pdf The Future of Jobs - http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/outsourcing/out_barbell.htm Did You Know? - Did_You_Know.ppt Global Competitiveness Report - http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm The World is Flat - http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/266/ Layoff List - http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/economy/layoffs.asp?siteid=mktw History of World Economy - http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2006/040606.htm Scoring guide with notes - 1_LP_8_scoring_guide_with_note1.doc Teamwork Team Skills - http://breeze.fvtc.edu/teams1/ Team Manual - Synergistic Teams.doc Win-Win Agreement - MPTC_Win_Win_Agreement.doc Links MSN Money - http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp CBS Money Watch - http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/default.asp?siteid=mktw Econodata - http://www.econdata.net/ CNN Business - http://money.cnn.com/ Sound Money - http://soundmoney.publicradio.org/ Choose to Save - http://www.choosetosave.org/ National Economic Trends - http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/net/ About Economics - http://economics.about.com/index.htm?terms=economics MyEconLab - Log_in_to_MPTC_Economics_1_.doc U. 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Bankruptcy Statistics - http://www.abiworld.org/Content/NavigationMenu/News_Room/Bankruptcy_Statistics1/Bankruptcy_Filings_Statistics.htm Economics Today 2001-2002 - http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/miller2001_awl/ Economics Today Website - http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/miller_awl/ Annual Credit Report - https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/requestForm?currState=WI&ion=M&from=landing Check-up From The Neck-up - http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45077-2002Feb8?language=printer Adobe Reader - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html How to Establish Credit - establishcredit.pdf Student Feedback Survey - http://www.morainepark.com/AppsInter/StudSurv.nsf/feedback?OpenForm Credit Reports - Credit_reports.pdf Writing Resources Student Success Centers - http://www.morainepark.edu/services/student/studentsuccesscenter.shtml APA Sample Paper - Hacker_Shaw_APA.pdf Plagiarism Tutorial - http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/plagiarism/tutorial/introduction.htm?flash=yes So You Need To Write A Paper - So_You_Need_To_Write_a_APA_Paper1.pdf Hartford High School APA Guide - apabooklet.pdf Hartford APA Booklet - http://www.huhs.org/departments/english/apabooklet.pdf The Little, Brown Compact Hanbook - http://wps.ablongman.com/long_aaron_lbch_5/0,7988,823073-,00.html Turnitin - http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html Grammar Girl - http://grammar.qdnow.com/ Writing Basics - http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/blbasicsguides.htm?terms=writing+basics Rogue Owl - Rogue_Owl.pdf Identifying Effective Paraphrases - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WCN4802 Writing Effective Paraphrases - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WCN4902 Plagiarism Tutorial - http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=TRG2803 Citation Machine - http://www.citationmachine.net/ Basic APA Outline - Basic_writing_Paper_Outline.ppt Words Often Confused - Words Often Confused.pdf Information Literacy - Information Literacy.pdf Search Engines Noodle Tools - http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html Answers - http://www.answers.com/ The Library of Economics & Liberty - http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Microeconomics.html Guest Speakers Guest Speaker Calendar - Econ2008_2009.ppt Events in Economics Tooling Up for the Future - http://www.jsonline.com/business/38255774.html Wall Street Fat Cats - Wall_Street_Fat_Cats.pdf No Free Lunch -Government Spending - nfl_government_spending.pdf Rationality Assumption: Food for Thought - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQOVrvQXTuQ Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids - Toyota_market_changes.pdf With oil prices down, why isn't gas following? - http://www.jsonline.com/business/37712024.html Demand & Supply of Oil - Oil_supply_demanD.pdf It’s No Time for Protectionism - protectionist.pdf Nationalization, Not So Fast - nationalization_not_so_fast.pdf Girl, Your Marginal Benefits - http://www.purevolume.com/miketoomey Now Is No Time to Give Up on Markets - SB123759849467801485.pdf President Obama on Economy-NY Times Magazine - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/magazine/03Obama-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=obama%20magazine&st=cse Assignments, Spring 2009 Week of January 26 - 2_Wk2.doc Week of February 2 - 1_Wk3.doc Week of February 9 - Wk4.doc Week of February 16 - 1_Wk5.doc Week of February 23 - 1_Wk6.doc Week of March 2 - Wk7.doc Week of March 9 - 2_Wk8.doc Week of March 23 - 1_3_Wk9.doc Week of March 30 - 1_Wk10.doc Week of April 6 - 1_Wk11.doc Week of April 13 - 1_Wk12.doc Week of April 20 - 1_Wk13.doc Week of April 27 - Wk14_Spring_2009.doc Week of May 4 - 3_Wk15.doc Week of May 11 - 1_Wk16.doc Week of May 18 - Wk17.doc