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Week 6 – Consumption & Savings
Before Class on Monday, 03/08
Watch (6:39) – Khan (2014)
Read – Moore (2020)
Read (ppt slides) – Eisenbarth (2021) – Keynesian Consumption
In Class
White, Martha. (2021). “Americans are saving more during the pandemic — but there’s still a huge demographic divide.” NBC News. 10 February.
Before Class on Thursday, 03/11
Have tried or completed all of Weekly Review 4
Read (ppt slides) – Eisenbarth (2021) – Keynesian Consumption
Watch (16:55) – Darity (2019)
Darity, William. (2019). “How do we span the racial wealth gap?” TedXDurham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwlLE1FebE
Read – Moore (2020)
Moore, Kyle. (2020). “The Economics of Race.” Phenomenal World. 27 February https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/stratification-economics
Watch (6:39) – Khan (2014)
Khan, Sal. (2014). “Consumption Function Basics.” Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics/income-and-expenditure-topic/macroeconomics-the-consumption-function/v/consumption-function-basics
(Optional) Read – Chappelow (2020)
Chappelow (2020) “What is the Marginal Propensity to Consume?” Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marginalpropensitytoconsume.asp