No Class Tuesday 09/07
In Class Friday, 09/10
Question Building 1 — This assignment is done IN CLASS and is worth 10% of your final grade. No preparation is necessary but your attention and ability to engage in class will be required.
Our first Question Building (QB) assessment in class on Friday, September 10th.
You do not need to prepare for this before class.
Students respond to the following prompts:
A) What is something you have learned in our class?
B) What is something you would like to learn in our class?
In order to get full credit (10 of 10 possible points), answers needed to meet the following criteria:
Responses to part A:
– came from something we had either talked about in class or encountered in class materials (readings, videos, etc.)
– were a piece of information (not just a topic)
Responses to part B:
– were related to what we have done in class so far
– were stated as a question
An example of a 10/10 response is:
A) I learned that a positive statement is a statement about the way the world is whereas a normative statement is about how someone wants the world to be.
B) I want to know: What is the relationship between GDP growth and job growth?
Students will have the opportunity to workshop their responses with other students and with Al. Students who did not complete the assignment in class should contact Al over email to schedule a time to complete the assignment (aeisenbarth@bmcc.cuny.edu).
There is nothing to turn in outside of class.
Over the course of the semester, students will be responsible for presenting a summary of the assigned course materials twice. Please click here for more instructions on this assignment.
See your assigned weeks below. Please remember Reading Summaries happen first thing on Tuesdays so please make sure you are in class on time OR have left your Reading Summary as a comment BEFORE class starts. Remember, you will do this twice so look for your name in two places — let me know right away if you notice you’re not there!
| week | Date | topic | Assigned |
| WEEK 5 | T 09/21 | Economic Well-being | Vivian, Yessenia |
| WEEK 6 | T 09/28 | Employment | Andri, Ivy, Yuval, |
| WEEK 7 | T 10/05 | Consumption & Savings | Adrian N., Basil, Daneisha |
| WEEK 8 | T 10/12 | International Trade | Andri, Adrian N., Elian, D’alessandro, Eric |
| WEEK 9 | T 10/19 | Exchange Rates | Ricky, Minglin, Oscar, Guadalupe |
| WEEK 10 | T 10/26 | Keynesian Cross & Multipliers | Kayla, Oferman, Zhi Fei, Brian |
| WEEK 11 | T 11/02 | Fiscal Policy | Basil, Oscar, Vivian, Yessenia, Camesha |
| WEEK 12 | T 11/09 | Monetary Policy | Daniel, Ivy, Daneisha, Ricky, Zhi Fei |
| WEEK 13 | T 11/16 | Government Budget | Eugon, William, Yuval, Guadalupe, Elian |
| WEEK 14 | T 11/23 | AD & AS Model | Eugon, Minglin, Brian, Jonathan, Camesha, Oferman |
| WEEK 15 | T 11/30 | AD & AS Model | Kayla, D’alessandro, William, Daniel, Eric |
Hello All! I am looking forward to working with you this semester. You may call me Al (that’s spelled ay-el, not ay-eye). My pronouns are they/them. I have been teaching at BMCC since Spring 2019 and before that, I’ve taught at NYU and The New School since 2015. I’m really grateful to be working here with the committed faculty and students I have met. I believe that anyone can learn economics because everybody engages with their local economy as part of daily living!
Please respond in a comment below to introduce yourself. To do so click “Leave a Comment” up top. Please note, everything posted to this website is viewable to the entire BMCC OpenLab community and potentially searchable by the public. If you prefer, you’re welcome to email me instead but please do respond. Please include responses to any or all of the following:
For instance: My name is Alexandria Eisenbarth, I go by Al. You can also call me “professor” or “Mx. Eisenbarth” if you want, but I do NOT like to be called “Mr.” or “Mrs.” or “Ms.” or “miss.” My pronouns are they/them. I teach this class because a money-paying job is required to access the necessaries of living in our economy in the absence of personal wealth and because I really love helping people access this language of power in ways that are relevant to their own life. I learn best through experiences and prefer a visual/auditory combo if learning-by-doing isn’t available. It is difficult for me to learn when my experiences and memories are not given credibility. I like to crochet, play music, garden, bike, and embark upon personal spiritual growth.
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