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Week 4 – Money & Inflation

Before class Tuesday, 09/14
Read: CORE Section 10.1
Read: Irungu (2020)
Watch (6:51): Schamus (2014)

Before class Friday, 09/17
have tried all of Weekly Review 2

Material Links
CORE project. (2021). “Banks, Money, and the Credit Market: Money and Wealth.” The Economy. https://www.core-econ.org/the-economy/
Irungu, Irene. (2020). “The Drivers of Inflation During the COVID-18 Pandemic.” The Elephant. 9 October. https://www.theelephant.info/data-stories/2020/10/09/the-drivers-of-inflation-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Schamus, James (Director). (2014). That Film About Money [Film]. wetheeconomy. https://wetheeconomy.com/films/that-film-about-money/

Reading Summary Sign Up

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!

weekDatetopicAssigned
WEEK 5T 09/21Economic Well-beingVivian, Yessenia
WEEK 6T 09/28EmploymentAndri, Ivy, Yuval,
WEEK 7T 10/05Consumption & SavingsAdrian N., Basil, Daneisha
WEEK 8T 10/12International TradeAndri, Adrian N., Elian, D’alessandro, Eric
WEEK 9T 10/19Exchange RatesRicky, Minglin, Oscar, Guadalupe
WEEK 10T 10/26Keynesian Cross & MultipliersKayla, Oferman, Zhi Fei, Brian
WEEK 11T 11/02Fiscal PolicyBasil, Oscar, Vivian, Yessenia, Camesha
WEEK 12T 11/09Monetary PolicyDaniel, Ivy, Daneisha, Ricky, Zhi Fei
WEEK 13T 11/16Government BudgetEugon, William, Yuval, Guadalupe, Elian
WEEK 14T 11/23AD & AS ModelEugon, Minglin, Brian, Jonathan, Camesha, Oferman
WEEK 15T 11/30AD & AS ModelKayla, D’alessandro, William, Daniel, Eric