Before Class on Tuesday, 10/05
Read: Moore (2020)
Watch (6:39): Khan (2014)
In Class
Slides: Consumption and Savings

Before Class on Thursday, 10/07
Have tried or completed all of Weekly Review 5

Material Links
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
Moore, Kyle. (2020). “The Economics of Race.” Phenomenal World. 27 February https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/stratification-economics

Before Class on Tuesday, 09/28
Read: EPI Staff (2021)
Read: @comradecloset et al. (2019) [instagram slides]
In Class
Slides: Labor and the Profit Motive

Before Class on Thursday, 09/30
Have completed/attempted all of Weekly Review 4

Material Links
@comradecloset, @subversive.thread, and @abolish_time. (2019). “Why We Say #Abolish Work” 25 June. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzJObj4Av4f/
EPI Staff. (2021). Economic Indicators: Jobs and Unemployment. 3 September. https://www.epi.org/indicators/unemployment/

Optional
Picchi, Aimee. (2021). “Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line with productivity.” CBS News. 7 September. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minimum-wage-26-dollars-economy-productivity/

Before Class on Tuesday, 09/21
Read: Lumen Learning “What is Gross Domestic Product?” and “Calculating GDP”
Watch (17:42): Pheko (2020)
In Class
Slides: Economic Well-being

Before Class on Thursday, 09/23
Have tried all of Weekly Review 3

Material Links
Lumen Learning. “What is Gross Domestic Product?” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-macroeconomics/chapter/what-is-gross-domestic-product/ & “Calculating GDP” https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-macroeconomics/chapter/calculating-gdp/
Pheko, Lebohang. (2020). “Feminist economics is everything. The revolution is now!” TEDxLytteltonWomen. 4 February. https://youtu.be/bDiOXjBK8xM

Optional: Fed Reserve of Dallas – Deflating Nominal Values to Real Values

This week we start to move into our regular rhythm but, due to days without class, we have a Thursday before our Tuesday.

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

Before class Tuesday, 09/14
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/

Before Class on Tuesday 08/31
Have tried or completed all questions from Weekly Review 1
In Class
Slides on Argumentation
Watch (6:55): Mometrix. “Top 10 Logical Fallacies.” https://youtu.be/IawIjqOJBU8

In Class on Thursday 09/02
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.

Optional Related Videos (you do not need to watch these on your own, they are just here for your reference if you want them):

No readings outside of class & no assignments

For you to do:
1) create your OpenLab account and become a member of our OpenLab course
2) Introduce yourself
3) Sign up for Reading Summaries

Thursday 08/26
(In Class) What is Economics? (slides)
(In Class) Watch (3:19) – Chang (2019)

Optional:
Watch (11:20) – Chang (2016)