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Week 6 – Employment

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/

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.

Please see table below for your assigned weeks and due dates. Please remember, you have two.

weekDatetopicAssigned
WEEK 5T 09/21Economic Well-beingMarleen, Randall, Abdullah
WEEK 6T 09/28EmploymentNancy, Rajat
WEEK 7T 10/05Consumption & SavingsLingjiao, Jun Qi, Astri,
WEEK 8T 10/12International TradeMamuna, Mei, Andrew, Bryan
WEEK 9T 10/19Exchange RatesAlissa, Emmalee, Camila, Andrew, Shawn, Bryan
WEEK 10T 10/26Keynesian Cross & MultipliersThet Thet, Mei, Michael
WEEK 11T 11/02Fiscal PolicyRandall, Mamuna, Manuel, Nancy, Uriel
WEEK 12T 11/09Monetary PolicyLingjiao, Alisha, Mariia, Achly
WEEK 13T 11/16Government BudgetAlissa, Emmalee, Marleen, Osha, Jun Qi, Abdullah, Shawn
WEEK 14T 11/23AD & AS ModelMichael, Astri, Mariia, Manuel, Uriel
WEEK 15T 11/30AD & AS ModelThet Thet, Rajat, Achly, Alisha, Osha, Camila