29 Dec Fixed and Floating

ECON545 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

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Supply and Demand (graded)

Below is a recommendedtopic for this discussion. If your instructor chooses a different “Making the Connection” from this weeks’ readings or another alternate discussion topic, his or her chosen topic and any required work in MyEconLab or elsewhere will be in the instructors’ first posting.

Read the Making the Connection short case titled Forecasting the Demand for iPhones in Chapter 3 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 1.17, at the end of Chapter 3, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.
MyEconLab video link to the Week 1 My EconLab screen for both week 1 videos.

dq 2

Elasticity and the Minimum Wage (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Why Are Oil Prices So Unstable in Chapter 6 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.

Then work on Problems and Applications 6.3, at the end of Chapter 6, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise. You don’t have to post a graph, but please at least create one on paper and discuss the results.

MyEconLab video link to the Week 1 MyEconLab screen for both week 1 videos.

ECON545 Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

DQ 1

Perfect Competition (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled In the Apple iPhone Apps Store, Easy Entry Makes the Long Run Pretty Short in Chapter 12 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.

Then work on Problems and Applications 5.9, at the end of Chapter 12, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.

DQ 2

Costs (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Adam Smith’s Famous Account of the Division of Labor in a Pin Factoryin Chapter 11 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 3.7,at the end of Chapter 11, answering and discussing the question in that exercise.
ECON545 Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

DQ 1

Oligopoly and Game Theory (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled With Price Collusion, More is Not Merrierin Chapter 14 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 2.15,at the end of chapter 14, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.

DQ 2

Antitrust and Market Power (graded)

Below is a recommendedtopic for this discussion. If your instructor chooses a “Making the Connection” from this weeks’ readings or another alternate discussion topic, his or her chosen topic and any required work in MyEconLab or elsewhere will be in the instructors’ first posting.

Review and chose a firm of your choice or one provided by your instructor. Is this firm a monopoly? In what ways could it be considered a monopoly? What markets are involved? What antitrust legislation would apply? Is antitrust legislation fair to your chosen firm? Why or why not?
ECON545 Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

DQ 1

Unemployment and Inflation (graded)

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Read the “Making the Connection” short case titled “What’s So Bad about Falling Prices?”in Chapter 20 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 7.9,at the end of Chapter 20, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.

DQ 2

Business Cycles (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Can a Recession Be a Good Time for a Business to Expand?in Chapter 21 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 3.6,at the end of Chapter 21, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.
ECON545 Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

DQ 1

Fiscal Policy (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Did Fiscal Policy Fail during the Great Depression?in Chapter 27 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 6.6,at the end of Chapter 27, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.
DQ 2

Monetary Policy (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Trying to Hit a Moving Target: Making Policy with Real-Time Datain Chapter 26 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 3.12,at the end of Chapter 26, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.
ECON545 Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

DQ 1

Federal Reserve Policy (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled The Debate over Quantitative Easing?in Chapter 28 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times).?Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 4.10,at the end of Chapter 28, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.
DQ 2

Macro in an Open Economy (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Japanese Firms Ride the Yen Roller Coasterin Chapter 29 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times).?Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 2.15,at the end of Chapter 29, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.

ECON545 Week 7 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

DQ 1

Comparative Advantage (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Comparative Advantage, Opportunity Cost, and Houseworkin Chapter 2 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your first posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 2.15,at the end of Chapter 2, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.
DQ 2

Fixed and Floating Exchange Rates (graded)

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Read the Making the Connection short case titled Why Did Iceland Recover So Quickly from the Financial Crisis?in Chapter 30 of our textbook, and also be sure to watch the video right under the Making the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post your posting this week beginning to discuss what you’ve read and watched in the video.
Then work on Problems and Applications 2.23,at the end of Chapter 30, answering and discussing the questions in that exercise.