Economics 102, Fall 2008
Section 110 and 111
David R. Agrawal, GSI
Main Course Web Page:
Professor Kapinos
Section Syllabus:
Syllabus
for Section 110 and 111
Section
Announcements:
1. Students have asked about additional resources for materials or problems. Another good book is by Mankiw: Principles of Macroeconomics. It is on reserve at Foster library if you want an additional text for problems. A more advanced book is by Charles I. Jones: Macroeconomics. It is an intermediate text and the library is ordering a copy in case you like math.
2. I am scheduled to give a review session for Midterm 1. It is Friday 10/3 from 4-6 pm, in Angell Hall D.
3. My office hours for midterm 1 are rescheduled to 2:30-4 and 5:30-6 on Monday October 6. They will be in Lorch 351A for this week only. I will not have office hours on Wednesday (10/8). My office hours will resume their regular schedule the following week.
4. My office hours for midterm 2 are rescheduled to 2:30-4 and 5:30-6 on Monday 11/10. They will be in Lorch 351A for this week only. I will not have office hours on Wednesday. My office hours will resume their regular schedule the following week.
Handouts:
News Articles:
India and China: Rivals or fellow 'tigers'?
China, India not strong enough to drive revival: experts
Dire warnings fail to sway Senators on big bailout
Zimbabwe stakes out long road to recovery
WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history
Stopping a Financial Crisis, the Swedish Way
German unemployment edges lower to 7.4 percent
Zimbabwe unveils $20,000 banknote
Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals
Iceland teeters on the brink of bankruptcy
All that money you've lost: where did it go?
Squeezing an extra digit onto the National Debt Clock
Time works against candidates on Social Security, Medicare fixes
Bush critic Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel
Bernanke hints at rate cut; Wall Street surges
FRB: Testimony-Bernanke, Economic outlook and financial markets: October 20, 2008
Bank voted 9-0 to cut UK's rates
US interest rates slashed to 1%
US economy officially shrinking
Barack Obama and Joe Biden: Economy
John McCain and Sarah Palin: Economy
Airlines begin cutting fares for holiday travel
Greenspan: US GDP to decline significantly
Japan Bonds Complete Weekly Decline on Supply Concerns, Stocks
Obama May Inherit Bull Market After $6 Trillion Loss
Blair urges rich nations on trade
Obama to usher in major shift in trade policy
Finger-pointing begins as Senate nixes auto vote
The Big Mac Index: July 2008 Data
Yuan policy faces change as exports dip-researcher
China, US end talks with pledges to boost trade
It's official: US has been in a recession all year
Macroeconomists:
Here are some macroeconomists (who I have worked with or taken classes with).