QUIZ KEYS FOR WHEELAN CHAPTER 4 AND COLANDER CHAPTER 8
Wheelan chapter 4:
1. Describe the framework that Wheelan gives at the end of the chapter for thinking about the government’s role in the economy giving an example for each point that he makes.
Colander chapter 8:
1. Explain the various components of rational choice.
2. What are the limits [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2009 by cjanus
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WEEK’S SCHEDULE(7), 0CT. 26, 2009
EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: All progress is based upon a universal innate desire of every organism to live beyond its means. Samuel Bulter
KEY DATES:
1. On Friday, Don Phillips from Morningstar will speak to the first and eigtht period classes.
2. On Monday, we will have a quiz on chapter 8 in Colander, [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2009 by cjanus
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WHEELAN:
1. What is an externality? Give three examples.
2. Name five different roles of government citing a brief example of each.
COLANDER:
1. Draw and explain the graph on page 156 (7-2).
2. Draw and explain the graph on page 162 illustrating the draft.
Posted on October 18th, 2009 by cjanus
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WEEK’S SCHEDULE(6), OCT. 19, 2009
EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: Money’s the wise man’s religion. Euripides
KEY DATES:
1. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Brian Hanessian will speak on health care to first and eighth periods.
2. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, for 7th period, and Thursday, Oct. 22, you will have a quiz on chapter 3 in Wheelan and chapter 7 [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2009 by cjanus
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EYE-OPENER OF THE WEEK: Can be there a love which does not make demands on its object? Confucius
KEY DATES:
1. On Monday, Oct. 12, we will have a quiz on the test bank questions of chapter 5 and 6. We will not have graphs or questions from the current events articles because the server has been [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2009 by cjanus
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WEEK’S EYE-OPENER: Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies for instance. John Ruskin
KEY DATE:
1. On Monday, Oct. 12, we will have a quiz on chapters 5 and 6 in Colander and the two current events articles.
2. On Friday, Oct. 23, Jason Tyler of Ariel Capital Management [...]
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Possible Short Answer Questions:
1. What are the key Points in Peter Lynch’s investment philosophy?
2.Define the following key economic concepts in the Wheelan chapter and cite examples of them: 1. the law of unintended consequences; 2. the prinicpal/agent problem; 3. acting in one’s own rational self-interest making you worse off; 4. creative destruction.
3. What are John [...]
Posted on October 1st, 2009 by cjanus
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