ECONOMICS
| Textbook: Economics: Principles and
Practices by Gary E. Clayton
Course Description: This course will serve as an introduction to the basic concepts in economics. Microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts such as supply and demand, Gross Domestic Product, market structures, monetary policy and fiscal policy. This course will satisfy the consumer education requirement. |
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Course Syllabus:
| What is economics? Economic systems | Chapters 1 & 2 | One Country / Two Systems |
| Business Organizations | Chapter 3 | |
| Supply and Demand | Chapters 4 & 5 | Mad Cattlemen Sue Oprah |
| Market Structures | Chapters 6 & 7 | |
| Gross Domestic Product & Business Cycles | Chapters 14 & 15
http://www.conference-board.org/ http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/904.html http://www.thestreet.com/tsc/basics/tscglossary/leadingeconomicindicators.html
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How Is Our Economy Doing? |
| Fiscal Policy | Chapters 16 & 17 | |
| Monetary Policy and The Federal Reserve System | Chapters 11 & 12 |
