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Classwork:

• Personal Finance Classwork has moved to the "PF File Cabinet"

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• Resource for Graduated Students and Parents - Free Online Financial Literacy Course
• Wise test preparation - Official practice tests and quizzes as well as quizlets

Application for the Cochrane Summer Economics Institute. You must request a letter of recommendation from Ms. Hardesty BEFORE November 20th. The deadline for your application is December 1st.

Extra Credit

• Q1: Due 10/7/19 by 3:30pm - Payback essay contest worth 5 extra credit points (to be applied to assignments & quizzes at the end of the quarter). The school winner will be nominated to the national contest. There are 10 national grand prize winners who win $5,000 in cash prizes. Two honorable-mentions per state receive $500.
• Q2: Due 1/13/19 by 8:30am - Options are listed here; you can select ONE option, with the exception of community service.

Pre and post assessments 2019 - 2020

• Quarter 1 Pre-Assessment (all sections)
• Quarter 1 Post-Assessment (all sections)
• Quarter 2 Pre-Assessment (all sections)
• Personal Finance Pre-Assessment (all sections)

Study Guides

Study Guide Test 1 2019

Study Guide Test 2 2019

Study Guide Test 3 2019

Study Guide Test 4 2019

Economics

Unit 1: Basic Economic Concepts

• Chapter 1: What is Economics? - Must be logged into ARGS email account to view this reading. Answer end of chapter questions in your notebook or in a Google doc. If you answer the questions in a Google doc, you'll need to share the file with me before class.
• Chapter 2: Thinking like an economist - Must be logged into ARGS email account to view this reading. Answer end of chapter questions in your notebook or in a Google doc.
• Mentioned in class: National Geographic interactive map of the Sacramento Valley
• Video: PPFs and PPFs
• Video: Production of a pencil
• Worksheet from class: PPFs (Credit: Mr. Merrill)

Unit 2: Economic Systems and Issues in the Mixed Market Economy

• 2019 Template for Comparing Economic Systems in-class work for 9/23/19
• Can you make it as an Uber driver? - game that asks "can you make it in the gig economy?"
• Classwork: Capitalism, Socialism, Communism - Classwork for 9/19/18 and 9/20/18
• Examples of student work on Capitalism, Socialism and Communism: 1 2 3 and 4
• Current events assignment - B Day Classes -> 9/19/19
• Modern (Mixed) Market Economy reading - Info about government's role in a mixed market economy and circular flow
• Mentioned in class: Additional information on socialism, hybrid economic systems from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Module 5: Types of Economies - Reading on the types of economies. Read and answer end of chapter questions.
• Reading on Perceptions of Racial Wealth Divide
• Sears's History Predicts Nearly Everything Amazon is Doing - Yes, really.
• Spend Bill Gates' Money interactive
• Spotlight on Global Economies
• The Amazon Effect is Creative Destruction at its Finest
• Who Feeds Paris Discussion Questions STUDENT VIEW — Questions for Who Feeds Paris discussion - NOT for homework
• Who Feeds Paris? reading — Take notes on this reading for 10/1/18 and 10/2/18. You must be logged into your ARGS email account to view.
• 'It's killing us': Richmond taxi drivers on driving in the age of Uber, Lyft
• Uber Economics: How Markets are Changing in the Sharing Economy — Reading on the sharing economy
• Video: Perverse Incentives from ACDC Leadership
• Video: Circular flow
• Video: What is the Invisible Hand?
• Video: Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt
• Video: Wealth inequality 1 2

Unit 3: The Price System and Supply & Demand

• Conceptual Workshop Elasticity 2017 — Small Group Discussion Questions on Elasticity
• Homework Elasticity 2017 — Due 11/20/17 - 11/21/17
• Homework Mankiw Elasticity — Mankiw Elasticity Homework Questions
• Supply and demand drill — Homework
• Debate Over Minimum Wage in America — The Debate Over Minimum Wage Student Assignment
• Elasticity of Demand Questions Mackinac — Questions for Mackinac Reading
• Kahoot: Shifting supply and demand practice
• MankiwElasticity
• Minimum Wage Classwork
• Minimum Wage Laws (Federal, explains exemptions)
• M11DetOfDemand.pdf — Module 11 Determinants of Demand - Must be logged in to view
• M13-M14Supply.pdf — Module 13 and 14 Supply - Must be logged in to view
• M17SD.pdf — M17 - Changes in Supply & Demand
• M18.pdf — Price Controls reading and questions
• Video: Crash Course: Supply and Demand — Video on Supply & Demand from Crash Course
• Video: Determinants of Demand Review.pdf — More in depth review of the determinants of demand
• Video: Supply and Demand - Indiana Jones
• Video: Supply and Demand Video 1
• Video: Supply and Demand Video 2
• Video: Demand vs Quantity Demanded (What's the difference? It's simple.)
• SPENT: Living Paycheck to Paycheck Simulation (Associated with minimum wage)
• Supply and Demand Drill Worksheet from class (Week of 10/21 - 10/26/18)
• Study Guide: Issues in a Mixed Market Economy and Supply and Demand
• Video: Elasticity of Demand and Relationship to Total Revenue
• Video: History of the Minimum Wage (from 2014)

Unit 4: Business Organizations and Labor

• Assignments are here — From How the Market Works
• Business Structures - Advantages and Disadvantages (S Corps through Franchise)
• Choose a Business Structure (Complements lecture on business structures)
• Classwork: Analyzing a Business Plan
• Classwork: What is an Entrepreneur?
• Coffee with Strangers RVA Podcast
• Collin Kaepernick, Nike, and the Myth of Good and Bad Companies - Optional reading
• Disney Conglomerate graphic
• Evaluating Charities - Using Charity Navigator, includes handout
• Fear of a College-Educated Barista - Optional reading from The Atlantic
• Forced Labor is the Backbone of the World's Electronics Market - Optional reading from The Atlantic
• HarfordWhatSupermarketsDont.pdf — Undercover Economist: What Supermarkets Don't Want You to Know
• How I Built This podcast
• How to Calculate Marginal Cost - step by step
• Minimum Wage Laws (Federal, explains exemptions)
• Module 15: Production Costs and Profit Maximization - Must be logged in to view
• Module 20: Types of Businesses reading - Must be logged in to view
• Moral Machine (MIT)
• ProfitMaximization2015.pdf — Profit Maximization PDF
• Reading on Types of Businesses - must be logged in to view
• RichmondBizSense - Great website for keeping up with Greater Richmond Area business news
• Sweet Opportunities.pdf — Sweet Opportunities class assignment
• Video: How Juul made nicotine go viral (2018)
• Video: Simple explanation of Boeing crashes (2019)
• Video: Marginal Product of Labor
• Video: Mergers and Acquisitions

Unit 5: International Economics

• Advantages and disadvantages of the EU
• A Short History of OPEC
• Barriers to Trade - M54; includes tariffs, VERs, embargos, etc. and trade agreements [must be logged in to view]
• BBC: All you need to know about Brexit
• Benefits of Trade - includes info on absolute and comparative advantage must be logged in to view
• Borderline: The U.S. Mexico Border - interactive for understanding the U.S. - Mexico border
• CIA World Factbook - Provides information on history, government, geography, standard of living, trade, resources, education, et cetera about other nations.
• Companion for The Good News about Asian Sweatshops — Naked Economics Trade and Globalization: The good news about Asian sweatshops reading questions
• Council on Foreign Relations: U.S. & Cuba
• Foreign exchange reading (M55) - must be logged in to view
• Investigations in World Trade (2020 assignment)
• Life Comparison Tool - Check out this site to see how other countries' metrics hold up to the United States.
• New York Times: Trump Just Ripped up NAFTA. Here's What's In the New Deal (USMCA)
• OEC: Visualizations of Trade from MIT
• Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: Trade Agreements
• Study guide: world trade (shorter test, not for extra credit)
• TEDTalk: What global trade deals are really about (hint: it's not trade)
• A Timeline of U.S. - Iran Relations (PBS)
• The Balance: China Economic Growth: Its Causes, Pros, Cons and Its Future
• VIdeo: Absolute and Comparative Advantage (with practice problems)
• Video: The Economist - America's embargo against Cuba
• Video: The Economics of Trump with Jacob Clifford (2017)
• Video: The European Union Explained Starts off straight-forward, and then you know...shares reality (Thanks, Marie!)
• Video: Key moments in U.S. and Iran's tortured history
• World Trade Current Event — World Trade Current Event Report 2018

Unit 6: A Nation's Economic Goals

• An Animated History of the Minimum Wage — Time Magazine history of the minimum wage (2014)
• CPI Inflation Calculator
• GDP Formula - includes video
• Highest grossing films of all time (adjusted for inflation)
• Textbook reading on GDP - must be logged into view
• Keeping Score GDP Reading - must be logged in to view
• National Output And Income — must be logged in to view; M38
• NBER In Class Assignment
• News: What caused hyperinflation in Venezuela? - woof
• Video: GDP and its components
• Video: What is inflation?
• Video: Unemployment

Unit 7: Role of Government and Fiscal and Monetary Policy

• Answers to student questions from Inside Job - from a variety of sources; must be logged in
• Inside Job - watch online for free (also available to rent on Amazon Prime)
• IRS: Understanding Taxes
• Video: Market Failures
• Your Federal Income Tax Receipt - interactive based on state
• Study Guide: Economic Indicators and Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Stock Market Challenge - runs from December 16 2019 through May 20, 2020 (Closing Bell)

Stock exchange open from 9:30 - 4:00pm

• Instructions for sign-up and your first assignment set - An introduction to the site and many facets of the stock market
• First assignment set list
• Investor Reports from 2017 - 2018 classes
• Stock Market Journal #1 assignment - submit this when you purchase your first stock
• Stock Market Journal #2 assignment - classwork or homework

Study Guides

W!SE Test Preparation 2018 — Wise test preparation. Please do not print off these questions as it may prevent others from printing.

W!SE Test Preparation — PRACTICE TEST LINKS HERE. YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO VIEW.

Additional readings

Hardesty Copy of Interview Simulation Questions (#6)

Substitutes or complements? — Taxis vs Uber

How to Add Stock Notifications on iPhone — How to add stock notifications to your smartphone

How to Clean Out Your Gmail Inbox Fast

Law of Diminishing Marginal Return (Video) — Review the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns here!

Middle Class Calculator — Who is part of the middle class?

More info on the value of the dollar and foreign exchange

NAFTA Explained — NAFTA video from class

Rent Control video from class — Why Rent Control Hurts Renters - Rent Control video from class

The Federal Reserve Explains Monetary Policy

This American Life: The News That's Fit to Print — Ira Glass talks to New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg about conditions in Chinese factories.