Economics

Homework due Monday, December 1

Complete:

         Reteaching Economics 10

         Reteaching Economics 11

Read “Ben Bernanke Deserves Our Appreciation”.  Be prepared to answer the following questions (you will be called on, and your responses will be graded):

      1.   What policy did Bernanke pioneer?

      2.   What additional policy step did Bernanke take that represented an historic change?

      3.   Why, according to the author, does Bernanke deserve our appreciation?

Begin reviewing for Mid-Quarter Test, Thursday, December 4.  Refer to Study Guide.

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, November 24

Complete the Webquest: The Federal Reserve System: History and Background

Economics

Homework due Monday,  November 24

Economics in Our Times, pp 289, 292-294.  Pay special attention to the Question and Answer on p. 294

Complete the webquest:  The Federal Reserve Bank: Some Basics

Economics

Homework due Wednesday, November 19

Economics in Our Times, pp 264-265, 270-271

Terms:

      money supply

      currency

      Federal Reserve note

      demand deposit

      near money

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, November 18

Study for quiz:  Chapters 8 & 9.  Review

      Economics in Our Times, pp 202-203, 206-212, 226-234

      “Regulation and Deregulation” handout

      Cap and trade handouts

      Externalities PowerPoint

      Externalities Worksheet

      Lancaster Landfill handout

      Class notes  

Economics

Homework due Monday, November 17

Economics in Our Times, pp 261-263

Research and write answers to the following questions: (of course NO Wikipedia OR Answers.com).  Site your sources:

      1.   When did the U.S. go on the gold standard in its domestic economy?

      2.   How and when did the U.S. go off the gold standard, domestically and internationally?

            Describe the two stages.

            Hint:  Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Richard Nixon

      3.   What were the circumstances surrounding the decisions in Question 2?