Read the articles. Take notes. Consider printing and annotating them for class. I want to have an awesome discussion about our scary future!
Come prepared with 3 open-ended, though provoking, discussion generating, questions written out!
Article 1:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/singularity/2012/07/19/could-automation-lead-to-chronic-unemployment-andrew-mcafee-sounds-the-alarm/
Article 2:
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20151009-brynjolfsson-and-mcafee-will-humans-go-the-way-of-horse-labor.ece
Super Awesome Scary Interactive Graph:
https://public.tableau.com/profile/mckinsey.analytics#!/vizhome/AutomationandUSjobs/Technicalpotentialforautomation
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Reading guide due Wed. 12/16-Last one of the week!
1. What is the short run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve upward sloping?
2. What does short run equilibrium tell us?
3.Create a chart just as your did for AD identifying each factor affecting SRAS, defining each, and illustrating how a change in each factor would cause an increase or decrease in SRAS.
Be prepared for a test on this economic model including AD, LRAS, and SRAS on Thursday or Friday. No notes.
2. What does short run equilibrium tell us?
3.Create a chart just as your did for AD identifying each factor affecting SRAS, defining each, and illustrating how a change in each factor would cause an increase or decrease in SRAS.
Be prepared for a test on this economic model including AD, LRAS, and SRAS on Thursday or Friday. No notes.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Reading Guide Due Tues. 12/15
1. Identify the slope of the Long Run Aggregate Supply Curve
2. What information does LRAS tell us?
3. Illustrate an increase in LRAS. What factors may cause this?
4. Illustrate a decrease in LRAS. What factors may cause this?
5. What is meant by "Long Run Equilibrium"?
That is all :)
2. What information does LRAS tell us?
3. Illustrate an increase in LRAS. What factors may cause this?
4. Illustrate a decrease in LRAS. What factors may cause this?
5. What is meant by "Long Run Equilibrium"?
That is all :)
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Links for Budget Project
House Budget Committee
http://budget.house.gov/budgetprocess/budgetfunctions.htm
Budget Priorities Center
http://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
Interactive Budget (2013) NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/13/us/politics/2013-budget-proposal-graphic.html?hp
GAO Glossary of Budget Terms
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05734sp.pdf
Breakdown of Military Spending
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-us-military-spends-its-billions-2015-8
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