HONORS ECONOMICS WEEK 13
11/16 - 11/20 |
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CLASS |
Monday 11/16
Schedule |
Tuesday 11/17
Schedule |
Wednesday 11/18
Schedule |
Thursday 11/19
Schedule |
Friday 11/20
Schedule |
| H |
Lesson 1 |
Lesson 2 |
X |
Lesson 3 |
Lesson 4 |
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UNIT 4
CONCEPTS AND VOCABULARY
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Karl marx
Labor theory of value
subsistence
alienation
exploitation
surplus value
market failure
inequity
monopoly
BUSINESS CYCLES
externalities
public good
free
rider
asymetric information
socially optimal equilibrium |
John kenneth galbraith
liberal
protective function
distributive function
corrective function
productive function
PROGRESSIVE TAX
REGRESSIVE TAX
PROPORTIONAL TAX
FLAT TAX |
MILTON FRIEDMAN
PUBLIC CHOICE theory
CONSERVATIVE
RATIONAL IGNORANCE
SHORTSIGHTEDNESS
DEADWEIGHT LOSS
SPECIAL INTEREST EFFECT
LOBBYING
RENT-SEEKING
LOG ROLLING
PORK BARREL
BUREAUCRATIC CAPTURE |
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| LESSON |
IN CLASS |
HOMEWORK |
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Lesson 1 |
- The Mixed Economic System
- Protective Function
- Distributive Function
- Corrective Function
- Productive Function
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John Kenneth Galbraith
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Read: the online synopsis of
Economics U$A
#4 |
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Lesson 2 |
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Homework: Read The articles on
Milton Friedman
and
Reagan's
First Inaugural Address. |
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Lesson 3 |
- The Mixed Economic System
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Read Textbook, Chapter
6, pp. 124-132 |
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Lesson 4 |
- Public Choice Theory
- Rational Ignorance
- Special Interest Effect
- Rent- Seeking
- Short Sightedness
- Log Rolling
- Ear Marking
- Crowding Out
- Bureaucratic Capture
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Homework: Read
Textbook, Chapter 6, pp. 133-141 |