eco-5

INSTRUCTION ECO-500

Course Materials

· Olney, Martha L. Microeconomics as a Second Language. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009. Print.

· Olney, Martha L. Macroeconomics as a Second Language. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. Print.

· The Wall Street Journal (join at http://wsj.com/studentoffer )

Case from HBR: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/57494267

Supplemental Materials

· Khanacademy.org

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/microeconomics

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/macroeconomics

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/banking-and-money

· Ten Principles of Economics

· http://www.thomsonedu.com/resource_uploads/static_resources/0324168624/8413/Man kiw_TenPrinciple_Videos.html

· http://www.ehow.com/info_7883926_fundamental-principles-economics.html

· http://www.ehow.com/info_7880863_explanation-ten-principles-economics.html

· Statistics ( http://www.usdebtclock.org )

· Ethanol ( http://www.necsi.edu/research/social/foodprices/foodforfuel/ )

· Humor – “Principles of economics, translated” ( https://www.youtube.com/v/VVp8UGjECt4 )

Students should cite all references to the work of other individuals and create accompanying bibliographies, using the APA citation format. A list of resources on this citation format can be found under the Howard University Library's Guides to Styles of Documentation .

Students are expected to follow the rules of APA Style, detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th Edition, for all course papers and projects.

The American Psychological Association provides an online tutorial, The Basics of APA Style

· Price Discrimination

· Introduction to Price Discrimination (Geoff Riley, tutor2u.net)

· Price discrimination (Wikipedia)

· Price discrimination (Economics Online Home)

· Privacy, Economics, and Price Discrimination on the Internet (PDF)

· "Tax Break for the Yachting Class" (George Will, Washington Post)

· The Wall Street Journal

· Optional Videos:

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/macroeconomics

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/microeconomics

http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/banking-and-money

· Textbook (Macroeconomics as a Second Language), Chapters 11, 12, and 13

· Economic News

· Economic News List (found in the Readings link)

· The Wall Street Journal

Optional Videos:

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/macroeconomics

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/microeconomics

http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/banking-and-money

· Optional Videos:

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/macroeconomics

· http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/microeconomics

http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/banking-and-money