Unit+3+Macroeconomics

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Review Sheet Quiz I (Determining if an economy is healthy)

Review Sheet Quiz II (How to fix an unhealthy economy?)

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Determining if an economy is healthy

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Macroeconomics Introduction Power point

__**Evaluate the U.S. Economy**__
__**GDP**__  @http://www.aaii.com/investing-basics/article/the-top-10-economic-indicators-what-to-watch-and-why?adv=yes GDP Growth        __**Unemployment**__  Unemployment Rates Graph

__**Inflation**__  @http://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/united-states/current-cpi-inflation-united-states.aspx

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GDP Introduction and Fundamental Information (Powerpoint)

__GDP Lecture: Online Lecture__
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 * __Planet Money GDP primer __

GDP per Capita

International Human Development Indicator

Secondary Reading: GDP Keeping Score
 * __GDP Secondary Readings__**

 Student questions for "Keeping Score" reading

__** Limitations of GDP **__


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Unemployment Power point

Types of Unemployment Worksheet

= NY Times Interactive Graph (32 Ways of Looking at Unemployment In One Chart) = = = =<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Where the Jobs Are (2014) =


 * Unemployment Videos**

Unemployment (60 minutes) children of the recession

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Mike Rowe: Are People With Dirty Jobs The Most Successful? media type="custom" key="25669384" align="left"

Top 20 Highest Paying Jobs and Top 30 Fastest Growing Jobs

__**Unemployment Readings**__
Adam Davidson Skills Don't Pay the Bills



<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Unemployment Reading New York Times Fall 2011 = = A New Reasons to Question the Official Unemployment Rate

Minimum Wage Opposing Viewpoint

=Inflation=

Inflation Powerpoint

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> How Bad is Inflation in Zimbabwe? (hyperinflation reading)

Causes of Inflation Explained

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Inflation Basics Video

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Fiscal Policy Basics Power point

Taxes Basics Power point

Taxes Worksheet

History of Government Spending and Taxes

Reading: Where Do Federal Tax Dollars Go?

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Comparing the 2016 Presidential Tax Reform Proposals

<span style="color: #ba0900; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Income Tax Day Questions

__Balancing the Federal Budget__
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget

__ Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget Worksheet __

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">History of National Debt (graph)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">History of Tax Rates = = =Federal Debt and Deficit=

Federal Debt and Deficit Power point

Current levels of debt and deficit (website)

U.S. Debt Ownership End of 2014 =Monetary Policy=

media type="youtube" key="5DRGqmfvYuk" width="223" height="167" Monetary Policy Power point

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"> The Federal Reserve secondary reading

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">So You Want to be in Charge of Monetary Policy?

__**Fixing Macro Economic Problems**__
Marco policy review chart II

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 20px;">Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply = Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply power point