Economics 108:

U.S. Government Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Fall 2005

COURSE CALENDAR

(subject to revision in the class)

References for the first half of the class are from the book Red Ink. References from the second half of the class are to pdf files that are found on the reading assignments linkage page.

Week

Dates

Reading Assignments

Week 1

Aug 30 Sep 1

Red Ink: Preface, Chs. 1-3, Appendix A.

Week 2

Sep 6, 8

Red Ink: Chs. 4-5, Appendix D.

Week 3

Sep 13, 15

Red Ink: Ch. 6, Appendix G.

Week 4

Sep 20, 22

Red Ink: Ch. 7.

Week 5

Sep 27, 29 October 4 (orig. Sept 27)

Red Ink: Ch. 8. Graded take-home assignment is due

Week 6

Oct 4, 6

Red Ink: Chs. 9-10

Week 7

Oct 11

Review

October 13

Midterm Exam (Thursday)

Week 8

Oct 20

R1 and R2

Week 9

Oct 25, 27

R3, R4, R5, and R6

Week 10

Nov 1,3

R7, R8, and R9

Week 11

Nov 8, 10

R10, R11

Week 12

Nov 15, 17

R12

Week 13

Nov 22, 29

R13, R14

Week 14

Dec 1,6,8

No reading

TBA	FINAL EXAMINATION

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