Beyond the Sound Bites (if time after the Quiz):
The Chapter 11 Section 1 Quiz is delayed.
Rethink Afghanistan (Part 3): The Cost of War (Trailer), 1:59
How much did YOU pay for war this year?
Cf. http://rethinkafghanistan.com/iou/
The Chapter 10 Test Make-up is today.
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The Chapter 10 Section 3 Quiz Make-up is today.
The Chapter 10 Section 2 Quiz Make-up is today.
The Chapter 10 Section 1 Quiz Make-up is today.
The Chapter 9 Test Make-up is today.
The Quiz 9.(4) Prep Page is available.
For the Make-up Quiz, consider the material found in Chapter 9 Section 3:
minimum tax, VAT (Value-Added Tax), flat tax, federal tax reform, business taxes, profits, tax burden, personal income rate, depreciation, investment tax credit, and, capital gains.
Cf. http://shanawiki.wikispaces.com/Honors+Business+Economics+Chapter+9+Section+4+Quiz+Prep+Page+Spring+2011
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Chapter 11 Resources
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit3/chapter11/chapter_overviews.html
Chapter 11: Financial Markets
11.3 Investing in Equities and Options
4th
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Which of the three plans is the worst?
Which of the three plans is the best?
Figure 11.7 How Much Money Will You Have at Retirement? p. 308
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p308.swf
Stock Markets and Their Performance
Stock Exchanges
Global Economy And You, Verkaufen
Over-the Counter Markets
Measure of Performance
Bull vs. Bear Markets
7th
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Reading Check
Contrasting
What is the difference between an over-the-counter market and the NYSE?
Trading in the Future
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Reading Check
Explaining
Why might a contract that takes place in the future be an advantage to the buyer or seller?
11.3 Review
In-class assignment, with a partner, fill in the graphic.
Use the graphic organizer to evaluate the risks and rewards of investments.
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Business Week News clip
Taking Their Business Elsewhere
p. 312, #1, What has enabled investors to buy shares on overseas exchanges?
p. 312, #2, Why did SarbOx have a negative impact on American stock exchanges?
Chapter 11 Resources
Figure 11.1 Overview of the Financial System
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p291.swf
Figure 11.2 The Power of Compound Interest
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p293.swf
Figure 11.7 How Much Money Will You Have at Retirement?
Chapters 8-11
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit3/
Preview
Unit 4 Macroeconomics: Performance and Stabilization
Chapter 12 Macroeconomic Performance
Section Overview
Section 1: Measuring the Nation's Output and Income
Macroeconomics is the branch of economics that deals with the economy as a whole, using aggregate measures of output, income, prices, and employment. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the nation's most comprehensive measure of total output. Gross National Product is derived from GDP and is the most comprehensive measure of total income. Four other measures of income are net national product, national income, personal income, and disposable personal income. Economists view the economy as being organized into four sectors: the consumer or household sector, the investment sector, the government sector, and the foreign sector. These sectors are then combined to form the output-expenditure model, which is written as GDP = C + I + G + F.
"Learning About Population"
Introduction
Population trends are important to many groups. Politicians, for example, closely watch population shifts to see how voting patterns may change. Community leaders are interested because increases or decreases in local population impact services such as sanitation, education, crime prevention, and fire protection. Businesses use census data to help determine new plant locations, products and services, and sales territories.
Destination Title: The U.S. Census Bureau's IDB Population Pyramids
Cf. http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/informationGateway.php
Note: Clicking on the link above will launch a new browser window.
Need help using your browser for this activity? Click here for tips.
Directions
For this activity, begin at the U.S. Census Bureau's International Database Population Pyramid Web site.
1. Select the United States from the country list. Select "Summary" for the type of output, and select a medium graph size. Select "Submit Query" and print a hard copy of your results. Examine each pyramid. What do you notice about the relationship between the left and right sides for each graph?
2. How does the population in the 15-19 age group change between the first graph and the last?
3. Use your browser's "Back" button to return to the first page. Select "General Information about the IDB" from the bottom of the page. What are the major types of data available in the IDB?
4. Select "Countries Ranked by Total Population." Enter the current year in the box. Select "Rank top 10 countries," and "Submit Query." What countries rank in the top 10 by population?
Cf. http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078747643/student_view0/unit4/chapter12/student_web_activities.html
Section 1 Measuring the Nation's Output and Income
macroeconomics
Macroeconomic Viewpoints, 7:07
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
Describe the three versions of aggregate demand?
Describe the classical model, the Keynesian model, and the intermediate model.
Which one is correct? When?
Does the economy self-adjust?
What is the recessionary gap?
What happens during this gap?
What is the inflationary gap?
What happens to wages?
What is the role for the government if the economy is not where we'd like it to be, according to classical thought? According to Keynes?
gross domestic product (GDP)
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
GDP - Gross Domestic Product, 4:28
What is GDP?
What's the difference between GDP and GNP?
What are the two ways to calculate GDP?
What is the formula to express the first way?
What is the formula to express the second way?
How many singers in the song can you name?
intermediate products
secondhand sales
nonmarket transactions
underground economy
In-class assignment: with a partner, answer the following.
Economics: Off the Books: The Underground Economy, 4:36
What is the underground economy?
Is this income reported to the IRS?
What types of transactions are there?
What additional type is there?
How much do economists estimate makes up the underground economy?
What are the estimates about the taxes lost on this income?
Are there additional costs related to the underground economy?
base year
real GDP
In-class assignment: with a partner, answer the following.
Real GDP, 4:34
What is real GDP?
What do they refer to?
Define GDP and work through the definition by explaining the term.
What is included in GDP and what is not?
What activities do not form a part of GDP?
What is the tricky part?
What is GNP?
Where can "American" companies operate?
How does time relate to measuring of production?
current GDP
GDP per capita
gross national product (GNP)
GDP vs. GNP, 2:37
In-class assignment, with a partner, answer the following.
What is the difference between GDP and GNP?
How are these two terms different?
What is the difference?
Can you provide two examples?
Inference: which is better for producing wealth--GDP or GNP? Why?
Ownership vs. Location
The difference between GDP and GNP comes down to two factors: ownership and location.
GDP measures economic output based on location. If economic output occurs in the United States, then it is included in the GDP.
GNP measures economic output based on ownership. If the resources that produce the economic output are owned by an American entity, they are included in the GNP.
Honda and Ford
Honda of America is the largest automotive-related manufacturer in Ohio. There are four Honda plants in the state. Because these plants are located in the U.S., their output is included in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, because these plants are owned by a corporation based in Japan, the output is not be included in the Gross National Product (GNP).
Now here is an opposite example: Ford Motor Company manufactures automobiles at its plant in Hermosillo, Mexico. Ford is an American corporation, so the output from this plant is included in the GNP. Since the plant is outside the United States, though, the output of the Hermosillo facility is not added to the GDP.
GDP, NDP, and National Income
Closely related to the concept of GDP is National Domestic Product, or NDP. NDP is based on a simple realization: it takes money to make money; or more precisely, it takes capital to make money.
In this context, “capital” is simply an economists’ term for goods that are used to manufacture other goods (and services) and deliver them to market. In the world of automotive manufacturing, this would mean machinery, factories, etc. But this is only one example. Across the economy, innumerable varieties of capital are consumed (and worn out) in order to make, sell, and deliver everything from washing machines to landscaping services.
Economists assume that all this “used-up capital” will be replaced. After all, businesses need to replace the items they consume and wear out in order to stay in business. This used-up capital is referred to as “capital depreciation.” Since it merely represents what business must replace if they want to keep running, it is deducted when economists evaluate the economy’s performance. When capital depreciation is subtracted from the gross domestic product, GDP, the difference between the two is called net domestic product, or NDP:
net national product (NNP)
national income (NI)
personal income (PI)
disposable personal income (DPI)
household
unrelated individual
family
output-expenditure model
net exports of goods and services
12.1 Reading Strategy
In-class assignment, with a partner, fill in the graphic.
Complete the graphic organizer by describing how the different economic sectors contribute to the nation's economic activity.
12.1 Review
In-class assignment, with a partner, fill in the graphic.
Use the graphic organizer to compare GDP and GNP.
Section 2: Population and Economic Growth
The population census, an official count of all people living in the United States, must be conducted every 10 years. The annual rate of population growth was more than three percent until the Civil War, but it has declined steadily since then and is now less than one percent annually. Factors contributing to this trend are a replacement level fertility rate, a longer life expectancy, and constant net immigration. The racial and ethnic mix will also change with gains made by Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans. Changes are gradual and can usually be predicted.
Section 3: Poverty and the Distribution of Income
People are classified as living in poverty if their incomes fall below a predetermined level, or threshold. Economists are interested in how many people are in poverty and how it is dispersed in households. There are eight reasons why incomes vary: education, wealth, tax law changes, decline of unions, more service jobs, monopoly power, discrimination, and changes in family structures. In order to assist people in poverty, the government has established numerous anti-poverty programs. Most of them are classified under welfare- income assistance, general assistance, social service programs, tax credits, enterprise zones, workfare programs, and negative income tax.
Figure 12.3 Circular Flow of Economic Activity
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p325.swf
Figure 12.4 Center of Population, 1790-2000
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p331.swf
Figure 12.9 Poverty in the United States: total Number and Rate
Cf. http://glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/in_motion_08/epp/EPP_p342.swf
Wisconsin Labor Protests - Noodles, 1:36
Phillies, :31
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Tuesday HW
1. p. 301, Savings Bonds; 2. p. 302, Economic Analysis; 3. p. 303, #2.
Wednesday HW
1. p. 303, #3-5.
Thursday HW
1. p. 303, #6-8.
Friday HW
1. p. 303, #9.
