Comments on Wednesday's class

The powerpoint presentation is now on my I-drive. A copy of the homework assignment is on the I-drive as well.

If you need help connecting to the I-drive, my expertise is limited.

A few tips:

All computer labs on campus ought to be mapped to the network drives. Go to My Computer and the network drives should be listed. Click on the I drive and look for my folder (jjulian). Then look for the Econ 121 folder for stuff relevant for this class.

If you have a computer and you live on campus, you will need to "map" it yourself. You can find instructions at http://www.iup.edu/house/resnet/map/

or at http://www.iup.edu/ats/sts/login/index.htm



If you are off campus you can access the drive from the internet (ftp). Here is a link to help you out: http://www.acad.iup.edu/.


Comment about the homework:

Here are some links you'll need: http://www.bea.gov/(that's for the BEA website for GDP info)

And for the Fed check out http://www.federalreserve.gov/

At the Fed page you ultimately need this page: http://www.federalreserve.gov/bios/

and this page http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/

You can tool around all of these websites. Have fun exploring.

JJ

On Reserve

I've placed a (partial) copy of the Krugman and Wells text on reserve at the library. It is limited to a three hour closed reserve. This may help out if some of you are waiting for a mail order purchase of your text. You'll still need to acquire the text for the remaining chapters (chapters 10 and on) not contained in the partial edition.

Welcome Fall 2006 Students

You have reach the weblog for Econ 121-005. I hope to provide you with some useful links and information.

Be sure to refresh each time you visit this page.

Here's something of disturbing interest:

Northwest Airlines has recently laid off a number of workers. They circulated a list of 101 ways to save money. As insulting as it is, you may get a chuckle out of the story. Here is a link to NPR's coverage of this story.

I hope you enjoy the semester. Best of luck.