Economics interview project

Business Interview-  

Presentations due week of October 10, 2017

Only Rule: DO NOT ASK WHAT THE PERSON EARNS/YEAR

PowerPoint / visual needed for presentation

Speak to a Sole Proprietor, partner, or manager of a business

Name of subject interviewed

Name of establishment and how long it existed

How long has the person worked at the establishment?

Story behind the start up or the person getting involved in establishment

Type of investment in business-

      Physical and human capital, natural

      Fixed costs

      Variable costs

Target audience, how do they reach their customer? (advertisement…)

How do they expand their market share?

Seasonal and cyclical nature of business?

Any indicators of  the business cycle changing?

Employee expectations?

How do local, state or federal regulations impact business?

What type role can government play in helping your business?

What types of sacrifices had to be made to make a successful business?

What are the benefits of owning or managing a business?

Words of wisdom to someone looking to enter the field? 

Business articles

Name_________________________

Economics current events assignments.
Honors   5 stories/month     CP1 3 stories/month

Source of Story
Date of print or broadcast
Who or what is the story about?
When and where does it take place?
Why is this economically significant?
Explain the supply or demand ramifications.
Graph the story.

Chapter 8 Business Organizations

Section :  Sole Proprietorships 185-188)
Identify:  business organization,
sole proprietorship,
business license,
zoning law,
 liability,
fringe benefit
Look at figure 8:1 (p. 186) What are the top three characteristics of  an entrepreneur?
Look at figure 8:2 (p.
What are the benefits and disadvantages of sole proprietorships?

Read Jerry Yang profile (189) answer question 1.  Are there any changes since this book was published?

Section 2:  Partnerships (190-193)
Identify:  partnership
general partnership
limited partnership
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
articles of partnership
Uniform partnership act (UPA)
Assets  
 Look at 8:3 (191) What are the majority of the size of recipts and type of partnerships?
What is the point of the political cartoon on page 192?
Answer questions 5 and 6 on page 193.

Section 3:  Corporations, Mergers, and Multinationals (195-200)
Identify  corporation
stock
closely held corporation
publicly held corporation
bond
certificate of incorporation
dividend
horizontal merger
vertical merger
conglomerate
multinational corporation (MNC)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of corporations?
Answer questions 5,6,7 on page 200

Section 4: Other Organizations (201-204)
business franchise
royalty
cooperative
consumer cooperative
service cooperative
producer cooperative
nonprofit organization
professional organization
business association
trade association
Answer questions 7+8 on page 204

Economics classroom expectations

Grading Policy:
Homework 15%
Class work 25%
Exams/presentations  60%

My extra help day is Thursday, but I will be available for help almost every day after school, just let me know if you are coming and I will be in my room unless I have another meeting.

Bring a good attitude, a binder, and something to write with in class every day. I want you to be able to see how you think like an economist every day. 

If you think about it you incorporate marginal utility in all of the decisions you make.

Some of the other economic concepts the course will cover
  Microeconomics:
  Scarcity
  opportunity costs
  production possibilities curve
Traditional, Command, Market Economies
Supply and Demand
Elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply
Market Equilibrium and the role of prices
Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Oligopoly, and Monopolistic Competition
Regulation and deregulation of business
Labor  and business
Sole Proprietorships
Partnerships,
Corporations/Trusts
 
Macroeconomics
Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Government safety nets and when should they be used
International trade, NAFTA, WTO

Week of April 24, 2017

Chapter 16 questions

Chapter 16:  The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
Please read the sections before you answer the questions assigned.

16(1)
1. Figure 16.1 (416), What percentage of banks are in the federal reserve system, and what percentage of bank deposits do they control?
2. Figure 16:2 (417) Identify the 12 Federal Reserve Bank cities.
3. What is the point of the fast fact (417)?
4. Answer questions 1-5  (odd/even) page 418

16(2)
1. Whose statue  do you think is on the north side of the Dept. of Treasury( 420)?
2. Figure 16.3 (421) What role does the Fed have in cashing checks?
3. Figure 16.4 (423) What happens to the money demand when interest rates increase?
4. Answer questions 1-6 (423) odd/even.

Read the biography of Alan Greenspan (424) bullet three facts about his life. Answer question 2. 

16(3) 
1. Figure 16.5 (426)  How do banks create money? 
2. Figure 16.6  (427) What is the reserve ratio requirement?How can the Fed expand the money supply using this tool?
3. Figure 16.7  (428) What is the discount rate?  How can the Fed expand the money supply using this tool?
4. Figure 16.8 (428) What are open market operations?  How can the Fed expand the money supply using this tool?
5. Answer questions 1-8 (odd/even) page 429.

16(4)
1. Figure 16.10 (432) What are the effects of proper and improper timing of fed monetary
policies?
2. Answer questions 1-6 (odd/even) on page 434.

Chapter 1 vocabulary

Chapter 1

1(1)
 Economics

Need vs. Want-

Goods vs. Services

Scarcity vs. Shortage

Factors of production-  land, labor, capital

Physical vs. Human Capital

Entrepreneur-


1(2)
trade off

guns or butter

opportunity cost (best opportunity lost)

thinking at the margin (marginal analysis)


1(3)
production possibilities curve

production possibilities frontier

efficiency

underutilization

cost

law of increasing costs

Economics classroom expectations

Grading Policy:
Homework 15%
Class work 25%
Exams/presentations  60%


Bring a good attitude, a binder, and something to write with in class every day.

I will be available for extra help almost every day, especially if you let me know you are coming.
My extra help day is Thursday at the Freshman homework club.