Good morning and welcome back to Lexington. As part of our Economics 102 course we will be using this blog to conduct a conversation about macroeconomics. Each week I will post several articles pertaining to world events and expect you (the students) to partake in one of the discussions each week.
Your first assignment is to tell us a little about yourself - in particular - why are you taking a Principles of Macroeconomics course.
Looking forward to an enlightening and rewarding semester.
Jim
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ReplyDeleteI'm Lizzie Engel and I'm a senior engineering and Spanish double major from Lexington, KY. I really enjoyed taking micro my sophomore year so I decided to take macro now that I have space in my schedule. I'm looking forward to learning more about the subject!
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Zach Colby and I am a sophomore from Kansas City, KS. I'm majoring in Economics so obviously this course is necessary. I am extremely interested in economics and pursuing a career after college involving the skills I hope to gain here at W&L and in the Williams School.
ReplyDeleteI'm Barbara Lewis and I'm a senior neuroscience major from Philadelphia, PA. I needed a social science credit so I took micro 101 last term and enjoyed it so now I'm back taking macro! An interesting fact about me is that I got married to my cat, Fred, when I was in third grade.
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