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ME: Cutest Animal
Game Theory
Syllabus
Econ Preview
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HW: Ted Talk #1 - Daniel Pink and Reading #1 - Think Like a Freak
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ME: Global Water Shortage
The Future of Water
L - Econ 101
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ME: Impossible vs Beyond Meat (Pork Shortage)
L - Econ 101
The Future of Oil
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ME: Twitter and Andrew Yang
L - Econ 101
Outsourcing: If Apple phones were made in US
Outsourcing Pregnancy
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ME: Lime Scooter
Top Inventions at CES
L - Econ 101
Shark Tank #1: Clean Bottle
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ME: None
Marketing of GoPro
Video: The increasing cost of dogs and cats
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HW: Podcast #1: Rising Cost of College
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ME: Should we pay kids for grades?
Freakonomics - Paying Kids for Grades
L - Guns v. Butter
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ME: Amazon and streaming
L - Guns v. Butter
Privatization of Water
Why is College so Expensive
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ME: Dispute over CEO Pay
L - Guns v. Butter
Why American Cars Fail in Japan
Rise of PMC
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ME: Peacock Streaming Service
L - Guns v. Butter
Shark Tank #2: Subzero Ice Cream
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MLK Day: No School
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ME: Apple vs. Fed Govt
L - Guns v. Butter
Hans Roling: Population
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HW: Reading #2 - Predictably Irrational
Quiz #1: Econ Basics on Thursday
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ME: Marriott Hotel Strategy
Guns v. Butter
Toms Shoes
Globalization of Coffee
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Quiz #1
ME: Shack Shack
Shark Tank #3: Lumio
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ME: Cannabis in California
Rise of CBD
Shark Tank Vocab #1 - 3
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ME: None
The Future of Augmented and Virtual Reality
Alex Kippman
Chris Milk
HW: Podcast #2: How I Built This
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ME: 5G
What is 5G?
L : Traditional Economy
Inuit Culture
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ME: Corona Virus Effect on US Business
L: Traditional Economy
Whale Hunting in Indonesia
Shark Tank #4: Cookie Doughp
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ME: A Company Mandating 10,000 Steps
L: Command Economy
Inside North Korea
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ME: Brexit is Finally Here
L: Command Economy
Shark Tank #5: Cousins Maine Lobster
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ME: None
The Future of Printing
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HW: Reading #3 - Google in China
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ME: YouTube's Earning Power
How YouTube Video Goes Viral
L - Free Market
Fast Food in Kuwait
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ME: AI Reading Emotions
Facial Recognition
L - Free Market
Superbowl Commercials
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ME: Decline Exxon Mobil
Chromecart - Work on Kickstarter Presentation
HW: Kickstarter Presentation due 2/18
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ME: Losses at Uber
Story of Howard Moskowitz
Kickstarter Inventions
Shark Tank #6
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ME: None
The Future of Printing
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HW: Finding Your Career (Khan Academy)
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ME: Trump's NASA Budget Request
L - Free Market
The Rise of Chick-fil-A
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Chromebook Work
- Work on Finding Your Career or Kickstarter Project
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Chromebook Work
- Work on Finding Your Career or Kickstarter Project
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School Holiday
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School Holiday
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ME: Forced Work from Home
L - State Capitalism
Rise of MBS
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Ted Talk #2 - Dambisa Moyo
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ME: Bloomberg Spent on Advertising
L - State Capitalism
Rise of Putin and Jinping
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ME: End of 9-5 Jobs
Kickstarter Presentations
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ME: US Women's Soccer Lawsuit
Kickstarter Presentations
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Economics of Apple
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HW: Reading #4 Blink
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ME: Amazon's Cashierless Grocery Store
L - Capitalism Emerges
Rise of California Housing Prices
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ME: US Women's Soccer Lawsuit
L - Capitalism Emerges
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ME: CBA Agreement
L - Capitalism Emerges
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ME: Surfing in the desert
L - Capitalism Emerges
Prisoner's Dillemma
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ME: None
Economics of Nike
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HW: Podcast #3 - Public Goods
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ME: Changing Music Industry
Coke vs. Pepsi Challenge
Shark Tank #8 - Box Lock
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ME: Struggles of the Travel Industry
L - Market Failure
Maple Syrup Mafia
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ME: Jerome Powell
L - Market Failure
Boston Dynamics
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ME: Rise of Ulta Marathons
L - Market Failure
Tragedy of the Commons
Shark Tank #9 - Moki Step
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ME: None
Economics of Chocolate
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HW: Podcast #4: Is Google a Monopoly?
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ME: Oil Price Wars
L - Sole/Partnership
Clip from Founder
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ME: Payroll Tax
L - Sole/Partnership
Entrepreneur That
L - Corporation
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ME: Trump Suspends Travel to Europe
L - Corporation
Entrepreneur That
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ME: The Difficulty of Closing Schools
L - Corporation
Corporation is a Legal Person
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School's Closed due to COVID-19
Check Google Classrom
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HW: Podcast #5: Cobra Effect
Crash Course Review Videos
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Stock Market
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