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Principles of Microeconomics
Palomar College
Assignment: Political Economy Days
Your Name:
Description:
This assignment will help you synthesize the material we are learning in this course with events occurring
outside our classroom (or our virtual space). Please attend or watch at least one of the Political Economy
Days guest lectures. The schedule of events is included under Announcements on our Canvas page. Some
of these lectures will be recorded; the information will be sent to you after the event concludes.
Instructions:
Please answer the following questions for each Political Economy Days lecture you attended or viewed.
Responses for questions 2-7 should be at least several sentences.
1. Which Political Economy Days lecture(s) did you view? Please state the title of the talk and the
name of the presenter.
2. In your own words, please provide a brief overview of this session’s topic.
3. After watching this session, how has it affected your understanding of the topic? Focus on if this
session has challenged or reaffirmed your ideas. If this is the first time you’ve engaged in this subject,
describe your reaction.
4. How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our first exam this
semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following (you may examine other
topics covered in this module as well): trade-offs, opportunity costs, marginal analysis, scientific
method, demand, supply, or market equilibrium? (In some sessions the relationships may be obvious, in
other sessions they may be more subtle – remember, economic principles are present in all aspects of
everyday life!) In your response, be sure to properly define all economic concepts/terms you discuss in your
answer. Please underline the economic term in your definition.
5. How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our second exam this
semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following (you may examine other
topics covered in this module as well): costs, production function, perfect competition, monopoly,
monopolistic competition, oligopoly? (In some sessions the relationships may be obvious, in other
sessions they may be more subtle – remember, economic principles are present in all aspects of everyday
life!) In your response, be sure to properly define all economic concepts/terms you discuss in your answer.
Please underline the economic term in your definition.
6. How does this session relate to the economic concepts we covered from our third exam this
semester? Specifically, how did this session address any of the following (you may examine other
topics covered in this module as well): behavioral economics, healthcare, labor market, utility,
wages? (In some sessions the relationships may be obvious, in other sessions they may be more subtle –
remember, economic principles are present in all aspects of everyday life!) In your response, be sure to
properly define all economic concepts/terms you discuss in your answer. Please underline the economic
term in your definition.
7. What additional questions do you have that were not addressed within the scope of the
presentation (or the following Question and Answer session, if recorded)? Time to use your critical
thinking and please think of some questions you have related to the topic of this talk. If left blank, you will
not receive full credit for the assignment.
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