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UNIT 7:
MACROECONOMIC ISSUES
 READ THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS FROM THE MARGIN NOTES.
Economic Development
Growth
WATCH THE FOLLOWING POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS.
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Use the scrollbar on the side to navigate.
[This may take a few minutes to download.]
(OPTIONAL) READ THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS FROM THE TEXT. 11 - 15
OPTIONAL DOWNLOADS:
MACROECONOMICS REVIEW
ACTIVITY #4 RUBRIC
ACTIVITY #4: the trade ruler game
(10 points)
For your 4th
activity you’re going to play the Trade Ruler Game. First, though,
you need to get up to speed on trade theory and terminology. Use the
following links.
Why trade?
What is an economic theory?
Machines & Workers
Gains from Trade
The Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Theory
Bigger Differences – Greater Gains
Once you’ve read and
understand the concepts in those 6 sections you’re ready to start the game.
It may take a few minutes for you to figure out what’s going on but the game
itself only takes about 15 minutes.
You will need Flash and
Shockwave on your computer so download them first if you don’t already have
them.
Download Adobe Flash
Player for free.
Download Adobe Shockwave
Player for free.
If you’d like to have some idea of what to do
and how to do it before you start, go to the HELP file.
 When you’re ready to start playing, use the link below
and then click on the play button.
TRADE
RULER – THE HECKSCHER-OHLIN WORLD
When you have finished the number
of production-trade cycles the game requires, the screen will say "Game over.
Your days as ruler of __ Island are now over. Now, let's see how you managed."
Each time you click OK you will get a different bar chart that assesses
your performance.
After several screens on each of
which you click OK , you will get a screen that has a see hiscore
button rather than the OK button. Click see hiscore. There are
several pieces of information on the hiscore screen that I want you to send to
me and you will probably not be able to copy-and-paste them from that screen.
You can either print the page or write down the information. Whatever you do, do
NOT hit the OK button on the hiscore screen or you will wipe out the
information I want you to send me and you'll have to play the game again from
the beginning.
On the hiscore screen (or from
memory), find and write down the following information.
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the name you used
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your island
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your trade partner's island
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your score for the game
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the history for all three turns
The history is in the lower left
of your screen and you can access each turn by clicking on 1, 2 or 3.
Send me are the figures for all 3
turns. Your figures should look something like the following.
|
turn |
production |
trade |
result |
|
1 |
38 cells |
13 jeans |
-15 cells |
10 jeans |
23 cells |
22 jeans |
|
2 |
38 cells |
12 jeans |
-15 cells |
10 jeans |
23 cells |
22 jeans |
|
3 |
38 cells |
12 jeans |
-12 cells |
10 jeans |
26 cells |
22 jeans |
The order in which I've listed the turn
history information is the same order as on the screen. Send your
turn history information to me in the same order. Do NOT
include the words (turn, cells, trade, etc) ... I will know which
number is which information by the order. I included the words above
to help you find the information on the screen but the information
above should look like the following when you send it to me
(although your numbers will be different from the ones I've used).
|
1 |
38 |
13 |
-15 |
10 |
23 |
22 |
|
2 |
38 |
12 |
-15 |
10 |
23 |
22 |
|
3 |
38 |
12 |
-12 |
10 |
26 |
22 |
Let me caution you again: Do not
click the OK button until you've copied / printed all of the
information you need from the hiscore page since that
information is not saved.
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Finally, write a paragraph or
two in which you make
specific and detailed connections to
the course content. The course content did not cover the Heckscher-Ohlin
Trade theory but you can directly relate that theory to most of the
concepts covered in the Trade sections of the margin notes and power
point presentations.
By the
deadline shown in the Course Schedule on the main page of the
syllabus:
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Send your
data for the six items requested in the body of a new
email to
dramyglenn@earthlink.net.
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Put only
your name and Activity #4 at the beginning of your email.
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Be careful to
use the correct subject line.
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Late
assignments will lose one point per day late, including weekends and
holidays. (Although I do take
late assignments, I do not take assignments past the end of the
semester. Check the Course Schedule on the main page of your
syllabus for the final date I will accept assignments.)
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