Economics - IFA 1. Semester

Economics & Statistics
Winter term 2026/27 - 12 October 2026

ECONOMICS I -- Microeconomics and Sustainable Development -- IFA 1st semester WS 2026/27

Information

The assessment is a Learning Portfolio. Please click here for more information about the Assessment and its parts 2026/27
The tests take place at the beginning of the first block onTuesday 8:30 (available until 9:00, work-time 20 minutes).
The concept of our class is a FLIPPED CLASSROOM (the layout of the webpages has changed a bit, but not the content)
= before each unit you are expected to watch the video about the respective topics (plus additional sources if needed)
-> Structure and time schedule of the class + EconSteps (videos)

Click Further information about the presentation 2025/26
- In this video you find my explanations about this as well as information about the use of academic literature: at the library databases like - EconLit, the OECD iLibrary, the Web of Science - also helpful is EconBiz at the ZBW. (VPN needed if you are off-campus) -> in order to prove that you used a literature management system, you have to share your Zotero group with me (or another system)

Further Information

We will form 6 houses for the house cup (Kahoots) and groupwork in the module exercises (MÜ) and around 10 teams of 2-3 students presenting a case study about one chapter.
If you want to present an Individual Assessment it has to be proposed not later than 10 December - a written proposal of around 1/2 to 1 page is required, describing your planned topic, methodology / media and all sources used (including literature, AI, web sources ...).
Link to the Website of our Textbook "Economics for Business" by David Begg und Damian Ward (6th ed.)
Additional information and tests on this webpage (3rd ed. - choose "student edition" and a chapter) (unfortunately the answers to MC questions don't work properly, so if there are questions concerning the correct answers of single questions please contact me - but I also don't have the master answers, so we have to discuss single questions)
-> 6th edition in our library SuUB -- to access the library services you need a VPN connetion
On the webpage of another book ("Economics" by Sloman et al.) you find "Hotlinks"; News Items (for all chapters) (chapters) / The Sloman Economics News Site. This no mandatory literature, but might help with your presentation topic.
Link to the Webpage of Mankiw "Principles of Economics"

AULIS will be used for our internal communication and uploads of students: Faculty 1: School of International BusinessSchool of Int. Business - SIB) International Finance and Accounting (IFA BSc) Lehrveranstaltungen WiSe 2026/27 (IFA BSc) IFA 1 - Economics I - WS 2026/27 - Peter Schmidt

Preliminary schedule:

No	week	date:	presentation	Unit - topics (Preliminary Schedule)	Prepare for today ++ activities	Material
-		all semester	all	Let's talk about the real world / Economic Policy: The current situation of the European/international and German state of the economy. What are the strategies and suggestions of different political parties, experts, and the public opinion? I'm looking forward to discussing with you!	It is recommended that you follow the economic news and debates. The Economist, Handelsblatt, Wirtschaftswoche, die Zeit ...	- of course you can use other media, newpapers, podcasts ... (from reliable* sources - excluding web searches, open webpages, blogs, videos ...)*
-	all	Outlook: Current public debates about economic Policy Issues	World Economic Outlook - IMF - October 2026 WEO Database	Spring Report 2026 Annual Report 2025 (November 25) Creating new prospects for tomorrow – not squandering opportunities - Press Release - Executive Summary -> Update in November 26 !!	Joint Economic Forecasts (english) ------> On 24 September 2026, the Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2026 was published: Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2026: Recovery Under Structural Stress – Fiscal Policy on Slippery Ground Key Economic Figures for Germany in German: Gemeinschaftsdiagnose.de Pressemitteilung	Further information: - AI overview (11 Oct 26 - renew it any time using the prompt) - Konjunkturprognosen für Deutschland (Tagesschau 24.09.2026) - Prognosen für Konjunktur in Deutschland 2025 und 2026 (business insider 15.4.25 - in German)
No	week	date:	presentation	Unit - topics (Preliminary Schedule)	Prepare for today ++ activities	Material
1	1	12 Oct		WHY Economics? What's it about? What do you expect? Section I: Introduction - 10 Principles of Economics (Mankiw) -> Reader 2026	Today _in_ class: Most important OBJECTIVE(s) Hierarchy of goals in (social) market economies: -> Teamwork about Mankiws "Ten Principles of Economics" and part from B. Obama "The Audaciy of Hope" (p. 176-184)	Reader 2026 - Welcome.ppt - "Basic Concepts" - Economics @ Wikipedia - Social market economy (explainity® explainer video)
2	1	13 Oct	(from today on we (=houses) play a Kahoot quiz) register using your (nick) name followed by the first letter of your house, e.g: Peter-G, MaryH	Basic Concepts of Economics - Goals in Economics and Economic Policy - Economic systems & Objectives of Economics / Economic Policy	Today _in_ class: Most important OBJECTIVE(s) Hierarchy of goals in (social) market economies -> discuss the significance - Social market economy (explainity® video) and from the KAS -> is that todays reality?	- Hierarchy of goals in market economies - "Wall Street" @ Wikipedia - See also the quotations of T. Friedman houses: Homework for next week ( -> see table below)
3	2	19 Oct		Please recall that for today Mankiws: "Problems and Applications" are due (see table below) Basic Concepts of Economics - Goals in Economics and Economic Policy - Economic systems and Objectives of Economics / Economic Policy Begg & Ward Chapter 1: Economics for Business	Watch the videos _before_ class (Note that the chapter videos are 30+ minutes long, including the one for tomorrow -> make sure, you have time enough to prepare) Lets look at one of our first models: The Production Possibility Frontier (Curve) PPF - figure 1.1 + definition: - PPF exlained - moving the PPF which of Mankiws Principles do we find in this model?	General topic: AI in our class -> Wall Street: - "Wall Street" @ Wikipedia: - is greed good? - Markets & Democracy
4	2	20 Oct		Begg & Ward Chapter 1: Economics for Business Section II: Understanding Markets - Chapter 2: Consumers in the Market Place * => if you didn'd do up to now, select your chapter für the presentation and register in AULIS	-> Homework to prepare: 2-1 YouTube Miro board - read chapter 2.2 and 2.3 + find a real world example for a demand curve for a good of your choice (= reseach and put the actual curve into your Miro frame). Which sources did you use?	Presentations: Recall the further information about the presentation (important information" at the top of this page) What makes a good presentation?
5	3	26 Oct		- Chapter 2: Consumers in the Market Place -> ELASTICITIES (1 - value -> price strategy)	Literature and Academic Writing In this video you find my explanations --> this is basically the application of our findings in the IFA 1 class "Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten" 2-2 YouTube Miro board - read chapter 2.4 and 2.5 Homework to prepare for next week: -> Present your "Practice to use literature-database" as described in the table below (week 4) Tell us about your research process, problems, and present a literature list.	University Library: Econmics & Business Studies, Selected Resources - Faculty 1: International Business, Data Bases ... - EconLit -> EconBiz.de -- Find Economic Literature (Service of ZBW) - Research skills: - Guided Walk - Video-Course - Academic-Career-Kit - Guides: + "Write your best paper" – a guide to academic writing for economics and business students (PDF-Guide) + Guidelines: Search and Evaluate Scholarly Literature + Guidelines: Citation (APA style) [pdf; 280 KB] - OECD iLibrary: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/ - Web of Science: http://isiknowledge.com/wos Literature Management System -> ZOTERO - Links Link Uni Bremen, Studytools, Quick start guide - Zotero Tutorial (video) Important: -> please install the Zotero app and the Zotero Connector for your browser!
6	3	27 Oct	(Example Test PC lab = A 130 & A 131 )	- Chapter 2: Consumers in the Market Place -> ELASTICITIES (2 - sign / types of goods) Today's schedule: - Kahoot - finishing 10 Principles - preview test and presentation - chapter 2 (first part)	- Ask an LLM for a brief definition of Elasticity of demand. Insert your results into your frame in the team Miro board - also find an example for an elasticity of demand (= reseach and put the actual demand curve into your Miro frame). Which sources did you use?	Important: The tests can only be taken IN CLASS (= in the PC pool) - if you take it from another place, it doesn't count. (I'll take a participants list, you must bring your PRINTED student ID) Tests take place in the first 30 minutes of Tuesdays class = from 8:30-9:00 (test takes 20 minutes) Tests are open book but closed net - you won't have access to the internet (except AULIS) and use of any other electronic devices is strictly forbidden - as is communication during the test!
7	4	2 Nov	presentation 2 (= first presentation - about chapter 2)	Today's schedule: (12:00 - 16:00) - test 12:00 in PC lab -> photo ID - Kahoot - finishing chapter 2 - Literature: citation and management - chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Firms in the Market Place	3-1 Video Miro board -> Homework to prepare: - read chapter 3.1 and 3.2 Work on questions 1-4 (P 84)
8	4	3 Nov	Test 1 (first 20 minutes - in PC LAB = A 130 & A 131) + a PHOTO ID on paper	- Chapter 3: Firms in the Market Place	3-2 Video Miro board	Topics of test 1 (preliminary): Introduction, basic questions, objectives (hierarchy of goals), 10 Principles of Economics / Begg&Ward chapter 1 - you find an expample of a (pre-) test in AULIS - "The Production Process" see also the Excel file with some Figures from the book
9	5	9 Nov	presentation 3	- Chapter 3: Firms in the Market Place Information about the: IFA-Symposium 2026	- " - -> ALL HOUSES present a literature list !!! + tasks in the Miro board
10	5	10 Nov		- Chapter 4: Markets in Action	4 Video Miro board -> in class: -> task 3 of this exam	Topics of test 2 (preliminary): (still) 10 Principles of Economics, Begg & Ward chapter 2 and 3
11	6	16 Nov	presentation 4	- Chapter 4: Markets in Action	-> Homework to prepare: - solve exercise 2 of chapter 4 (page 104/105)
12	6	17 Nov	Test 2 (first 20 minutes - in PC LAB = A 130 & A 131)	- Chapter 4: Markets in Action Section III: Competition and Profitability - Chapter 5: Market structure & Firm Performance Competition, Monopoly and the public interest (welfare)	5.1-5.4 TR, Profit, and Perfect Competition Video Miro board -> Homework to prepare: - read chapters 5.2 and 5.3. Make a list of 5 examples (markets, concrete firms) for the four market structures -> upload them to your Miro Team board	Annual Report 2025 (November 25) Creating new prospects for tomorrow – not squandering opportunities Press Release Executive Summary
13	7	23 Nov	presentation 5	- Chapter 5: Market structure & Firm Performance (cont'd) 5.5 Monopoly	Ch 05-2 Market structure and firm performance - 5.5p Monopoly Video Miro board -> Homework to prepare: - read chapter 5.5 "Monopoly" - especially think about the advantages and disadvantages of monopolies for the public welfare. -> What is"creative destruction" about?	Topics of test 3 (preliminary): Begg & Ward chapters 2 (only elasticity), 3, 4 and the parts of ch. 5 discussed in class up to now)
14	7	24 Nov		- Chapter 5: Market structure & Firm Performance (cont'd) Competition, Monopoly and the public interest (welfare)	-> Homework to prepare: (cont'd) Video 5-2 Miro board - read chapter 5.5 "Monopoly" - especially think about the advantages and disadvantages of monopolies for the public welfare. -> What is"creative destruction" about?	Let's practice the monopoy situation: Example of a final test (30 min) - task 2
15	8	30 Nov	(additional presentation/s?) IFA: Election of class speakers	- Chapter 6. Strategic rivalry -> Oligopoy and Game Theory	----------- " ----------	Bundeskartellamt - Control of abusive practices - Ban on cartels (Cartel prosecution) Information brochure: Effective cartel prosecution - Benefits for the economy and consumers - Leniency Programme Deutsche Bahn AG to make changes to ticket sales - do you like a coffee?
16	8	1 Dec	Test 3	- Chapter 6. Strategic rivalry -> Oligopoy and Game Theory	Applied cases and examples -->	Examples: 1) do you like a coffee? 2) Bundesliga 3) cars & steel 4) Deutsche Bahn AG to make changes to ticket sales Movie "A beautiful Mind" about John F. Nash: "the best result will come if everyone does what is best for himself ... and the group" (bar scene) In memoriam: - 'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in crash - The prisoner's Dilemma - "Split or Steal", "87,900" and "From Stealing to Trust"
-	-	3 + 4 Dec		IFA SYMPOSIUM 2026	We all meet at the Haus der Wissenschaft
17	9	7 Dec	presentation 6 presentation 7	- Chapter 7. Growth strategies	Information about the -> Presentations and debates of one alternative economic approach by the houses in January -> material in row 25 ff
18	9	8 Dec	presentation 8 * Evaluation * please let me know, what you think about this class	- Chapter 8. Governing business	You should start to watch the videos of chapter 9, as there are two for next week:
19	10	14 Dec	* Evaluation * please let me know, what you think about this class	Section IV: Basics of MACROeconomics - Chapter 9: An introduction to the Macro Economy WHY Economics? WHY Economic POLICY? review and new aspects Review of Mankiw principles 5-7 and 8-10 / Economic dogmas: Theories - Markets - Governments - People 9.1 Business Cycle, uncertainty -> Economic Sentiment 9.2 Macroeconomic issues - four key macroeconomic issues - which other indicators are important? - which are missing? 9.3 The Circular Flow on Income find our scetches in Miro (2nd board of last semester). What do you recall?	9-1 YouTube Miro board) Most important OBJECTIVE(s): Hierarchy of goals in (social) market economies -> discuss the significance - Social market economy (explainity® video) and from the KAS -> is that todays reality? -> How do we call the most important macroeconomic issues in German(y)? In which law are the defined?	Topics of test 4: Begg & Ward chapter 5: Market Structure, Performance, Profit and Welfare in PC and Monopoly. Chapter 6: Imperfect Competition (oligopolies)
20	10	15 Dec	Test 4	- Chapter 9: An introduction to the Macro Economy 9.4 National Income Determination & the business cycle - AD, AS, Macro Equilibrium - Measurement: business cycle Konjunkturprognosen: Business Forecasts for Germany	9-2 YouTube Miro board	Some Videos "Fight of the Century" / Fear the boom and the bust - "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem - Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two and more information like "The Tale of the Dueling Economists". Texts of the videos ... and why not enjoy: Deck the Halls with Macro Follies
21	11	4 Jan	Reading week (=no class but teamwork (houses))	Now that we discussed National Accounting (GDP, ...) we'll ask ourselves: Is GDP really an apt measure of Welfare ...quality of life, sustainable development ...? -> Measuring WELFARE & SUSTAINABILITY		The German Statistical Office (DeStatis) publishes Environmental indicators and also an "Indicator Report - Sustainable Development in Germany" + "Indicator Report 2021: Sustainable Development in Germany"
22	11	5 Jan	Reading week (=no class but teamwork (houses))	- How can countries measure the well-being of their citizens? (TED institute)		Topics of test 5: - Chapter 6: Oligopolies, Game Theory - Chapters 9 and 10 - Tagets of Economic Policy, GDP: The Circular Flow of Income; Measurement of GDP, other macroeconomic issues
23	12	HAPPY new Year 2027! 11 Jan	presentation 9 presentation 10 Recall: "The houses please register up to 7 Jan for one of the approaches / topics they chose - first come first serve"	We'll continue our discussion of: Section IV: Basics of MACROeconomics - Chapter 9: An introduction to the Macro Economy - Chapter 10: Measuring Macroeconomic Variables and Policy Issues	Homework to prepare: 10 YouTube Miro board - read the box on page 249 - read chapter 10.2 + find current figures for Germany. Which sources do you find? Insert your results into your frame in the team Miro board Annual Report 2025 (November 25) Creating new prospects for tomorrow – not squandering opportunities Press Release Executive Summary	Further information: - AI overview (7 Jan 26 - renew it any time using the prompt) - Konjunkturprognosen für Deutschland (Tagesschau 18 Nov 25) - Prognosen für Konjunktur in Deutschland 2025 und 2026 (business insider 15.4.25 - in German)
24	12	12 Jan	Test 5 * Evaluation * please let me know, what you think about this class (until 16 January)	- Chapter 10: Measuring Macroeconomic Variables and Policy Issues		German National Accounting @DeStatis: - Important economic indicators & publications (links unfortunately killed by Destatis) - Eurostat with National Accounts - Source OECD & ILibrary - The OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals (accessible from the campus net - or via VPN)
25	13	18 Jan		please upload your presentation - as usual - the day before up to 16:00 ! Presentations and Debates: * Alfa: NN * Bravo: NN * Charlie: NN		"Monitoring economic performance, quality of life and sustainability" by the German Council of Economic Experts in association with the french Council of Economic Analysis - Joint Report 2010 requested by the Franco-German Ministerial Council to Chancellor Mrs. Angela Merkel and french President Nicolas Sarkozy (deutsche Übersetzung: Wirtschaftsleistung, Lebensqualität und Nach-haltigkeit: Ein umfassendes Indikatorensystem). This report was based on: -> Report of the commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress 2009 - Joseph Stiglitz - Problems with GDP as an Economic Barometer - Amartya Sen: Beyond GDP, measures of welfare and sustainability (2/7 ..) Sustainable Development Goals - United Nations The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The 17 SDGs are integrated — they recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability.
26	13	19 Jan	Results of your Evaluation - Thank you to the participants ...!	please upload your presentation - as usual - the day before up to 16:00 ! Presentation and Debate: * Delta: NN		ECG Economy for the Common Good (GWÖ): - What if the common good was the goal of the economy? \| Christian Felber \| TEDxVienna (basic idea up to minute 9:50) - ECG in 2:30 min - ECG webpage - have a look around [in German: . Gemeinwohl-Matrix 5.0,] - The Common Good Product: CGP instead of GDP - The Common Good Matrix - Companies in different countries Doughnut Economics (Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist) - Why it's time for 'Doughnut Economics' \| Kate Raworth \| TEDx - more information on: www.kateraworth.com - Re-Writing (Neo-Liberal) Economics OECD: "Beyond GDP" Joseph E. STIGLITZ, Jean-Paul FITOUSSIand Martine DURAND "Descentrar el producto interno bruto (PIB) - Bienestar, cuidados y tiempo" (Iliana Vaca Trigo y Camila Baron), también en ingles: "Decentring GDP - Well-being, care and time" United Nations publication 2022
27	14	25 Jan		please upload your presentation - as usual - the day before up to 16:00 ! Presentations and Debates: * Echo NN * Foxtrot NN		Other Alternative Economic Approaches Fridays, Economists, Scientists ... for Future: Facts + Statements of Scientists + Sketchnotes + Skeptical Science Global Warming & Climate Change Myths + The Consensus Handbook + + New Economics Foundation + (you can also check this list by ECG) Degrowth – what's behind the economic theory and why does it matter right now? Niko Paech: Grundzüge einer Postwachstumsökonomie Economics of Happiness / Glücksforschung Karlheinz Ruckriegel and many more ideas and topics please ! Topics of test 6: - 10 Principles of Economics - review chapters 2-6 - Alternative Economic Approaches, esp. ECG and Doughnut
28	14	26 Jan	Test 6	Outlook: Macroeconomics and Economic Policy Fiscal and Monetary Policy: - Chapter 13: Expenditure and Fiscal Policy - Keynesian Cross & the Multiplier - Chapter 14: Money, Banking and Interest - Money and the Banking system		Main Source : European Central Bank ECB, Educational Sources: - European Monetary Union explained - The European Centrag Bank (EU Parlament) - The History of the European (monetary) integration - European Integration (ECB presentation used in class) - Monetary Policy Instruments (TARGET 2 = Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System) + Definitions of monetary aggregates - MFI information - Inflation Monitor - see also: Leitzins.info Some Videos "Fight of the Century" / Fear the boom and the bust - "Fear the Boom and Bust" a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem - Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two and more information like "The Tale of the Dueling Economists". Texts of the videos

The "Module Exercise" takes place every week <45-90 minutes every week integrated into our class> We formed six HOUSES which are assigned tasks for the next session and is expected to present the results (=prepared as joint homework)
The module exercise is part of your individual workload, it isn't marked and the lecturer won't deliver new information; he will only moderate the sessions. The tasks of the module exercise normally refer to the topics discussed in the last week(s). The numbers in the table below normally refer to the chapter in the textbook (Sloman: "End of chapter questions"). At the end of the module exercise there is room for general questions about the topics, terms, ... .
The exercises discussed in the module exercise are relevant for the tests. If the students deliver results or approaches to the solution, we'll discuss the correct solution in class. If no approaches are presented, the task will not be discussed in class but nevertheless stay relevant for the exam.

Houses: Date:	All students (background of spelling alphabet)	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot
	Names of students: please register in AULIS	Alexis Alishikh Dara Daniel Thies Tran Truc My Nico Marcel	David Ipek Isabel Lia Marie Lucy Weronika Marta Yuliia	Jwana Muriel Laura Nour Shahed Sidra Tim Magnus Veronika	Aden Mahir Akin Mehmet Jonas Kaim Hayrettin Mattis Siegfried Naser Sajad	Ana Anahita Anastasiya Jana Nika Paula Sena	Abdullah Syed Ben Luca Daniel Duy Kha Jann Linus Joschua
week 1	no tasks, but Mankiws "Principles" in class: - name and describe your principles / text - provide an _own_ example per principle	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-8	9-10	Obama-Text
week 2	Mankiw: "Problems and Applications":	15-16 17 (one article)	13-14 17 (one article)	10-12 17 (one article)	7-9 17 (one article)	4-6 17 (one article)	1-3 17 (one article)
week 3
week 4	Practice to use literature-databases (EconBiz, or EconLit) properly: -> research min 6-8 articles from academic journals > either for your presentation topic >_or_ for the topic given in your column = find them, check contents (abstract) and if it fits / is helpfull add it to your literature management system (=Zotero).	+ literature research: your chapter or - Price Elasticity of demand	+ literature research: your chapter or - Cartel prosecution (in Germany)	+ literature research: your chapter or - the impact of market structures on prices and quality	+ literature research: your chapter or - Covid and inflation	+ literature research: your chapter or - (ukrainian) war and inflation	+ literature research: your chapter or - alternative economic approaches
week 5
week 6 ...	IN class: End of Chapter questions from Begg/Ward (chapter 2) -> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Material/econs/Oil Is Hitting Its Highest Level in Months - WSJ 4.4.24	-> all students: Material/econs/Oil Is Hitting Its Highest Level in Months - WSJ 4.4.24	-> all students: Material/econs/Oil Is Hitting Its Highest Level in Months - WSJ 4.4.24	-> all students: Material/econs/Oil Is Hitting Its Highest Level in Months - WSJ 4.4.24	-> all students: Material/econs/Oil Is Hitting Its Highest Level in Months - WSJ 4.4.24	-> all students: Material/econs/Oil Is Hitting Its Highest Level in Months - WSJ 4.4.24
Prepare for week 7	Do the exam example provided and discussed last week in class (here and in AULIS > Tests > "Micro-Econs Self Test")	-> all houses do the test We discuss the results in class	-> all houses do the test We discuss the results in class	-> all houses do the test We discuss the results in class	-> all houses do the test We discuss the results in class	-> all houses do the test We discuss the results in class	-> all houses do the test We discuss the results in class
week 7 y (in class together)	End of Chapter questions from Begg/Ward (chapter 3) -> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Exercise 1 and 2	-> all students: Exercise 1 and 2
week 8	Due to a faculty meeting, the class ends at 16:00 -> all houses (= all students) are required to do the teamwork in the module exercise	Chapter 5: Questions 1-10 Excercises 1 and 2	Chapter 5: Questions 1-10 Excercises 1 and 2	Chapter 5: Questions 1-10 Excercises 1 and 2	Chapter 5: Questions 1-10 Excercises 1 and 2	Chapter 5: Questions 1-10 Excercises 1 and 2	Chapter 5: Questions 1-10 Excercises 1 and 2
week 9	We'll discuss YOUR questions about the tasks of last week

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Links:

Links:
- WIKIPEDIA, the free Encyclopedia (english)
- Leo - Online Dictionary
- odge.de: Online-German-English-Dictionary
Links to other online-dictionaries
- English by James Mc Cabe @ Wirtschaftswoche oder auch hier Language skills: The Real Voices

Learning / Improving your English:
- See the tips on the web page of the "Fremdsprachenzentrum", especially "Internet Quellen", "Medien", and "Englisch in Bremen"
- Somewhat less actual are the English Language Resources (ELR) web site of Hochschule Bremen (Bremen university of applied sciences)
with many useful tips, among other things: "How can I improve my English outside class?" (with tips for going out: English Club ... and more).
- also useful a list of English radio stations: http://www.surfmusik.de/land/england.html
Various articles Business English in the 'Wirtschaftswoche', the author points out characteristics, pitfalls, idio-ms of (business) English ... - fun to read.
Mathematical (and statistical) Vocabulary

Economics: Tests, Quiz, Infos and more (also from the Standard Deviants :)
Economics: 2 videos (Microeconomics, Macroeconomics) from "the Standard Deviants"
Course Description Economics & Statistics: Contents Macroeconomics (Videobeilage), Contents Microeconomics (large file (1MB))
Link to the Website of Mankiw "Principles of Economics": http://www.swcollege.com/econ/mankiw/

Quotations form the book of Thomas Friedman: "The World is flat":
- For some, particularly among the older generations, this was an unwelcome transformation. Communism was a great system for making everyone equally poor. In fact, there was no better system in the world for that than Communism. Capitalism made people unequally rich, and for some who were used to the plodding, limited, but secure Socialist lifestyle--where a job, a house, an education, and a pension were all guaranteed, even if they were meager--the fall of the Berlin wall was deeply unsettling. (p. 51/52)
- ... to some degree Mikhail Gorbachev's hapless efforts to reform something that was unreformable brought communism to an end. But if I had to point to one factor as first among equals, it was the information revolution that began in the early- to mid-1980s. Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and other modern tools of communication. (p 54)

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