FTS-100 Money, Fall 2004

Helpful information

Instructor: David Wolfe (click here for office hour information)

Course schedule (all assignments are here)

Handouts:

Course syllabus

Additional course requirements

News: (Links to a Local copy are accessible from on-campus machines only.)

Read for Fri, 9/17: LA fan buys entire statium section. Associated Press. 9/16/04. Local copy.

Read for Tue, 9/21: The Next Shock: Not Oil, but Debt. New York Times. 9/5/04. Local copy.

Read for Tue, 9/21: Storm Chasing on Wall Street. New York Times. 9/19/04. Local copy.

Step Right Up and Beat the Numbers. New York Times. 9/19/04. Local copy.

Illinois State Drink. New York Times. 9/20/04. Local copy.

Whoever Wins, More Taxes May Be the Only Way Out. New York Times. 9/26/04. Local copy.

Read for Mon, 9/27: How Tax Cuts Feed the Beast. New York Times. 9/21/04. Local copy.

Bush Said to Be Ready to Open Oil Reserve Spigot. New York Times. 9/23/04. Local copy.

How Not to Save Social Security. New York Times. 9/23/04. Local copy.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl. New York Times. 9/28/04. Local copy.

Three articles on the Iraqi Swiss Dinars

Paper currency can have value without government backing. New York Times. 1/15/04. Local copy.
The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III. B. K. Markus's BLOG. 8/31/04. Local copy.
Lockboxes, Iraqi Loot and a Trail to the Fed. New York Times. 6/6/04. Local copy.

U.S. offers download of new $50 bill. CNN.com. 10/1/04. Local copy.

Articles on the latest tax bill

Republicans Try to Dilute Provisions in Tax Bill. New York Times. 10/5/04. Local copy.

Senate Approves Bill Worth $140 Billion in Corporate Tax Breaks. New York Times. 10/12/04. Local copy.

Congress Gives Away the Store. New York Times. 10/12/04. Local copy.

How Tax Bill Gave Business More and More. New York Times. 10/13/04. Local copy.

The Economy Unspun. New York Times. 10/13/04. Local copy.

The Economy Unspun. New York Times. 10/13/04. Local copy.

Float Time on Checks Shortens. New York Times. 10/28/04. Local copy.

Bin Laden Lauds Costs Of War to U.S.. Washington Post. 11/2/04. Local copy.

Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions. New York Times. 11/10/04. Local copy.

Somalia's diaspora offers financial lifeline. BBC. 11/24/04. Local copy.

Assignments:

Paper: Life Experience

Currency and Culture (oral presentation)

Currency and Culture (research paper)

Diversified Wager

You Bet Your Life

Other resources:

Gustavus Library and Michelle Twait's suggested references

Lexis-Nexis (available from on-campus computers)

Proquest Newsstand Complete (available from on-campus computers)

Diane Hacker, A Writer's Reference web resources

Other resources:

Diane Hacker, A Writer's Reference web resources

Presentations:

(none)