Week of 9/13 - 9/17

This week we will begin with the Adam Smith Great Books essay on Wealth of Nations. We will read it aloud, and you will choose two interpretive questions for homework and write a paragraph each. Then you will choose a Post-Discussion question and write a half page typed double spaced.

You should have written your essay modeled after the Death of the Moth essay by Virginia Woolf. We will read these aloud in class and make corrections as we have been doing.

You will be quizzed on 2 more sections of rhetorical terms. We will continue reading from the Elements of Style, section 2, on style.

Below is a preliminary description of the upcoming event at UHH that we have been invited to:

Event title: Economics Economic Education Forum 2010: Financial Sector Fallout and the Economy
Presented by: University of Hawai`i at Hilo, College of Business and Economics, Department of Economics
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010
8:15AM: Breakfast and Registration
9:00: Speaker I
10:00: Speaker II
11:00: Short Break
11:15Speaker: III
12:15: Forum Ends
Speakers: Professors Ilan Noy, Economics Department, University ofHawai`i at Manoa; Professor Theresa Greaney, Economics Department, University of Hawai`i at Manoa; Professor DavidHammes, Economics Department, University of Hawai`i at Hilo.
Topics: causes and consequences of the financial system breakdown,international, national, and state impacts.
Target Audience: college-bound/highly motivated high school students (typically juniors and seniors, but need not be limited to them only)wishing to augment their studies of social sciences, government, andeconomics.