Kaitlyn Seykora
Journal 1
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-02-principles-of-macroeconomics-fall-2009/
This site has the course description for a macroeconomics course at MIT. Here students
have access to the syllabus, readings, lecture notes, quizzes, and assignments with their
solutions. There is an overview as well as related material and other versions of the course.
You can see exams and their solutions to text yourself before the actual exam.
This site relates directly to economics because it’s providing information for a class on
macroeconomics. The information found here can be applied to everyday life. Therefore,
providing you with a better understanding of the economy.
I personally love this site. I like that there are the assignment solutions so that you can see
what you did incorrectly on your homework. I also think it’s nice to have access to exams
because then you know what to expect your exam to be like. This is an awesome tool for
students to take advantage of.
Kaitlyn Seykora
Journal 2
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/10/28/141807689/why-gdp-is-like-gp
GDP is just like GPA in a few different ways. One of which is that they both paint a
picture. GDP is painting a picture of the economy and its overall status. Your GPA paints a
picture of the type of student you are. GPA shows how successful or unsuccessful a
particular student is. GDP show how successful or unsuccessful the economy is during at a
particular point in time.
This article gives the reader a good overview of what both GPA and GDP are. It then goes
