The OLLI Home Page gives general information on the course.
In the top menu find the right class - Part 1 or Part 2. Each of the individual class sessions have pages with more information and resources.
Feel free to read (and comment!) on the Plain-Sense Blog - Go to Plain Sense Home
Email: gentryd@sou.edu
Phone: 541-261-8501
We want to cover some economic and public policy issues in more depth. Our smaller class size gives us the opportunity to probe, ask questions, and explore the implications of different approaches. There are suggested resources and readings which can help in working with the concepts and issues during the class session.
| Session | Concepts / Issues | Suggested Readings / Resources |
| 1 - April 2 | March of Economic History / Economic Indicators | |
| x - April 9 | No session this week. | |
| 2 - April 16 | Money - Banking - Federal Reserve | Fed 101 |
| 3 - April 23 | Federal Reserve continued / Great Depression | In Heilbroner, see Chapters 6 (Great Depression) and 10 (Golden Age Comes to an End) |
| 4 - April 30 | Globalization | |
| 5 - May 7 | Environmental Economics | |
| 6 - May 14 | Immigration |