CLST Notes
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Economics 2035
Money, Banking, and Macroeconomic Activity
Spring 2014 Syllabus
Bernard Sharkey
Contact Information e-mail: Sharkey@lsu.edu
Office Tel. 767-3362
Office Hours By Appointment
Required text
Frederic S. Mishkin. The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. New York: Pearson, 2013, 10th Edition. There are several options for buying a book.
Required Text and Software Information:
1. The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. New York: Pearson, 2013, 10th Edition by Frederic S. Mishkin. (You cannot hope to do well in the course without this text.) Read each chapter multiple times. Each time you read the material, you come away with a more solid foundation. Your class notes cannot substitute for the studying the text. [REQUIRED]
There are several options for buying a book:
a. Custom text: the publisher has provided a custom version that contains only the chapters we will cover this semester and that can be purchased in the campus bookstore, the Co-Op bookstore, or the Chimes bookstore. The cost is about $86.65 before tax and the cost includes access to MyEconLab, an online resource that has quizzes and other study aides, and access to SmartThinking, an online tutoring service.
b. Used text: used copies of the custom text and of the used full text can be purchased from the bookstores servicing LSU or online. However, if you want access to MyEconLab, you will have to purchase access codes from the bookstores servicing LSU or online from the publisher Pearson at www.pearsonmylab.com. For a version of MyEconLab that comes with access to the complete Miskhin ebook, the cost is $100, and for a version of MyEconLab without ebook access, the cost is $55. c. New full text: a new copy of the full text would have to be purchased online since it is my understanding that the bookstores servicing LSU will not carry new copies of the full text since they are carrying the
Economics 2035
Money, Banking, and Macroeconomic Activity
Spring 2014 Syllabus
Bernard Sharkey
Contact Information e-mail: Sharkey@lsu.edu
Office Tel. 767-3362
Office Hours By Appointment
Required text
Frederic S. Mishkin. The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. New York: Pearson, 2013, 10th Edition. There are several options for buying a book.
Required Text and Software Information:
1. The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. New York: Pearson, 2013, 10th Edition by Frederic S. Mishkin. (You cannot hope to do well in the course without this text.) Read each chapter multiple times. Each time you read the material, you come away with a more solid foundation. Your class notes cannot substitute for the studying the text. [REQUIRED]
There are several options for buying a book:
a. Custom text: the publisher has provided a custom version that contains only the chapters we will cover this semester and that can be purchased in the campus bookstore, the Co-Op bookstore, or the Chimes bookstore. The cost is about $86.65 before tax and the cost includes access to MyEconLab, an online resource that has quizzes and other study aides, and access to SmartThinking, an online tutoring service.
b. Used text: used copies of the custom text and of the used full text can be purchased from the bookstores servicing LSU or online. However, if you want access to MyEconLab, you will have to purchase access codes from the bookstores servicing LSU or online from the publisher Pearson at www.pearsonmylab.com. For a version of MyEconLab that comes with access to the complete Miskhin ebook, the cost is $100, and for a version of MyEconLab without ebook access, the cost is $55. c. New full text: a new copy of the full text would have to be purchased online since it is my understanding that the bookstores servicing LSU will not carry new copies of the full text since they are carrying the