RS: The End

After sitting through Professor’s Engle’s Macro Economics class, listening to the assigned podcasts and working on the econlab assignments, I’d say I’m on a successful path to being a genius. Economics is involved in everything today and a background of economics is crucial, whether you’re involved in business or not. With the application of listening to real world podcasts and understanding economic concepts, I learned fundamental macroeconomic skills.

            Throughout the semester I enjoyed the podcasts/videos the most. Listening to people converse about economic topics was not only interesting but also insightful. I found some more interesting than others but overall they were good. The videos were educational videos but not boring. “The Warning” video about the women in Washington foreseeing the 2008 market collapse was extremely interesting. And other videos reminding us the world isn’t going to be over “Not Everything Sucks”, was enjoyable also.

          When a teacher gives an application in class and a student takes a test on it, it’s easy to forget the information days after the semester is over. When videos and podcasts are watched and then reflected upon it’s easy to remember. I think this information will be retained from the fact that I did the work by listening and reflecting. Overall, the class was enjoyable and educational.