Todd Easton

Documented Problem Solving: Adjustment of Output and Inflation to a Demand Shock part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Documented Problem Solving:Examples
In this macroeconomics problem, students check to see whether they understand the role nominal aggregate demand and inflation expectations play in determining the economy's output level and inflation rate.

Documented Problem Solving: Foreign Exchange Rates - Supply and Demand part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Documented Problem Solving:Examples
In this assignment, students think about four events that would affect a country's exchange rate. Without actually drawing a supply and demand diagram, students say what direction, if at all, each curve would shift--and whether the currency would appreciate or depreciate as a result.

Foreign Exchange Rates: Solidifying a Student's Grasp of Supply and Demand part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Classroom Experiments:Examples
In this assignment, students think about four events that would affect a country's exchange rate. Without actually drawing a supply and demand diagram, students say what direction, if at all, each curve would shift--and whether the currency would appreciate or depreciate as a result.

Todd Easton part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
Profile page for Todd Easton, an associate professor of economics at the University of Portland, detailing his academic background, research interests in labor economics and low-wage workers, teaching focus in introductory and intermediate economics, and involvement in pedagogical projects related to economics education and two-year college curriculum development.