Have you noticed that on any day when you read the news on the economy, either everything is great, or we are about to go off a cliff? The media seems to play on both our fears and our hopes... How do we evaluate how things are really doing with accurate information? What indicators do we look at? How do we look beyond misinformation and dooms day predictions? This class will focus on the history of the US economy, fundamentals of economic progress, deciphering economic news, and how to digest and make decisions in a world overwhelmed with information
Division of Lifelong Learning