| 回 | 項目 | 内容 |
| 第1回 | Introduction;
financial crisis and Sub-Prime Loan | Starting with the American finacial crisis in 2008 and capital markets melt down with Sub-Prime Loan. Discussing about the transparency and government regulations in capital markets. Prepare your introduction and interested area about the US economy. |
| 第2回 | "Immigrants Nations" and "American Dreams" | Trying to discuss; what is "Immigrants Nations" and "American Dreams"? Examining the population structure, race, mobility between regions after twentieth century. Think and examine about the hitorical background of US and the impacts to US labour market in advance. |
| 第3回 | Immigrants workers as low incomer and high incomer | Examining the American historical income class changes, and approaching the income gaps and the reasons from the point of view of the educational attainment. Think about IT immigrant workers and the educational cost and higher education institutions in advance. |
| 第4回 | 1960s Johnson(D) and 1970s Nixson(R) administration | Rethinking the Democrats and Republicans economic policies and federal government intervention. Think about the federal roles in education and differences between partisan in advance. |
| 第5回 | Reagan administration and its government reform and economic theory | Rethinking the "Reaganomics" in 1980s, and discussing the failure of the supply-side policies, budget deficits, "Young Report". Think about the general economic effects of tax-cut in advance. |
| 第6回 | Clinton and Bush Administration Comparison | Comparing the features of Clinton and Bush(junior) administration, and discussing the federal government's finacial and monetary policies for each. Examine about the defenition of "New Economy" in 1990s in advance.
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| 第7回 | Federal governemnt R&D spendings and military-Industry Complex | Overviewing the Federal governemnt's R&D spendings under the Cold War and "Military-Industry Complex". Think about relations between private innovation and military technology in avdance and prepare the short presentation about them. |
| 第8回 | Patent policy and WTO | Discussing the patent policies and attitude toward China in 1990s to 2000s under WTO.
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| 第9回 | BOEING reform; manufacturing sector's competitiveness | Thinking a case study for BOEING. We try to examine the Boeing reform action after 2000s by the Japanese company of TOYOTA. Think about the competitiveness of TOYOTA in advance.
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| 第10回 | US government and free market(1); Federal level | Discussing the American government of Federal level in Washington DC, politics, Federal law makeing process, vetos, and partisan. Review and examine the definition of "limited government" and the typical economic policies based on it. |
| 第11回 | US government and free market(2); State level | Discussing the American Government of state level; a case study of Illinois State. Examine about the "balanced budget" at states and locals. |
| 第12回 | US government and free market(3); Local level | Discussing American Government of Local Level; a case study of Chicago City. Check the US Census Bureau websites and data related to the poverty, living area, and educational attainment by race. |
| 第13回 | US government and free market(4); Education policies and issues as Local level | Discussing American Government on Education as Local level(school district), a case study of Chicago Public Schools. Review the balanced budget and bond issue system in advance. |
| 第14回 | Discussion and Debate | Discussing the highlighted points across the whole lecture. Prepare the final presentation and Q&As at discussion. |
| 第15回 | Final test | Final test
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