These Economics W.I.R.E.D. activities recommend web links that relate to key concepts of each chapter of the textbook. For each link, there are instructions to guide you to specific information, followed by several discussion questions or exercises.

Key Concepts: Real GDP over Time, Unemployment, Inflation, and Interest Rates, Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

Legal Information Institute—The Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (1978)

Read Section 3101: Congressional Findings of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 in the lower frame of your screen.

• What economic goals are established by the U.S. Congress as national priorities?
• What combination, if any, of macroeconomic policies (e.g. Keynesian, Monetarist, and Classical) is recommended by the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act for achieving its goals?
• Access the 107^th Congress Economic Report of the President (January 2001). Review the "Making of the New Economy" chart in Chapter One (page 16 of 392). Assess the overall economic performance of the United States over the past few years.