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	Welcome to Economics 4807/5807 (formerly 43.487/587) Summer Session II, 2009

                NOTE: The final exam in ECON 4807 and ECON
        5807 will be written on the 20th of August, from
        2 to 5 p.m. in Southam Hall. I will hold final office
        hours from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the 19th.

        The midterm exam and answer key for
        ECON 4807V in Summer Session II of 2009
        are now on library reserve. The midterm exams
        are in Dunton Tower 401. Each exam has a
        number grade and a letter grade. The letter
        grade is the important one.

        A live review session is set for Monday, the 17th
        of August, 1 - 4 p.m. in Southam 624.
        This session will be broadcast that evening from
        6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The review will proceed
        by working review questions that you, the students,
        request to be worked. Please e-mail me the
        numbers of the questions you want done, and all
        are invited to attend the review session in person.

        The two lecture updates are on reserve in the
        library in the folder entitled "Bank Reform,"
        which is listed under ECON 4807/5807. There
        is an additional item in this folder. The folder
        entitled "Past Midterm Exams" also contains
answer keys plus the August 2007 final and
answer key.


	This class is broadcast over CUTV, Digital Channel 240, on Wednesdays and Fridays, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. (1330 - 1630) in summer session II of 2009. In order to receive this channel, students will need to subscribe to Rogers Digital Cable. The course is also available worldwide via the internet to anyone who subscribes to Video-On-Demand, and it is available locally through CUTV Webcast and the CUTV Student Centre. For more information, please go to the CUTV website, www.carleton.ca/cutv. For information about the nature of this course, please click on "Outline" and on "Past Exams" above. (The basic URL for this website is <www.carleton.ca/~rcarson>.) You may also wish to peruse the Carleton University Course Calendar.
	Prof. Carson's office is Room B850 Loeb. The office phone number is (613) 520-2600, ext. 1751. e-mail address: Richard_Carson@carleton.ca. Office hours (in summer session II): Mondays, 4 - 6 p.m., Thursdays, 4 - 6 p.m., and by appointment.
	This website contains a number of articles, several of which are useful for ECON 4807/5807. To view these, please click on "Articles" on the left side bar. Suggested website articles under each topic are indicated on the course outline. Students *must* download course materials from this website. The package to be downloaded comprises this page, along with "Outline" and "Review" above. Prerequisite: ECON 2001* or ECON 2002* (with a grade of C- or better), or permission of the instructor, which will normally be given if student has taken an equivalent course. Comparative Economic Systems I and II may be taken in either order, and either course may be taken without the other.