This document provides an overview of an introductory macroeconomics lecture. It includes the professor's contact information, details about quizzes and grading, an economic timeline showing growth in population, life expectancy, and income since 1800, and quotes about the importance of knowledge and economic thinking.
43. For the earth is full, and there is
enough and to spare; yea, I
prepared all things, and have given
unto the children of men to be
agents unto themselves.
Doctrine and Covenants 104:17
Year: 1834
44. 1820 2022 Change
Population 1 billion 8 billion 8 x
Life Expectancy 30 years 72 years 42 +
Income Per
Capita Per Day
$2 $30 15 x
45. 1800
$30
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
0
$0
GDP
Per Capita
Per Day
Population in Billions
$20
$25
$15
$10
$5
2022
2022
1800
60. "For a poor person
everything is
terrible. . . . we are
afraid of everything;
we depend on
everyone. No one
needs us. We are like
garbage that
everyone wants to
get rid of”
Blind woman from Tiraspol, Moldova 1997 (cited in Narayan, 2000, p.
65).
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66. All human beings—male and female—are
created in the image of God. Each is a
beloved spirit son or daughter of
heavenly parents, and, as such, each has
a divine nature and destiny.