User talk:Kevin Dunn

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This tutorial, and also your first assignment, has two goals: to get you started with economic concepts and to illustrate the purpose of self-directed learning (SDL). We already emphasized in class several reasons why self-directed learning is an important skill.

Throughout your career you will have to learn new ideas and tools that you were never taught in school or university. We are going to start off this assignment/tutorial learning about one of the most important topics: your financial well-being, which obviously requires some economic understanding. Making good economic decisions for yourself is as important as making economic decisions for your employer.

At 30 minutes before the end of the tutorial time, groups of 3 to 4 will be asked to present their answers to the class on each question. Some groups will obviously have it easier than others. But this will even out over the semester. Everyone in the group must be prepared to present the group's solution to the class.

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For the TAs and myself to get to know you better, please introduce yourself:

* First and last name * state one really interesting thing you got to learn or do this past summer.

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What is the average Canadian's debt-to-income ratio? Explain what this means in your own words.

Read `this article <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/hey-scholars-does-your-debt-to-income-ratio-make-the-grade/article4517437/>`_ either before or after the tutorial, for a different context of this ratio that is more relevant to your current situation.

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