Natalie will be completing the Economics course next Thursday and taking her final exam the following Tuesday. She completed reviewing in the textbook the assigned review reading relevant to an analysis of Ayn Rand's economic perspective arguing that economic regulation inevitably leads to loss of freedom. Natalie did a very good job responding orally to my textbook based questions focused on various types of government economic regulation and their purpose and then contrasting those goals with the intent of the regulations imposed by the leaders in "Anthem". We discussed how the economic regulations in place in the US are consumer protection oriented in great part and that the loss of freedom Ayn Rand predicted economic regulations would engender has in fact not occurred . For homework, Natalie will continue her reading of the novel at her own pace. We plan to complete the novel and study guide questions within the week,giving us a few review sessions before the final exam. The novel is very short , and I anticipate no problems in the projected time schedule.