The Economic Way of Thinking

Econ 101-02 (MWF)

Econ 101-03 (TR)

 

 

Syllabus for MWF

Syllabus for TR

 

WEEK HOMEWORK  HW SOLUTION  LECTURE NOTES  SUPPLEMENTARY READING
9/4-9/7

 

Chapter 1  

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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"I, Pencil" by Leonard E. Reed
http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html

 

Two excerpts from The Wealth of Nations , by Adam Smith

Self-Interest

Book I, Chapter II

Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour

 

Invisible Hand

Book IV, Chapter II
Of Restraints upon the Importation from Foreign
Countries of such Goods as can be Produced at Home

9/10-9/14

Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Biography of F. A. Hayek
"Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992)" by Peter J. Boettke (George Mason University)
http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/boettke/hayek.htm

Price Controls
"The Problems of Price Controls" by Fiona Scott Morton (Yale University)
http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-20-01.html

"Three Fallacies of Rent Control" by Robert Batemarco (Marymount College)
http://www.fee.org/iol/1997/june%2097/batemarco.html

9/17-9/21

Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

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Gwartney and Stroup Part 1

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Selection from:
"What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen"
by Frederic Bastiat  (1801-1850)
French Economist and Legislator
Read paragraphs 1.1 through 1.21

http://www.econlib.org/library/Bastiat/basEss1.html#Chapter


9/24-9/28

**Exams Thurs. and Friday**

Exam

Exam1 MWF.html

Exam 1 TR.html

 

 

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