Econ 231 Course Syllabus Office Hours Pop Culture Paper Analysis "How To" Write a Pop Culture Analysis Current Event Paper Analysis "How To" Write an Analysis on a Current Event Final Exam Schedule Fall Semester Final Exam Review Guide

   

     Consumer and Producer Behavior     

Lecture Notes     Opportunity Costs Supply and Demand Curves Price Restrictions     Articles/Links/Readings    Attack of the Minimum Wage Increase Economix (New York Times);  January 20, 2010 Gas Stations to be subpoenaed in Price Gouging Investigation Newmark's Door (blog);  September 15, 2008 Rent Control is the Real New York Scandal The Wall Street Journal;  September 13, 2008 An Apartment with a View, and a Catch The New York Times;  August 20, 2006 iPad Blurs Line between Devices The New York Times; January 28, 2010 Do Price Gouging Laws Drive Prices Higher? Market Power (blog);  September 16, 2008 Economy in Shock Struggles to Restart The New York Times; January 22, 2010 More Sex is Safer Sex; The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics Author: Steven Landsburg pages 71-73; 105-128 Freakonomics; A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Author: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner pages 3-15; 19-51

Assignments     Chapter 3  Assign #1 Assignment 3.2 Assignment 4.1 Assignment 4.2 Assignment 6.1 answers Test #1 Sample

     Components of an Economy and   
    Sustaining Economic Growth    

Lecture Notes     Economic Growth Labor Value of Money Banking System Monetary Policy Investment Government Structure Government Revenue Tax Sources Growth Policy     Articles/Links/Readings     How Bad is Inflation in Zimbabwe? The New York Times;  May 2, 2006 The Britney Economy Duffy McDonald;  February 2008 Ben Bernanke Time Magazine;  Dec. 16, 2009 Panel Votes to Broaden Oversight of the Fed The New York Times;  Nov. 20 2009 College Covered The Associated Press;  Nov. 11, 2005 E.P.A. to Limit Water Pollution from Minings The New York Times;  April 1, 2010 A Food Fight with Hugo Chavez Business Week;  April 11, 2010 What's Foul about the Fair Tax? Jan. 11, 2008 Pfizer to Leave City that Won Land-Use Case The New York Times;  Nov. 13, 2009 A Political Comeback: Supply-Side Economics The New York Times;  March 26, 2008 Lessons of a $618,616 Death Business Week;  March 14, 2010 Naked Economics; Undressing the Dismal Science Author: Charles Wheelan pages 43-62, 63-80, 98-117, 149-167, 168-186

Assignments     Assignment 10.1 answers Assignment 10.2 answers Assignment 13.1 answers Assignment 21.1 Assignment 12.1 answers     Activities     Bartering Lobbying     Viewings     A DVD Guide to Biltmore

     Developing Nations and    
    World Economic Topics    

Lecture Notes     Developing Nations "New Deal" Economics Keynsian Economics     Articles/Links/Readings     More Sex is Safer Sex pages 205-210 Naked Economics pages 187-205; 206-228

Assignments     T.B.D.