| Week | Topic | Reading and Assignments
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September
24 |
Introduction
to the economic problem
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Francis
(F)
1 Mankiw (M): Ch 1 |
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September
29
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Economic Systems Methods and Assumptions of Economic Analysis
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F: 2 M: Ch 2
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October 6 |
Adam Smith and Rational Self-interest Trade and Productive Efficiency |
F: 3,
4 & 5 M: Ch 3
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October 13 |
The Market System and Trade
Exam 1 October 14 Market Analysis
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M: Ch 3 After Exam M: 4 |
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October 20 |
Market Analysis
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M: 4 | ||||||||||||
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October 27 |
No Class October 27 Market Analysis
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M: 5
& 6
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November 3
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Exam 2
November 3 Competitive Markets and Efficiency Analytical Frameworks
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Outline
for Exam 2
After Exam M: 7 F: 6
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November 10
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No Class November 11 Market Failures and Government intervention
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M:10
& 11,
19 & 20 F: 7 & 8
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November 17 |
Market Failures and Government
intervention
Exam 3 November 20 The Theory of the Firm
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M: 19 & 20 After exam 13
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November
24 |
The Competitive Market
No Class November 27 & 28 |
F: 9 M: 14
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December 1 |
Monopoly Market Structure
Oligopoly
Monopolistic Competition |
M
15, 16 & 17 |
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| December
10 |
Final Exam: 8:30- Wed Dec 10 8:00 - 10:00 11:23- Wed Dec 10 11:00-1:00 |
Notes for Exam 4 |
