Instructor:
John
Whitehead
e-mail: whiteheadjc@appstate.edu
Fall 2008 Calendar (subject to change)
Date | Topic | Notes | |
1 | T, 8/26 | Introduction | |
2 | R, 8/28 | Basic Principles, Economic Methods | Mankiw on YouTube (Quiz #1) |
3 | T, 9/2 | cont. | A Theory of Rational Addiction |
4 | R, 9/4 | No class: Fall Convocation | |
5 | T, 9/9 | Gains from trade | Wednesday 9/10 is Special Night at Appalachian Food Services. |
6 | R, 9/11 | cont. | eco2030.090908.notebook; eco2030.090908-2.notebook |
7 | T, 9/16 | cont. | Wednesday 9/17 is Steak Night at Appalachian Food Services. |
8 | R, 9/18 | Markets (up to putting demand and supply together) | |
9 | T, 9/23 | cont. | |
10 | R, 9/25 | cont. | |
11 | T, 9/30 | Exam #1 (Study Guide) | |
12 | R, 10/2 | cont. | |
13 | T, 10/7 | cont. | Gas shortage ... |
W, 10/8 | Boyles CEO Lecture 2 pm (attendance receives makeup quiz credit, take your ID and have it scanned before and after the lecture) | ||
14 | R, 10/9 | No class today | Quiz: due 10/10 at 5 pm |
15 | T, 10/14 | cont. | |
R, 10/16 | Fall Break | ||
16 | T, 10/21 | Chapter 5 | |
17 | R, 10/23 | cont. | |
18 | T, 10/28 | Chapter 7(6) | |
19 | R, 10/30 | cont., | |
20 | T, 10/4 | cont.; Election Day Quiz | WGBH Lab: Voting Schmoting |
21 | R, 11/6 | Exam #2 (Study Guide) | |
22 | T, 11/11 | Public Finance | |
23 | R, 11/13 | cont. | |
24 | T, 11/18 | Labor Markets | Wednesday 12/19 is Thanksgiving Meal at Appalachian Food Services. |
25 | R, 11/20 | cont. | |
26 | T, 11/25 | Externality (cap-and-trade vs. carbon tax) | |
R, 11/27 | No class, Thanksgiving | ||
27 | T, 12/2 | Externality, Public Goods | Wednesday 12/3 is Steak Night at Appalachian Food Services. |
28 | R, 12/4 | Market Power | |
29 | T, 12/4 | Benefit-cost analysis; Last day of class | Mankiw's Ten Principles of Economics, Translated; http://www.env-econ.net/2008/07/vsl-on-colbert.html |
W, 12/10 | Reading Day | ||
30 | Final Exam (Study Guide) |
Section 105 (2:00): Wednesday, 12/17, 12:00-2:30 Section 106 (9:30): Friday, 12/12, 12-2:30 PM |