Course Syllabi
ECON 1101 (Updated
for Summer II 2009)
Powerpoint Slides
from Lectures
Ch 1 - The Study of Economics
Ch 2 - Economic Systems
Ch 3 - Demand and Supply
Ch 4 - Applications Using D & S
Ch 5 - Costs and Decision Making
Ch 8 - Industry Structure and Public
Policy
Ch 9 - Market Failure
Ch 10 - Measuring Aggregate Performance
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Articles of Interest (Caution!
Some of these essays are controversial and provocative. But all are
interesting.)
Slate Magazine (see
HERE for more articles):
How to Live on $1.00 a Day
Is E-Bay Rational?
The Mystery of the 5-cent Coke
Mini-Bar Economics
Explaining the Rise in Teen Oral
Sex
Mystery of the Rude Waiter
Cheating: The Case of the
Unpaid Parking Ticket
Lemons, or Why You can Never Buy
a Decent Used Car
What Economics Teaches About
Penalty Kicks
The Theory of the Leisure Class
How the Web Prevents Rape
The Price of Motherhood
Hurricane Relief? Or a
$200,000 Check?
An Economist Considers the Terri
Schiavo Case
The $100 Terrorist Insurance Plan
Why Are We Getting Fat?
Should We Stop Paul Morgan From
Amputating His Feet on The Internet?
Why We Walk Up Staircases But Not
Escalators
An Economics Professor's Guide to
Winning on E-Bay
The Economic Case for Promiscuity
Wealthier Than Thou: Is it
Enough To Be Rich, or Must Others Also Be Poor?
Dumb Bomb: Why
Terrorists are Incompetent
Slides
from previous semester
Supply and Demand graphs, externalities
Test Schedule
