MBAD 5110 -
Foundations of Economics
Summer II, 2009
Textbook
Bade and Parkin, Essential Foundations of Economics, 4th ed.
Course Syllabi
MBAD 5110
If you need tutoring, please contact my TA, Kelly
Reavis, at
econtutor@uncc.edu
PowerPoint Slides
OFFICE 2007 (.pptx):
Ch
1 - Getting Started
Appendix 1 - Graphs (For your use if
you need to brush up on graphing)
Ch
2 - US and Global Economies
(Ch 2 extra slides I'm not doing in class)
Ch
3 - The Economic Problem
Ch
4 - Demand and Supply
Ch
5 - Elasticity
Practice
Problems
Solutions
Ch
6 - Efficiency and Fairness of Markets
Ch 6 - Shorter version I used in class w/o graphs
Ch
9 - Externalities
Ch
10- Production and Costs
Practice with calculating costs
(solutions)
Ch
11- Perfect Competition
- Long study version with all the graphs
Ch 11 - Shorter version I will use in class
Ch
12 - Monopoly - Long version
Ch 12 - Shorter class version
Ch
13 - Monopolistic Competition/Oligopoly - Long version
Ch 13 - Shorter class version
Ch
7 - Govt Influences on Markets
Ch
14 - GDP
Ch
15 - CPI / Inflation
Ch
16 - Jobs
Ch
18 - Money
Ch
19 - Aggregate Demand/Supply
Ch
20 - Fiscal/Monetary Policy
OFFICE 2003 (.ppt):
Ch
1 - Getting Started
Appendix 1 - Graphs (For your use if
you need to brush up on graphing)
Ch
2 - US and Global Economies
(Ch 2 extra slides I'm not doing in class)
Ch
3 - The Economic Problem
Ch
4 - Demand and Supply
Ch
5 - Elasticity
Practice
Problems
Ch
6 - Efficiency and Fairness of Markets
Ch 6 - Shorter version I used in class w/o graphs
Ch
9 - Externalities
Ch
10 - Production and Costs
Practice with calculating costs solutions above
Ch
11- Perfect Competition - Long study version with all the graphs
Ch 11 - Shorter version I will use in class
Ch
12 - Monopoly - Long version
Ch 12 - Shorter class version
Ch
13 - Monopolistic Competition/Oligopoly - Long version
Ch 13 - Shorter class version
Ch
7 - Govt Influences on Markets
Ch
14 - GDP
Ch
15 - CPI / Inflation
Ch
16 - Jobs
Ch
18 - Money
Ch
19 - Aggregate Demand & Supply
Ch
20 - Fiscal/Monetary Policy
Articles of Interest (Caution!
Some of these essays are controversial and provocative. But all are
interesting.)
Slate Magazine (see
www.slate.com 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?
