Instructor: John Whitehead
e-mail: [email protected]

Last Update: 12/08/2008

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