Lectures
Econ. 103, Fall 2002, Prof. Nancy Folbre

Wed. Sept. 4 .
  Mon. Sept. 9 "Can't Buy Me Love." Chapter 1.
Wed. Sept. 11 "It's Money That I Love." Chapter 2.
Mon. Sept. 16 "... the real cost of my love is 'No Charge.'" Chapt. 2 continued.  Chapt. 3
Wed. Sept. 18 "Money, Get Away....." Chapter 3, Continued
Mon. Sept. 23  "Money Changes Everything." Chapter 4: Supply and Demand
Wed. Sept 25 Chapter 4: shifts in supply and demand curves
Mon. Sept. 30 "Your commercial sucks." Chapter 5: Demand
Wed. Oct. 2 Finishing up Ch. 5, starting Ch. 6.
Mon. Oct. 7 More on Ch. 6. "The Real Thing, Coca-Cola."
Wed. Oct. 9 The tendency of competition to lower profits.
Mon. Oct. 14 Columbus  Day
Wed. Oct. 16 Competition lowers profits, continued. Chapter 7.
Mon., Oct. 21 Profits
Wed. Oct. 23 Exam
Mon. Oct. 28 Chapter 9. Forms of imperfect competition.
Wed. Oct. 30 Chapter 9, continued. Coke-Pepsi competition.
Mon. Nov 4 Chapter 10. Pay-off matrices.
Wed. Nov. 6 Review of Chapter 10. Begin Chapter 11: Externalities.
Mon. Nov. 11 Veteran's Day
Weds. Nov. 13 "The Best We Can Do." More Chapter 11.
Mon. Nov. 18 Chapter 12, The Economics of Information
Weds. Nov. 20 Chapter 13. Labor Markets
Mon. Nov. 25 More Chapter 13
Weds. Nov. 27 Review of Chapter 13. Chapter 14
Mon. Dec. 2 Chapter 14:  "Natural Monopolies;" pricing publicly provided services; medical care; environmental policy.
Wed. Dec. 4 Review of Chapter 14. Chapter 15: government spending and taxation.
Mon. Dec. 9 Chapter 15: Income distribution.
Wed. Dec. 11

Common themes, key concepts, how it all fits together.