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. |