Economics

USST

School of Languages – Joint Language Program

Economics

Dr. Jonatan Jelen, Winter 2011/12 – Dec 19, 2011 – Jan 14, 2011

jjelen@ccny.cuny.edu

Syllabus

Text

Baumol/Blinder, Economics, Principles and Policy, 9th ed.

Publisher’s support site: http://www.swlearning.com/economics/baumol/baumol9e/chooseyoured.html

(Tentative) Course Schedule

All Class Meetings: Teaching Building No. 5

Grade 10 IT: Mondays 13-16 room 105, Wednesdays 8-11 room 103, Fridays 8-11 room 102

Grade 10 FM: Mondays 8-11 room 201, Wednesdays 15-18 room 105, Fridays 15-18 room 201

|Class Meetings |Topic |Reading Assignments |Enabling Activities|

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|12/19 |What is Economics; The Economic Problem |Ch 1,2 | |

|12/21 |MICROECONOMICS: Supply and Demand; Consumer Choice, Elasticity |Ch 3,4,5 | |

| |Production, Inputs, Cost; Output, Price, Profit, Perfect Competition; Free Markets | | |

|12/23 |Monopoly; Competition and Monopoly; Market Imperfections; The New Economy |Ch 6,7,8,9 | |

| |Financing of Firm; Factors of Production; Labor; Poverty, Inequality, Discrimination | | |

|12/26 |Regulation and Antitrust; Taxation; Externalities...