1.1 — Introduction — Readings

Required Readings:

• NONE

Recommended Readings:

This week we will be covering elements of:

• Ch.1 in Landreth and Colander
• Ch.1 in Blaug 1996

I recommend reading this to get acquainted with some of the big picture ideas and debates we are going to wrestle with this semeste, as well as the state of economics today. Regarding economics today, here are some articles that I mention in today’s class:

• Colander, 2015, “Intellectual Incest on the Charles: Why Economists are a little bit off”
• Cawley, 2018, “A Guide and Advice for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market, 2018-2019 Edition”
• Heckman and Moktan, 2020, “Publishing and Promotion in Economics: The Tyranny of the Top Five”