Schedule

This page contains all of the following resources for each class meeting:

Readings include textbook chapters and occasional journal articles
Assignments are due by the beginning of class unless otherwise stated
Class materials contain more details, math appendices, and other helpful resourcesThese “online appendices” keep the slides nice and de-cluttered!
Slides are “Xaringan” presentations in html that can be opened in any browserYou can find a downloadable PDF in each respective class page

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Last Update: 16:35:06 Tue Dec 08 2020.

I Pre-Classical Economics (Pre-1750)	Reading	Class	Slides	Assignment
1.1 Introduction and Overview
1.2 So What Exactly is Economics?
1.3 Ancient Writers (Mostly Greek)
1.4 Medieval Religious Writers
1.5 Mercantilism
1.6 Politics & Revolution
1.7 Cantillon, Physiocrats, & Turgot
II Classical Economics (c.1750-1870)	Reading	Class	Slides	Assignment
2.1 David Hume & Adam Smith the Philosopher
2.2 Adam Smith & the Classical System
2.3 Adam Smith: Economic Growth & Price Theory
2.4 Thomas Malthus & The Population Principle
2.5 Ricardian Rent Theory
2.6 Classical Macroeconomics & The Great Debate Over Say’s Law
2.7 John Stuart Mill & The Decline of Classical Economics
2.8 The Marxist Challenge
Paper 1 due Sunday Oct 11
III Neoclassical Economics (c.1870-1930)	Reading	Class	Slides	Assignment
3.1 The Marginalist Revolution, Jevons & Menger
3.2 Marginal Productivity Theory
3.3 Capital & Interest Theory
3.4 Marshallian Economics I: Demand & Utility
3.5 Marshallian Economics II: Supply & Theory of the Firm
3.6 Walrasian General Equilibrium Theory
3.7 Welfare Economics
Paper 2 Due Sunday Nov 8
IV Challenges & Extensions to Neoclassical Economics	Reading	Class	Slides	Assignment
4.1 The German Historical School & American Institutionalism
4.2 The Socialist Calculation Debate
4.3 The Evolution of Modern Microeconomics
4.4 The Keynesian Revolution
4.5 The Evolution of Modern Macroeconomics
Term Paper Due Sunday Nov 22