U.C. Berkeley Fall 2010 Econ 1 File Uploads

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Summer Reading Assignment
Syllabus
Essay 1 Assignment

August 30: Introduction to Macroeconomics: Audio | Slides | Notes

Articles for Section Oral Presentations: Section 2; Section 3; Section 4

Ungiven NIPA/Circular Flow Lecture

September 1: Introduction to Depression Economics: Audio | Slides | Notes

Articles for Section Oral Presentations: Sections 5-8

Problem Set 1 (due September 15)

September 8: Downturns and Financial Markets: Keynesians and Monetarists: Audio | Slides | Notes

September 13: Dealing with the "Great Recession": Audio | Slides | Notes

Problem Set 2

Review of Depression Economics

September 15: Inflation Economics: Audio | Slides | Notes

September 20: Inflation Economics II: http://delong.typepad.com/econ_1_fall_2010/2010/09/files-for-september-20-econ-1-lecture-inflation-economics-ii-j-bradford-delong-uc-berkeley-fall-2010.html

Solutions to Problem Set 1
Problem Set 3
Revised Econ 1 Syllabus
Practice Midterm

September 22: Budget Economics: http://delong.typepad.com/econ_1_fall_2010/2010/09/files-for-september-22-econ-1-lecture-budget-economics.html

September 27: Budget Economics II:

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Six Lecture on Depression Economics: http://delong.typepad.com/econ_1_fall_2010/2010/09/six-lectures-on-depression-economics.html

September 29: Growth Economics: Background:

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October 1: Pre-Midterm Review Session: http://delong.typepad.com/econ_1_fall_2010/2010/10/econ-1-pre-october-4-2010-midterm-review-session.html

More In-Section Presentation Articles:

Section 13 (October 11-13): People making choices under constraints: “Box-office revenue up for 2009: It's not just higher ticket prices: More people are going to the movies, even as the recession has depressed consumer spending in nearly every other category,” by Ben Fritz. Los Angeles Times (December 14, 2009) http://latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-boxoffice14-2009dec14,0,5678666.story
Section 14 (October 13-18): A complex division of labor coordinated by a market: Leonard Read (1958), "I, Pencil" http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html
Section 15 (October 18-20): Supply and demand: “Food Prices Are Rising Worldwide: Weather, Oil Costs among Factors,” by Katherine Corcoran, Boston Globe, (March 30, 2008) http://tinyurl.com/8qkgnb
Section 16 (October 20-25): Incentives and rewards: “In Praise of Price Gouging,” by John Stossel. Posted at Townhall.com, September 7, 2005. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2005/09/07/in_praise_of_price_gouging

October 6: Economic Growth II:

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Essay Assignment for October 13: http://delong.typepad.com/econ_1_fall_2010/2010/10/essay-assignment-for-october-13.html
Section Assignments from the First to the Second Midterm: http://delong.typepad.com/econ_1_fall_2010/2010/10/section-assignments-from-the-first-to-the-second-midterm.html

October 11: Introduction to Microeconomics:

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Lecture Notes

October 13: Fundamentals of Supply and Demand:

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Lecture Notes

Problem Set 4

October 18: Working with Supply and Demand:

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October 20: Short Run and Long Run:

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Problem Set 5

October 25: General Equilibrium:

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October 27: Monopoly:

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Monopolistic Competition:

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Sample Midterm 2

Files for November 3 Lecture: Monopolistic Competition:

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Solutions for Sample Midterm 2, and for Problem Sets 4, 5, and 6:

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Files for November 10 "Externalities" Lecture:

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Student Oral Presentation Articles for Week of November 15:

Monday 1 PM through Wednesday 11 AM sections:

Edward Flattau: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-flattau/externalities_b_778963.html
Don Cayo: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Cayo+Underpricing+nature+bounty+costs+trillions/3699974/story.html

Wednesday 1 PM through Monday 11 AM sections::

Robert Frank: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2010/11/09/giving-by-the-rich-altruism-or-just-a-tax-write-off/
Derrick Z. Jackson: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/12/state_is_too_slow_in_banning_texting_while_driving/

November 15 "Public Goods and Asymmetric Information":

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