Syllabus for October

OK guys, I admit it, I'm guilty of procrastinating on this particular subject :( I should have started last month but I've been good in the sense that I've been listening to the mp3 lectures of Macro & Micro Econ from UC Berkeley

To listen to or watch the streaming video of the lectures click on the class below: You have the option of either downloading the mp3 or watch the video streaming.

Micro Econ
Macro Econ

Now to the fun part, the syllabus :) I will refer to the Main Text as MT and the Study Guide as SG and if there are more than 1 MT readings, I will list by author or if you have alternative books, I will say either Macro, Micro or just Econ to represent the plain Economics text :)

*NOTE: According to the new SG supplement, Blake's A Short Course of Economics is no longer necessary :) WOO HOO!!!

Oct 6 to Oct 8
SG Intro & Technical preface (if you know this already, go ahead & skip, but I have to reacquaint myself, I don't think I'm the only one).

Oct 9 to 12
MT: LC Ch 1 to 2, & BFD: Ch 1 to 2 (Economics Books)
or McTaggarts Econ (ISBN 9780733973253) click HERE for details, Ch 1 to 2

SG: ppg 31 to 44 (until end of section 2)

Oct 13 to 15:
SG ppg 44 to 56
Homework: Do all the activities & questions

Oct 16 to 20:
Discuss MT questions & problems and SG questions & problems.
Go ahead and start reading Chap 2 of the SG (just skim & get somewhat familar with it)

Oct 21 to 22:
SG ppg 57 to 61
MT (SG pg 57): LC: Ch 5, Ch 3, pp 38-44 & Ch 4, pp 65-74 & 76-85.
BFD: Ch 5, Ch 3, pp 40-42 & Ch 4, pp 55-68
EL (Micro): Ch 2, pp 13-24 & 23- 40 and Chp 3

For those of you re-sitting Econ, here's the breakdown of the Chapters:
LC: Chapter 5 = Consumer Choice: Indifference Theory
Chapter 3, pg 38 to 44: Demand (stocks & flow and weather matters)
Chapter 4: pg 65 - 74: Elaticity of D & S
pg 76 - 85: Elaticity matters

BFD: Ch 5 = Consumer choice & demand decisions
Ch 3, pp 40-42 = What, how & for whom?
Ch 4, pp 55-68 = Elaticities of S & D

EL (Micro): Ch 2, pp 13-24 = The basic theory of consumer choice (& an algebraic solution)
pp 32 - 40 = The demand curve (summary & problems)
Ch 3 = Money income & real income
or McTaggart Chapt 8 (Household choices)
Mankiw, pg 94 - 104 Demand Elasticity
141 - 147 Consumers & Demand Curve

I will post the UC Berekely streaming video lectures & download mp3 lectures that work in conjunction with these reading materials.

Oct 23 to 24:
SG 62 - 78 (use the weekend to catch up if you have to)
Reading for page 62, according to the supplement changed to the following:
BFD - Ch 5, pp 77-82 Market Deamnd Curve, Complement & Substitution, Transfer in Kind, Summary & Review
LC - Ch 5, pp 92 - 96 - Consumer optimization w/o measurable utility

I will post more later, this supplement is killing me!! It will be the same page, but I will edit and add more