ECON 309

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Links from July 31st lecture:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health_care/
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10464/hr3200.pdf
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/why-markets-cant-cure-healthcare/
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/07/examples-of-free-market-health-care.html
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2009/06/nobody_speaking.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

Readings for Tomorrow

For those of you who wish to take the quiz tomorrow, please read "Some Simple Economics of Mandated Benefits," by Larry (Lawrence) Summers, from the American Economic Review, 1989. It is available via JSTOR.

Office Hours Change

I forgot to come at 2pm today, apologies to anyone who did stop by. I'll come over by 3:15 and stay until 4:30.

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Here is the link for the Pritchett reading: http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/10174

Reading for Monday, July 27th

Arnold Kling, Crisis of Abundance.  Feel free to read the whole book.  But if you want to cut down the reading a bit, read Chapters 1-5 and Chapter 7.

For tomorrow's class, read:

Piketty and Saez
Nathan Smith
Martin Wolf, Chapter 9

Just to reiterate a bit about the midterm. It will mostly be "objective" questions, questions that are asked within the context of, or that refer to, a well-defined model. Tax incidence and comparative advantage will not be on the exam. Think about the main things we've covered, e.g., Locke, Coase, Schumpeter (creative destruction), public choice theory (median voter theorem, cycling, rent-seeking, paradox of voting, etc.). And bear in mind that there will be a curve, with the average grade being a B, so don't be too afraid.

Office Hours

Hi class,

I'll be hanging out on the 3rd floor of Enterprise from 2-3pm to help people study for the mid-term, as promised.