Principles of Microeconomics ECON112

syllabus

Readings:

• Week 1: Why Tech Companies Hire So Many Economists?
• Week 2: Supply and Demand: Why Markets Tick
• Week 3: The Market for Eggs: How Prices Are Hatched
• Week 4: An Economic Guide to Giving the Perfect Gift
• Week 5: Taxes in Practice
• Week 6: Who Is Paying for the 2025 U.S. Tariffs?
• Week 8: Monopoly Is as Monopoly Does
• Week 9: Externalities: Prices Do Not Capture All Costs
• Week 10: Automation and the Minimum Wage
• Week 11: The State of Income Inequality
• Week 13: Why Is It So Difficult to Buy a High-Quality Used Car?
• Week 14: Behavioral Economics from Nuts to ‘Nudges’

Slides:

• Lecture 1
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 2
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 3
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 4
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 5
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 6
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 7
  • Review Session
  • Midterm II
• Lecture 8
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 9
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 10
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 11
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 12
  • Review Session
  • Midterm II
• Lecture 13
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Lecture 14
  • Kahoot! Part A
  • Kahoot! Part B
• Review Session (Monday) and Final (Wednesday on the last week in class)

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