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wk date Day Due source reading hw
1 5-Jan Wed public issues part 1 intro the foundations of economic analysis
Thur public issues 1 death by bureaucrat
Tues readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/sowell.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/fairness.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/safety.html
Wed eco for life part 1 introduction
Fri eco for life 1 attending college
2 12-Jan Mon public issues 2 ethanol madness
Wed public issues 3 flying the friendly skies
Fri public issues 4 the mystery of wealth
Mon readings hp Sowell on Tradeoffs, JWR
Tues readings hp Sesame Street & Property Rights
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/mankiwontrade.html
Thur readings hp Seattle Times: Education versus Healthcare
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/krugman.html
Mon eco for life 2 selecting a college
Wed eco for life 4 selecting a major and career
Thur eco for life 6 buying a car
Fri eco for life 7 buying or selling a house
3 19-Jan Mon eco for life 10 saving and investing
Tues eco for life 11 playing the stock market
Wed eco for life 12 marrying
Thur eco for life 15 trying
Mon readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/poorlanguage.html
Tues readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/cos.html
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/fryer.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/takemykidney.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/profits.html
4 26-Jan Mon eco for life 16 spending your "free" time
Tues eco for life part 2 intro introduction
Mon public issues part 2 intro supply and demand
Tues public issues 5 sex, booze and drugs
Wed public issues 6 expanding waistlines
Thur public issues 7 is water different  
Tues readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/paydaycap.html
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/bastiat6.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/destroyingacity.html
Fri readings hp concept of economic justice..., paul heyne
5 2-Feb Mon public issues part 3 intro labor markets
Mon public issues 10 bankrupt landlords, from sea to shining sea
Tues public issues 11 why are women paid less
Wed public issues 12 the effects of the minimum wage
Thur public issues 13 immigration, superstars, and poverty in america
Fri public issues 14 a farewell to jobs
Mon readings hp Vocational Education
Tues readings hp WSJ: Capitalism for Consenting Adults
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/affirmativeaction.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/mcbank.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/productive.html
6 9-Feb Mon readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/july4th.html
Tues review for the midterm exam
Wed midterm exam
Wed eco for life chapter 3 introduction
Thur eco for life 26 economics is about money
Fri eco for life 29 war is good for the economy
Wed readings hp Joblessness Hits the Poorly Educated Hardest
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/livingwage.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/mathgap.html
7 16-Feb Mon public issues part 7 intro international trade and economic prosperity
Tues public issues 30 free trade, less trade, or no trade
Wed public issues 31 the $750,000 steelworker
Mon eco for life 53 the news is fair and balanced
Tues eco for life chapter 4 solve riddles and mysteries: why the world is as it is
Wed eco for life 54 why are americans getting heavier?
Fri eco for life 55 why is it rational to be ignorant sometimes?
Mon readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/fdr.html
Tues readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/workpays.html
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/starpower.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/teacherpay.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/poverty2.html
8 23-Feb Mon public issues 32 the lion, the dragon, and the future
Tues public issues 21 killer cars and the rise of SUVs
Mon readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/mametvv.html
Tues readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/marriage.html
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/third.pdf
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/productiveinequality.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/wagewinners.html
Mon eco for life 58 why are families getting smaller
Tues eco for life 59 why do white men make more money than women and minorities?
Wed eco for life 46 saving one life is worth any cost
Thur eco for life 47 the right to freedom is inalienable and priceless
Fri eco for life 48 we are running out of natural resources
9 2-Mar Mon public issues 23 crime and punishment
Tues public issues 24 the graying of America
Wed public issues 25 heavenly highway
Thur public issues 26 the trashman cometh
Fri public issues 27 bye, bye bison
Mon readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/lockeanphil.html
Tues readings hp repeat http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/krugman.html
Tues readings hp http://www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/trade.html
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/socialismts.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/povertypimps.html
Fri eco for life 50 oil companies gouge consumers at the pump
Fri eco for life 62 why have socialist economists virtually disappeared?
10 9-Mar Mon public issues 28 Smog Merchants
Tues public issues 29 greenhouse economics
Tues readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/socialism3.html
Wed readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/agefriedman.html
Thur readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/sweatshops.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/outsourcing2.html
Fri readings hp http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/sowellcrash.html
Mon eco for life 81 why do self-interested businesspeople serve the public interest?
Tues chapter 5 introduction
Wed eco for life 66 why are diamonds more expensive than water?
11 16-Mar Mon readings hp cheap labor
Mon readings hp http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/newdeal1.html
Mon Reading Component of the Final Exam
Thur exam review
20-Mar Fri final exam
12 24-Mar Tues 8:00 a.m. - post-exam discussion
optional http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/mallard.jpg eco for life 82 why in a world with billionaires does half the world live on less
than $2 a day?
eco for life 95 redistributing the pie - would you vote for robin hood
eco for life 30 automation and new technologies cost the U.S. jobs
eco for life 31 immigration costs the U.S. jobs
http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/outsourcing.html
http://seattlecentral.org/faculty/jhubert/diversity2.html
http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/jhubert/cranberries.html
eco for life 80 why don't laws that mandate benefits for workers benefit workers?
eco for life 63 why did the price of a newspaper rise by 2 billion percent in two years?
eco for life 65 regulation: a tale of unintended consquences
eco for life 67 why do giants whose job is to put a ball in a hoop make so much money?