Fall 2009
Practice Problem on Excise Tax
School Choice (from Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose.)
Course Syllabus Reading List with second part of the course.
Additional Readings (As assigned)
Please read Six Market Failures from Economics of the Public Sector by Joseph Stiglitz
New for October 1
Inequality in America from The Economist
Poverty Yardstick Warped from the Columbus Dispatch. Note: Bob Michael, the economist referred to in the article is an OWU alum and has guest lectured in Public Finance on occasion.
2009 Homework
HW 1 - Due @4:00 PM Friday Sept. 4
HW 2 - Due @ 4:00 Friday Sept. 11
HW 3 - Due @ 3:00 Friday Sept. 18 (Want to leave a bit early for Rosh Hashonah)
HW 4 - Page 196-97 2,3,7,11 Due @ 4:00 P.M. on Friday Sept. 25 (will be available to be picked up after 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday Sept. 29)
HW 5 - Due @ 4:00 PM Tuesday Oct. 13
HW 6 - Page 342 2 & 3, Page 381 6 & 8. Due 4:00 PM on Monday Oct. 26.
HW 7 - Chapter 15 numbers 1 & 6. Ch. 16 7 & 10.
HW 8 - Chapter 18, 1 & 7 (For #7, use the 2009 Tax Tables from class. Ignore the more/less progressivity in 7.c. Also, don't forget personal exemptions and standard deductions.) Chapter 22 number 1 and Chapter 23 number 4. Due Friday November 20 at 3:00 PM. (I have to leave at 3:00!)
The Role of Government in a Free Society by Milton Friedman and Indiana Toll Road by Joe Mysak
Past Exams
1st Exam Fa2008 2nd Exam Fa2008 Final Exam Fa2008
1st Exam Fa2007 2nd Exam Fa2007 Final Exam Fa2007
1st Exam Fa2006 2nd Exam Fa2006 Final Exam Fa2006
1st Exam Sp2006 2nd Exam Sp2006 Final Exam Sp2006
2008 Homework (Please do not do yet!)
Read for Oct. 7
Robert Samuelson Importing Poverty
Robert Samuelson The Real Economic Scorecard
HW 6 - Due 4:00 PM Tuesday October 12 Related articles: FAQs from Pro Issue 5 Group
HW 7 - Due 4:00 PM Tuesday October 28.
HW 8 - Page 543 1 and 7. Due by 4:00 PM Friday November 21
OLD HW - do not do.
HW 4 - Due at beginning of class Tuesday Oct. 16
HW 7 Due by 3:10 on Wed Dec. 12
(1) Pg 573, # 4 AND calculate Dead Weight Loss (2) Pg 633 # 7 (3) Pg. 661 # 1 (4) Pg. 722 # 4
Read for Sept. 20 Economic Incentives vs. Command and Control by Harrington and Morgenstern
Read for Sept. 20 One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax by Greg Mankiw
Do not read these yet.
Read for Oct. 31 Leonhardt I and Leonhardt II
Read by the Final Exam Milton Friedman from the Economist
The Health Care Crisis by Paul Krugman and Robin Wells (Note: See Rosen page 233-35 for background on single payer.)