Economics
102: Analytical Foundations of Economics
Readings and
Materials
Each of the following is required for the course:
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Economics 102, Analytical Foundations of Economics, Readings
Packet, Spring 1999, Jim Whitney.
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Economics 102, Analytical Foundations of Economics, Workbook,
Spring 1999, Jim Whitney.
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Mankiw, N. Gregory. Principles of Economics. The Dryden
Press, 1998 (the required text for Economics 101, or an equivalent Principles
text).
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A package of 3''x5" cards --be sure to bring
some to each class.
You can purchase the Readings Packet and Workbook from me during the first
two office hours of the semester. You may pay by cash, but a check made
out to Occidental College is preferred (be sure to write your student ID
number on your check).
The readings in the Readings Packet are taken from the following sources:
Mathis, Stephen, and Lee Siegel. Quantitative
Toolkit for Economics and Finance. Miami: Kolb Publishing Company,
1993.
Baumol, William J., and Alan S. Blinder. Economics:
Principles and Policy, Third edition.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers,
1985.
Pindyck, Robert S., and Daniel L. Rubinfeld. Microeconomics,
Fourth edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Gwartney, James D., and Richard L. Stroup. Economics:
Private and Public Choice, Sixth edition. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
College Publishers, 1992.