Fall 2019
- As the semester progresses, a link to each lecture will be added to this page. The link will include a summary of the main points from that day’s lecture.
Introduction: Microeconomics and Markets
Lecture #1 — 8/26/2019 — Introduction
How Markets Work: Supply and Demand
Lecture #2 — 8/28/2019 — Introduction to Supply and Demand
Lecture #3 — 9/4/2019 — Supply and Demand Experiment
Applications of Supply and Demand
Lecture #4 — 9/9/2019 — More on Supply and Demand
Lecture #5 — 9/11/2019 — Applications of Supply and Demand
Lecture #6 — 9/16/2019 — Elasticity/Taxes
Lecture #7 — 9/18/2019 — Taxes
Consumer Theory – Utility and the Derivation of the Demand Curve
Lecture #8 — 9/23/2019 — Consumer Behavior: An Introduction to the Concept of Utility
Lecture #9 — 9/25/2019 — Consumer Behavior: Maximizing Utility
Lecture #10 — 9/30/2019 — Applications of Utility Maximization
Lecture #11 — 10/2/2019 — Case #1: Rice Imports in Pacifica
Producer Theory – Production, Costs, and the Derivation of the Supply Curve
Lecture #12 — 10/7/2019 — Production
10/9/2019 — Exam #1
Lecture #13 — 10/14/2019 — Costs of Production
Lecture #14 — 10/16/2019 — Profit Maximization
Putting it All Together – Perfect Competition
Lecture #15 — 10/21/2019 — Long Run Equilibrium/Perfect Competition and Economic Welfare
Market Failures and the Role of the Government
Lecture #16 — 10/23/2019 — Efficiency and Equity/Monopolies
Lecture #17 — 10/28/2019 — The Effects of Market Power: Monopolies
Lecture #18 — 10/30/2019 — Limits to Government Intervention
Lecture #19 — 11/4/2019 — Public Goods
11/6/2019 — Exam #2
Lecture #20 — 11/11/2019 — Externalities
Lecture #21 — 11/13/2019 — Case #2: Water Pricing
Lecture #22 — 11/18/2019 — Information Market Failures
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Lecture #23 — 11/20/2019 — Cost-Benefit Analysis
Lecture #24 — 12/2/2019 — Cost-Benefit Analysis