ECON1010A-W10
Pop-Economics
Pop-Economics
The runaway success of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s Freakonomics has (at least briefly) made it “cool” to talk about economics in mixed company. In this course, we will read Freakonomics and a handful of the most engaging popular economics books of the last 50 years, including Steven Landsburg’s The Armchair Economist, John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society, Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson, and and several others. Students will apply new econ-think skills in a series of in-class debates and in analyzing pop-econ material from various contemporary media outlets.
The runaway success of Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s Freakonomics has (at least briefly) made it “cool” to talk about economics in mixed company. In this course, we will read Freakonomics and a handful of the most engaging popular economics books of the last 50 years, including Steven Landsburg’s The Armchair Economist, John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society, Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson, and and several others. Students will apply new econ-think skills in a series of in-class debates and in analyzing pop-econ material from various contemporary media outlets.
- Term:
- Winter 2010
- Location:
- Warner Hall 202(WNS 202)
- Schedule:
- 10:30am-12:30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (Jan 4, 2010 to Jan 29, 2010)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Casey Rothschild
- Subject:
- Economics
- Department:
- Economics
- Division:
- Social Sciences
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- SOC WTR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 11233
- Subject Code:
- ECON
- Course Number:
- 1010
- Section Identifier:
- A