Economic Principles and Problems

ECON 110 | University Course

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Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc.

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You will need to subscribe to The Wall Street Journal.

You must achieve a Pass on assignments 1 through 13 and achieve a B (83%) on assignments 14 and 15 to pass the course. You can resubmit assignments 1 through 13, and you cannot resubmit assignments 14 and 15. Exam retakes are not allowed for the second midterm and final exams. If you retake the first midterm exam, you must retake it before taking the second midterm exam.

This course is part of BYU's The Physical World and World Affairs GE Mosaic.

Please be aware that this is a challenging course, and you should be prepared to take this course largely independently. The minimum amount of time necessary to complete the course is 12 weeks. It will not be possible to make special accommodations that will permit completion of the course in fewer than 12 weeks, so please plan accordingly.

Course Outline

Module 1: Scarcity, Choices, and Costs
Module 2: Organizing an Economy, and Choices of Marginal Analysis
Module 3: Supply and Demand
Module 4: Market Competition
Module 5: Prices, Profits, and Trading
Module 6: Market Weaknesses, and Government Policies
Module 7: Monopoly, Cartels, and Public Policy
Module 8: Externalities, Public Goods, Information, and Uncertainty
Module 9: Economic Growth, Stagnation, Fluctuation, and More Supply and Demand
Module 10: Aggregate Supply and Demand 1
Module 11: Aggregate Supply and Demand 2
Module 12: Inflation
Module 13: Macroeconomic Policy
Module 14: New Ideas from Dead Economists
Module 15: Naked Economics

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Textbooks

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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science 3rd Edition (Required) by: Wheelan, C. ISBN: 9780393356496 2019 W. W. Norton	Rental: $9.99 Used: $13.50 New: $17.95	New from $12.69 Used from $3.75	Borrow
New Ideas from Dead Economists (4th Edition): The Introduction to Modern Economic Thought (Required) by: Buchholz, T. G. ISBN: 9780593183540 2021 Penguin Random House	Used: $16.50 Rental: $10.99 New: $22.00	New from $19.69	Borrow

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