Schedule

Here’s your roadmap for the semester!

  • Content (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the topic. Read and watch these first.
  • Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment. Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the day they’re listed.
Capitalism, markets, and public policy Content Assignment
June 8–June 12
(Session 1)
Capitalism and measurement
(Session 2) Governments and institutions
June 15 Problem set 1 due
June 15 Weekly report 1 due
June 15–19
(Session 3)
Social interactions and economic outcomes
(Session 4) Fairness and efficiency
June 22 Problem set 2 due
June 22 Weekly report 2 due
Economic models Content Assignment
June 22–26
(Sessions 5–6)
Work, wellbeing, and scarcity
June 29 Problem set 3 due
June 29 Weekly report 3 due
June 29–July 3
(Sessions 7–8)
The firm
July 6 Problem set 4 due
July 6 Weekly report 4 due
July 6–10
(Sessions 9–10)
Firms and markets
July 13 Problem set 5 due
July 13 Weekly report 5 due
July 10–July 17 Exam 1
Market failures and institutions Content Assignment
July 13-17
(Session 11)
Institutions, power, and inequality
(Session 12) Market failures
July 20 Problem set 6 due
July 20 Weekly report 6 due
July 20–24
(Session 13)
When governments go wrong
(Session 14) Institutional alternatives
July 27 Problem set 7 due
July 27 Weekly report 7 due
Conclusions Content Assignment
July 27
(Session 15)
Markets, public policy, and public administration
July 28–August 1 Exam 2