Sunday, February 20, 2011

Maybe Next Semester

I just order the book Spousonomics after hearing an interview with the authors on Marketplace. If this book is any good, next year I will use it for Econ 106.
Topics covered match the course outline for the class. According to the table of contents on Amazon and on their website, topics in the book are 1) Division of Labor 2) Incentives 3)Supply and Demand and 4) Moral Hazard. I would need another book to cover the macro topics listed in the course outline.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Second Week Of Class

I have started listening and creating lectures based on lectures given by various famous economists at top schools. I find these lectures on i-tunes U and spend the weekends listening taking notes.
Next I think about how I can simplify the material for my introductory class and create power points. Today I tested one of these PowerPoint in class and it was a success.
The students wanted to know more and I gave them the link to the episode on i-tunes U. Actually one girl with an i-pod touch asked me if she had downloaded the correct course or not?
This lecture was a simplified version of one given by Robert Shiller given to his Financial Market class at Yale.