Section 13 (October 11-13): People making choices under constraints:
“Box-office revenue up for 2009: It's not just higher ticket prices: More people are going to the movies, even as the recession has depressed consumer spending in nearly every other category,” by Ben Fritz. Los Angeles Times (December 14, 2009) http://latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-boxoffice14-2009dec14,0,5678666.story
Section 14 (October 13-18): A complex division of labor coordinated by a market:
Leonard Read (1958), "I, Pencil" http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html
Section 15 (October 18-20): Supply and demand
“Food Prices Are Rising Worldwide: Weather, Oil Costs among Factors,” by Katherine Corcoran, Boston Globe, (March 30, 2008) http://tinyurl.com/8qkgnb
Section 16 (October 20-25): Incentives and rewards
“In Praise of Price Gouging,” by John Stossel. Posted at Townhall.com, September 7, 2005. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnStossel/2005/09/07/in_praise_of_price_gouging
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