Advanced Principles of Economics

Econ 2: Letter of Introduction to Your GSI

For your first assignment in Econ 2:

Letter of Introduction: By the start of your section meeting during the week of January 20-26, please write a 500-word essay--a “letter of introduction”--to your GSI. Include your name, and discuss:

• the reasons why you are choosing to spend 3% of your scarce college curriculum time taking this course this year,
• what you hope to learn from this course,
• what you hope to do in the future as a result of this course, and
• whatever else about yourself that you would like to share with your GSI;
• please also include or embed a photo of yourself, as this will help us learn your name.

Econ 2: First-Day Handout: Spring 2014: UC Berkeley

20140122 Econ 2 Handout

Announcement: Start of Economics 2: Spring 2014: UC Berkeley

Start of Economics 2: Spring 2014: UC Berkeley

J. Bradford DELONG

Jan 21 at 1:37pm

Take a look at http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/econ-2-spring-2014/. Until I have confidence in bCourses, that is where the course website is going to be...

• Read: Essentials of Economics, chapter 1: First Principles.
• Read: Discussion Questions for Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/10/possible-discussion-questions-for-partha-dasgupta-economics-a-very-short-introduction.html
• Read: Prologue to Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/10/prologue-to-partha-dasgupta-economics-a-very-short-introduction.html * Start the body of Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction
• Read: Course Policies http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2014/01/econ-2-spring-2014-course-policies.html
• Read: Course Syllabus http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2014/01/econ-2-spring-2014-uc-berkeley-syllabus-first-draft.html
• Websurf to: Course Website (Typepad) http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/econ-2-spring-2014/
• Websurf to: Course Website (bCourses) https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1179328/
• Set up: Course Website Notifications (bCourses)
• Websurf to: Course Chatroom (bCourses) https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1179328/discussion_topics/2900984

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• Write your Letter of Introduction to Your GSI http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2014/01/econ-2-letter-of-introduction-to-your-gsi.html
• Obtain and register: i>clicker http://www.amazon.com/i-clicker-student-remote-iclicker/dp/1464120153 http://www1.iclicker.com
• Send an email to: jbdelong@berkeley.edu The email should have "Econ 2--Spring 2014" and nothing else in the subject line. The body should be: [the name you want us to call you] : [your preferred email]

Second Week Assignments for Econ 2: Introduction to Economics: Spring 2014: UC Berkeley

• Read: Essentials of Economics, chapters 2 "Economic Models", 3 "Supply and Demand", and 5 "Elasticity and Taxation"
• Finish: Partha Dasgupta, Economics: A Very Short Introduction
• Do: Problem Set 1 before 4 PM on February 5, 2014

Problem Set 1

Due at the start of lecture on February 5, 2014:

• Problem Set 1

Econ 2: Spring 2014: Scarcity and Choice: Monday, January 27, 2014

Econ 2: Spring 2014: Guiding Principles: Monday, January 27, 2014

Econ 2: Spring 2014: iClicker: Monday, January 27, 2014

Econ 2: Spring 2014: Introduction to Microeconomics II: Monday, January 27, 2014