Economics 412 Webpage

Professor Sumner La Croix

Dept. of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Spring Semester 2008

January 15 Syllabus

January 17 GAE, Ch. 2 and HC, Ch. 1.

January 22 HC, Chs. 2-3.

January 24 HC, Ch. 4.

Paper One Handout

January 29 GAE, Ch. 3.

January 31 HC. Ch. 5.

First draft of paper 1 due.

Hand in paper copy at start of class.

February 5 GAE, Ch. 4.

February 7 HC, Ch. 6.

February 12 GAE, Ch. 6.

February 14 HC, Ch. 9.

February 19 HC, Ch. 10.

Final version of paper 1 due.

Hand in paper copy at start of class.

February 21 GAE, Ch. 7.

February 26 HC, Ch. 14.

Paper Two Handout

February 28 GAE, Ch. 9.

March 4 HC, Chs. 14 and 17.

March 6 GAE, Ch. 10.

First draft of paper 2 due.

Hand in paper copy at start of class.

March 11 HC, Ch. 19.

March 13 HC, Ch. 20.

March 18 HC, Chs. 22 and 26.

March 20 GAE, Ch. 14.

Final version of paper 2 due.

Hand in paper copy at start of class.

March 25 Spring Break (read book for book review).

March 27 Spring Break (read book for book review).

April 1 HC, Ch. 23.

April 3 HC, Ch. 24.

April 8 GAE, Ch. 13.

First draft of book review due. Send electronic

copy to La Croix and to assigned peer.

Handout for Paper 3.

April 10 GAE, Ch. 17.

April 15 Book Review Panel I: Anderson and Hill, The not so Wild, Wild West.

Final version of book review due.

April 17 Book Review Panel II: Temin, Lessons from the Great Depression.

Barrington, The Other Side of the Frontier.

April 22 Book Review Panel III: Krugman, Peddling Prosperity.

First draft of paper 3 due.

Send copy to La Croix and to your peer.

April 24 GAE, Ch. 11.

April 25 Peer review of paper 3 due.

Send copy to La Croix and to your peer.

April 29 GAE, Ch. 12.

Final draft of paper 3 due.

May 1 GAE, Ch.15.

May 6 GAE, Ch. 16.

Twenty Review Questions Distributed In-Class

Econ 412 Awards!!!

May 13 12-2 pm in usual classroom: Final Exam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!