Economics

Department of Economics
Hill Hall, Room 803
Phone: 973/353-5259
Fax:     973/353-5819
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~econnwk

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS-MICRO (3 cr.)
21:220:101:W1:99109
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 8:30-1:00
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
VANDERHOFF         HILL 103

This course is not approved for credit for New Brunswick students.

Consumer theory and market demand; production theory and market supply; market equilibrium; income distribution; and international trade.

Required Text:
Principles of Microeconomics, 3rd. ed. Robert Frank and Ben Bernanke, McGraw-Hill (without Discover Eco). ISBN# 007323060x.

First-Day Assignment:
Read Chapters 1 & 2.

INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS-MACRO (3 cr.)
21:220:102:W1:99032
January 2-18, 2008
MTWTh 8:30-1:00
Course also meets on Friday, January 4th.
COATE                      HILL 105

This course is not approved for credit for New Brunswick students.

Major issues confronting the American economy; the nature of our private enterprise system,  the role of government, the influence of the banking system, the problem of  controlling inflation and deflation, and the requisites for a high level of national income and employment and a rising standard of living.

Required Reading:
To get head start, read links in Blackboard under course documents to Rockefeller, Vanderbilt and Carnegie. You may bring your notes on these readings to the first exam. No type written or Xerox copies, own hand writing only.