Econ 136: Week 6 Tasks

ECON 136:  Week 6 Tasks

Monday:  Taxing Market Outcomes

Preparing for class:

Read Taylor ch. 4, p. 71 (if unclear, read pp. 64-71) and pp, 74-81

Now watch this short video             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uMQfMVDYB0

Listen to the Planet Money podcast

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/02/07/273060341/episode-516-why-paying-192-for-a-5-mile-car-ride-may-be-rational

As you do so, try to visualize the shifts in supply and demand that motivate Uber’s strategy

Before you retire Tuesday night (or by 3am  Wednesday)

            Complete the Taxing Market Outcomes problem set in Sapling Learnin

Wednesday:  Midterm Review        

            Preparing for Class

            See the midterm guidelines attached below.

Friday:  

Take-Home Midterm due by 9:00am in Dalton 114 

360 Students:  Meet at Pem Arch at 10:00am  for our second trip to Camden

Non-360 Students:  Meet in Dalton 6 at 9:10 to talk about the minimum wage

Looking Ahead:  Explaining a Price Assignment due Monday night, March 3