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Research projects are due in two stages.
They will be submitted to "turnitin" to maintain integrity.
Written assignments
WA01 due Feb. 6
WA02 due Feb. 20
WA03 due Feb. 27
WA04 due March 6 on Social Security.
WA05 due Mar. 13 water provision.
WA06 due Mar. 20 Econ poem.
WA07 due April 3
WA08 due April 17
WA09 due Tue Apr 24
WA10 due Tue May 1
First week Jan. 30: ethics, policy, governance, constitutions
natural law ppt
Secession
cellular democracy
constitutional economics
supplemental:
ethics, secession
public choice
Foldvary, Small Group democracy
Foldvary, Recalculating Consent
Second week Feb 6: Fiscal policy
Feb 6: Watch PBS show "The Gilded Age".
Research paper topic due
tax reform
Social Problems chs 16, 19
Joy of Freedom, ch 13,
Patriot's Toolbox, chs 8, 9
Voluntary City ch 15
Third week Feb 13: Energy, environment
the Green Tax Shift
endangered species
Patriot's Toolbox, ch 2
Joy of Freedom, ch 17
Fourth week Feb 20: discrimination, distribution of income
Discrimination: Joy of Freedom, chs 6, 7
chapter 6
chapter 7
labor discrimination
Distribution, inequality, poverty
Social Problems, chapter 8 That We All Might Be Rich
Joy of Freedom, chapter 9
presentation
The Crime of Poverty pdf
Fifth week Feb. 27: Social Security; Banking and financials
Joy of Freedom chapter 14
Soc Sec vs private
basic income
free-banking video
free-banking explained
Sixth week education, transportation, March 6
Patriot's Toolbox ch 3,4
Voluntary City, ch 10
Summerhill
congestion pricing
marginal-cost pricing
Seventh week, March 13: housing, community, war and peace
Voluntary City 2, 3, 11
housing
war
The State
Eighth week, March 20, planning, governance, regulations
Voluntary City chs 12, 13
markets and planning
regulatory commandments
theory of regulations
Supplemental:
Mercatus center on regulations
Open Regs portal
Micelli 7, regulations
regulations
cost of benefits
the costberg
Mar 27-30, spring break, Read America's Health Care Crisis, Solved.
Ninth week: April 3
drugs, victimless crimes, asset forfeiture,
police
war on drugs
Joy of Freedom, ch 4 in Word
Peter McWilliams
asset forfeiture
Unjust Laws
supplemental
war on drugs public choice analysis
Notes on the notes
Origins of War on Drugs
Response to Fines
Unjust laws
Taxation by Citation
Peter McWilliams martyred
sexual harassment
10th Week April 10: trade, consumer protection
Midterm exam, April 10.
First draft, research paper, due, Apr 10.
trade
guide to economically perplexed
consumer protection
Half-Life: Chapt 7
11th Week April 17, competition and monopoly
intellectual property
patents
read chapter 16
key pionts
(Micelli 10 anti-trust)
12th Week April 24, labor and unemployment
Social Problems 13, 14
unemployment ppt
min wage
video
labor
recessions and depressions
cycle ppt13th week, May 1 Medical services
Final draft, research paper, due May 1.
Readings:
America's Health Care Crisis Solved
Joy of Freedom chapter 15
Voluntary City, chapter 9
Patriot's Toolbox, chapter 1
14th week May 8
Student presentations of research projects.
Library resources
Final exam, May 22, 7:45 - 10 PM.
exam schedule