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1、EnrichmentReadingListforElementsofEconomicsIIByE.GlenWeylThisextendedlistofreadingsisneitherrequiredfortheclassnordirectlysubstitutablefortherequiredreadings,nordoesitdirectlyformthebasisofmaterialinlecture.Howeverthesereadingshaveplayedanimportantpartinshapingmyid
2、easandviewsthatshapedthelecturesandallarequitecloselyrelatedtotherelevantlectures.Theythereforewillhopefullybeusefultostudentsinterestedindiggingdeeperonvarioustopicswecoverinclass.Also,giventhatexamsandproblemsetswillnotonlytestyourgraspofthematerialcoveredinclass
3、andthemainreadingsbutmorebroadlyyourcreativityandintellectualasaneconomist,divinginto,orevenjustskimming,enrichmentreadingsthatcatchyourinterestwilllikelyaidyoursuccessintheclass,morecertainlyandimportantly,helpyoubecomeabettereconomist.Thereadingsassociatedwitheac
4、hlecturearedividedintosixcategories:1.Technicaldepth:theseprovidedeeperormoregeneralmathematicaltreatmentofthetopics.2.Empiricalandpolicyapplications:thesemeasuretheeconomicforcesraisedinthematerial,usetheinsightsgeneratedbythetheorytomakeconcreteprescriptionsforpo
5、liciesorinstitutionsorboth.3.Historicalinterest:thesereadingstracetheoriginsoftheideaslyingbehindtherelevantmaterial,eitherbydirectlycitingtheoriginalsourcesorsecondarysourcesinthehistoryofeconomics.4.Alternativeperspectives:lecturespresentlargelymyviewsoneconomici
6、ssues,whichforthemostpartmirrorthemainstreamconsensusinthefield,totheextentoneexists.ButofcourseeconomistsdisagreeonmanyissuesandthusIhaveprovidedreadingswithcontrastingperspectives,especiallywherethereareviewsofprominenteconomiststhatcontrastwithmine.5.Currenteven
7、ts:thesereadings,drawnfromnon-academicperiodicals(especiallyTheEconomist)illustratetheapplicabilityoftheprincipleslearnedinclasstocurrentaffairs.6.Humanistic:thesereadingsbringoutthethemeswearestudyingfromahumanistic(mostlyliteraryorphilosophical)perspectiveOtherus
8、efultextbooks1.DonaldN.McCloskey,AppliedTheoryofPrice2.MiltonFriedman,PriceTheoryI.IntroductionA.Introduction1.Technicaldepth:None2.Empiricalandp