Schedule
Here’s your roadmap for the semester!
- Content (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the topic. Read and watch these first.
- Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for each assignment. Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the day they’re listed.
| Capitalism, markets, and public policy | Content | Assignment | |
| August 24–28 (Session 1) |
Capitalism and measurement | ||
| August 31 | Weekly report 1 due | ||
| August 31–September 4 (Session 2) |
Governments and institutions | ||
| September 7 | Weekly report 2 due | ||
| September 7 | Problem set 1 due | ||
| September 7–11 (Session 3) |
Social interactions and economic outcomes | ||
| September 14 | Weekly report 3 due | ||
| September 14–18 (Session 4) |
Fairness and efficiency | ||
| September 21 | Weekly report 4 due | ||
| September 21 | Problem set 2 due | ||
| Economic models | Content | Assignment | |
| September 21–October 2 (Sessions 5–6) |
Work, wellbeing, and scarcity | ||
| September 28 | Weekly report 5 due | ||
| October 5 | Weekly report 6 due | ||
| October 5 | Problem set 3 due | ||
| October 5–16 (Sessions 7–8) |
The firm | ||
| October 5 | Georgia voter registration deadline | ||
| October 12 | Weekly report 7 due | ||
| October 19 | Weekly report 8 due | ||
| October 19 | Problem set 4 due | ||
| October 23–31 | Exam 1 | ||
| October 19–30 (Sessions 9–10) |
Firms and markets | ||
| October 26 | Weekly report 9 due | ||
| October 30 | Deadline to request an absentee ballot (request must be received by this day) | ||
| November 2 | Weekly report 10 due | ||
| November 2 | Problem set 5 due | ||
| Market failures and institutions | Content | Assignment | |
| November 2–6 (Session 11) |
Institutions, power, and inequality | ||
| November 3 | Election Day | ||
| November 9 | Weekly report 11 due | ||
| November 9–13 (Session 12) |
Market failures | ||
| November 16 | Weekly report 12 due | ||
| November 16 | Problem set 6 due | ||
| November 16–20 (Session 13) |
When governments go wrong | ||
| November 30 | Weekly report 13 due | ||
| November 30–December 4 (Session 14) |
Institutional alternatives | ||
| December 7 | Weekly report 14 due | ||
| December 7 | Problem set 7 due | ||
| Conclusions | Content | Assignment | |
| December 7 (Session 15) |
Markets, public policy, and public administration | ||
| December 8–15 | Exam 2 |