Attendance is strictly voluntary.
The objective of this course is two-fold. First, we examine the analytical tools and techniques used by economists to study the economic problem of scarcity. Second, we use these tools to investigate such things as market forces, international trade, economic growth and the role of public policy. Special attention will be paid to using these analytical tools to explain current economic issues in Oberlin and around the world. There are two midterm exams and a final exam.