As the semester progresses, a link to each lecture will be added to this page.  The link will include a summary of the main points from that day's lecture.

Lecture #1 -- 9/1/2009 -- What is Microeconomics?

Lecture #2 -- 9/3/2009 -- The Basics of Supply and Demand

Lecture #2 -- 9/8/2009 -- Supply and Demand Experiment

Lecture #4 -- 9/10/2009 -- More on Supply and Demand

Lecture #5 -- 9/15/2009 -- Applications of Supply and Demand

Lecture #6 -- 9/17/2009 -- Taxes

Lecture #7 -- 9/22/2009 -- Case #1: A Living Wage for Syracuse

Consumer Theory – Utility and the Derivation of the Demand Curve

Lecture #8 -- 9/24/2009 -- Consumer Behavior: An Introduction to the Concept of Utility

Lecture #9 -- 9/29/2009 -- Consumer Behavior: Maximizing Utility

Lecture #10 -- 10/1/2009 -- Applications of Utility Maximization

Lecture #11 -- 10/6/2009 -- Applications of Utility Maximization

Producer Theory  – Production, Costs, and the Derivation of the Supply Curve

Lecture #12 -- 10/13/2009 -- Production

Lecture #13 -- 10/15/2009 -- Costs of Production

Lecture #14 -- 10/20/2009 -- Profit Maximization

Lecture #15 -- 10/22/2009 -- Long Run Equilibrium

Putting it All Together – Perfect Competition

Lecture #16 -- 10/27/2009 -- Long Run Equilibrium/Efficiency

Market Power

Lecture #17 -- 10/29/2009 -- Markets and Efficiency/Monopoly

Lecture #18 -- 11/3/2009 -- Monopolies

Factor Markets

Lecture #19 -- 11/10/2009 -- Factor Markets: Labor Supply and Demand

Lecture #20 -- 11/12/2009 -- Case #2 -- Profit Maximization for Non-Profits

Market Failures and the Role of Government

Lecture #21 -- 11/19/2009 -- Public Goods