Below are links to articles on the reading list that are available on-line through the Syracuse University library.  The articles are organized by subject, as on the syllabus.  Note that this is not a complete syllabus, as it does not include articles in the textbooks.

Because these articles are made available through the SU library, they are only available to SU students.  If you are using a computer on campus, the links will take you directly to the article. If you are off-campus, you will need to sign in for remote access. Instructions for doing so can be found here.

“Food, drugs and economics,” The Economist, August 23, 2003, 54.

Kolata, Gina, “Tiny Heart Devices Reduce Death Rate, But Cost is Concern,” The New York Times, March 20, 2002, A1, A26.

Supply and Demand

Kruger, Alan B., “Economic Scene: The commercial resilience of New York is clear three years after the 9/11 attacks,” The New York Times, September 16, 2004, C2.

Bradsher, Keith, “Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take A Toll on U.S.,” The New York Times, July 28, 2008, A1, A9.

Applications of Supply and Demand

Varian, Hal R., “Economic Scene: Is Affordable Housing Becoming an Oxymoron?” The New York Times, October 20, 2005, C2.

Leonhardt, David, “To Reduce the Cost of Teenage Temptation, Why Not Just Raise the Price of Sin?”, The New York Times, July 25, 2005, C3.

“The great Manhattan rip-off,” The Economist, June 7, 2003, 25-26.

“Your part or mine?” The Economist, November 18, 2006, 60-62.

“Trading Down,” The Economist, May 30, 2009, S4-S6.

Mariani, John, “Gas tax cap comes off, but so what?” Syracuse Post-Standard, June 8, 2008, B1, B3.                                                                 

Consumer Behavior: An Introduction to the Concept of Utility

“The benevolence of self-interest,” The Economist, December 12, 1998, 80

Frank, Robert H., “Economic Scene: Of Hockey Players and Housing Prices,” The New York Times, October 27, 2005, C2.

Applications of Consumer Theory

Schultze, Charles L., “The Consumer Price Index: Conceptual Issues and Practical Suggestions,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2003, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 3-22.

Postrel, Virginia, “Economic Scene: Research Changes Ideas About Children and Work,” The New York Times, July 14, 2005, C2.

Costs of Production

Kruger, Alan B., “Economic Scene: What’s the most cost-effective way to encourage people to turn out to vote?” The New York Times, October 14, 2004, C2.

The Behavior of Firms Under Perfect Competition: Profit Maximization and the Derivation of the Supply Curve

Krauss, Clifford, “Ethanol’s Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price,” The New York Times, September 30, 2007, A1.

Krauss, Clifford, “Ethanol, Just Recently a Savior, Is Struggling,” The New York Times, February 12, 2009, A1 & A21.

Davey, Monica, “Ethanol Is Feeding Hot Market for Farmland,” The New York Times, August 8, 2007, A1, A16.

Gonzalez, David, “A Coffee Crisis’ Devastating Domino Effect in Nicaragua,” The New York Times, August 29, 2001, A3.

Varian, Hal R., “Economic Scene: Why Old Media and Tom Cruise Should Worry About Cheaper Technology,” The New York Times, C3, October 19, 2006.

“Of horses’ teeth and liberty,” The Economist, October 27, 2007, 44.

Perfect Competition and Economic Welfare

Leonhardt, David, “A Time for Some Well-Placed Greed,” The New York Times, October 3, 2005, C3.

Leonhardt, David, “Limits In a System That’s Sick,” The New York Times, June 17, 2009, B1 &B9.

Public Goods

Porter, Eduardo, “Radiohead’s Warm Glow,” New York Times, October 14, 2007, D14.

Gross, Daniel, “Economic View: What’s the Toll? It Depends on the Time of Day,” The New York Times, February 11, 2007, C7.

Externalities

Leonhardt, David, “Soda’s a Tempting Tax Target,” The New York Times, May 20, 2009, B1 & B7.

Shoup, Donald, “Gone Parkin',” The New York Times, March 29, 2007, A25.

Cost-Benefit Analysis

“Economic focus: The regulators’ best friend?” The Economist, April 2, 2005, p. 72.

Wald, Matthew L, “Energy Dept. Said to Err on Coal Project,” The New York Times, March 11, 2009.