Day

Reading

Topic/Event

January 11

1 How Do We Compare?

January 13

  Lab Experiment

January 18

2 Theory and Practice of Market Capitalism

January 20

3 Theory and Practice of Marxism and Socialism

January 25

4 Islamic Economics and the Economics of Other Religions

January 27

   

February 1

  Exam 1

February 3

5 United States

February 8

6 Japan

February 10

** European Union

February 15

7 France

February 17

9 Germany

February 22

  Friedman Lecture: Mark Pauly

February 24

  Exam 2

March 1

10

Former Soviet Union

March 3

   

March 5-13

 

Spring Break

March 15

12 Poland

March 17

13 Hungary

March 22

15 China

March 24

   

March 29

  Exam 3

March 31

16 India

April 5

17 Iran

April 7

  Rebuilding Iraq?

April 12

18 Mexico

April 14

   

April 19

20 Evolving Trends in a Transforming World Economy

April 21

   

April 25

8:30am

Exam 4