An Intro to Economics

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Spring 2012

An Introduction to Economics

Listed in: Economics, as ECON-111

Formerly listed as: ECON-11  |  ENST-23

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Faculty

Brian A. Bethune (Section 01)
Salim B. Furth (Section 02)
Jun Ishii (Sections 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05)
Prakarsh Singh (Section 03)
Frank H. Westhoff (Section 04)

Description

A study of the central problem of scarcity and of the ways in which the U.S. economic system allocates scarce resources among competing ends and apportions the goods produced among people.

Requisite for all other courses in economics.

One lecture and three hours of discussion per week. Each section is limited to 35 Amherst College students. Fall semester: Professors Furth, Ishii, Kingston, Singh, and Westhoff.

One lecture and three hours of discussion per week. Each section is limited to 35 Amherst College students. Spring semester. Professors Singh and Woglom.

Offerings

2017-18: Offered in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017