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'''Freshman Economics'''
 
Harvard Professor of Economic's 2009 Freshman Seminar:
 
The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner
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Greg Mankiw's 2009 Harvard Ec 10 course - http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/08/impossible-task.html
 
 
Harvard Professor of Economic's 2010 Freshman Seminar:
Here are the books we are reading this year (in this order):
 
 
The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbronr
Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets, by John McMillan
 
Thinking Strategically, by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff
 
Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman
 
Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, by Arthur Okun
 
Nudge, by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
 
How the Economy Works, by Roger E.A. Farmer
 
The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman
 
The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek
 
The Myth of the Rational Voter, by Bryan Caplan
 
The Big Questions, by Steven Landsburg
 
 
Greg Mankiw's 2010 Harvard Ec 10 course - http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-years-freshman-seminar.html
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Rogoff, Kenneth. 2010. [http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rogoff71/English An Age of Diminished Expectations?]. August 3. New York, NY: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rogoff71/English
 
 
'''Small Business'''
 
 
 
 
 
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Barro, Robert. 2010. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703959704575454431457720188.html The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment: My calculations suggest the jobless rate could be as low as 6.8%, instead of 9.5%, if jobless benefits hadn't been extended to 99 weeks]. August 30. New York, NY: Wall Street Journal.
 
Tyson, Laura. 2010. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29tyson.html Why We Need a Second Stimulus]. New York, NY: The New York Times.
 
 
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