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Spring 2012 Classes
I will be teaching Introduction to Economics (ECON 100) as well as a senior seminar (ECON 450A). The seminar has no required books.
Economics 100C & 100D
Roger LeRoy Miller, Daniel K. Benjamin, Douglas C. North, THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC ISSUES, 17th EDITION, Prentice-Hall, 2012 [ISBN-10: 0138021139; ISBN-13: 978-0138021139].
Robert H. Frank and Ben S. Bernanke, PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS BRIEF EDITION, 2nd EDITION, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011.
Students must purchase access to online course-related software for this text!
I suggest waiting to purchase until after you attend the first day of class.Students have three options:
1. Buy the access already bundled with a hardcopy of a new textbook at the Brewer Bookstore [$207.50]. This will give access to CONNECT online course software plus an online version of the text.
2. Buy access to an online textbook bundled with CONNECT online software. When class begins, this will be available for $111.25. No need for a paper texbook with this option.
3. Buy access to CONNECT online software but separately purchase a hardcopy of a used textbook. When class begins, access to the required software will be available for $49.95. Also be sure to check out if it is a better deal to buy the bundled hardcopy new text from Brewer rather than to buy a used text plus pay the extra $50 for software. WARNING: When buying an unbundled text, make sure it is the correct version and edition [ISBN-10: 0073511439; ISBN-13: 978-0073511436].
Fall 2011 Classes
I will be teaching Introduction to Economics (ECON 100) as well as the Economic Development (ECON/AFS 336).
Economics 100B & 100C
Roger LeRoy Miller, Daniel K. Benjamin, Douglas C. North, THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC ISSUES, 16th EDITION, Prentice-Hall, 2010 [ISBN-10: 032159455X; ISBN-13: 978-0321594556].
Robert H. Frank and Ben S. Bernanke, PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS BRIEF EDITION, 2nd EDITION, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011.
Students must purchase access to online course-related software for this text!
Students have three options:
1. Buy the access already bundled with a hardcopy of a new textbook at the Brewer Bookstore [ISBN-13: 978-0077965921]. This will give access to CONNECT online course software plus an online version of the text.
2. Buy access to an online textbook bundled with CONNECT online software. When class begins, this will be available for $84.25. No need for a paper texbook with this option.
3. Buy access to CONNECT online software but separately purchase a hardcopy of a used textbook. When class begins, access to the required software will be available for $45.00. Also be sure to check out if it is a better deal to buy the bundled hardcopy new text from Brewer rather than to buy a used text plus pay the extra $45 for software. WARNING: When buying an unbundled text, make sure it is the correct version and edition [ISBN-10: 0073511439; ISBN-13: 978-0073511436].Economics/African Studies 336A
Georgio Secondi, Editor, THE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS READER, Routledge, 2008.
[ISBN-13: 978-0415771573]Paul Collier, THE BOTTOM BILLION, Oxford University Press, 2007.
[ISBN-13: 978-0195373387]William Easterly, THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR GROWTH, MIT Press, 2002.
[ISBN-13: 978-0262550420]Dani Rodrik, ONE ECONOMICS, MANY RECIPES, Princeton University Press, 2007.
[ISBN-13: 978-0691141176]Theodore Moran, HARNESSING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT, Center for Global Development, 2006. This book is also available in pdf format for free at the bottom of this link.
[ISBN-13: 978-1933286099]
Summer 2011
In May I will present a paper at The 13th Overseas Young Chinese Forum Annual Conference: Debating the China Model. My paper is titled, "Contrasting the China Model with the China Miracle: Are Charter Cities China’s Growth Legacy?" I will continue to revise this paper and do other research this summer.
In addition to my own research, I will be mentoring two student projects this summer:
Ting Chen '12, an economics major from Elmhurst, New York, has been awarded a 2011 Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship. The title of Ting's project is "The Competitive Advantage of International Retailers and Its Impacts on the Consumerism of the Emerging Middle Class in China."
Jason Vengersammy '12, an economics major from Schenectady, New York, is a 2nd year McNair Scholar and his research title is "India: Economic Miracle or Economic Myth?"
Spring 2011 Classes
I will be teaching Introduction to Economics (ECON 100) as well as the African Economies (ECON/AFS 228). The texts are:
Economics 100C & 100D with a new textbook:
Robert H. Frank and Ben S. Bernanke, PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS BRIEF EDITION, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011.
Economics/African Studies 228:
Summer 2010
In addition to doing my own research, I am mentoring Nneka Chukwumah '12 as she works on her University Fellows research project, Underdevelopment and the Banking Crisis in Nigeria. As for travel plans this summer, I will be going to China for two weeks in June and then in July it is off to Louisville, Kentucky to see our new-born grandson.
Personal Financial Management Course
Offered in Canton Spring '10
Interested in getting out of debt and staying out of debt? Looking for a way to relieve the financial stresses in your life? Want to stop living from paycheck to paycheck? This semester InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at St. Lawrence University is sponsoring Financial Peace University, a 13-week course on personal financial management by best-selling author Dave Ramsey. The course covers practical ways to climb out of debt, how to budget and plan for the future successfully, and how to take control of finances rather than have finances take control of you!
The course will meet in Atwood Hall, Room 2, on Monday nights at 7 p.m. Classes consist of a video presentation by Dave Ramsey followed by discussion and group activities lead by me.
There is a free preview class on Monday, January 25th at 7 p.m. and then the course begins on February 1st and runs through to May. There is no fee for the course other than $93 to cover the cost of course materials for each individual or family.
Need more info? Contact me (phone 315.229.5429 or 315.854.0843).
Download directions to Atwood Hall at St. Lawrence University
Watch a preview and take a look at the 13 lessons.
Other links:
Financial Peace University website
A video of an interview with Dave Ramsey on ABC News
An article on Dave Ramsey and Financial Peace University in the Atlantic
Summer 2009
I should be around campus in June. In addition to doing my own research, I am teaching Introduction to Economics (ECON 100), supervising an Independent Project (ECON 289), as well as mentoring Bupe Mazimba '11 as she works on her University Fellows research project, "Microcredit: Zambia's Salvation?"
In July I should be spending two weeks in Kenya as part of a workshop with African Studies faculty from SLU.
CIIS Fellows Program: China Summer '07
We finally finished reporting on our summer trip to study the impacts of globalization on labor conditions in China. To see what we did, please go to our website:
http://china07.wordpress.com
