PLAP 565
Steven Rhoads
Economics,
Values and Public Policy 244
Cabell Hall
Fall 2005
Ofc.
Hrs.:Tues. 3:40-5:40
924-7866
and by appointment
e-mail:
ser6f@virginia.edu
GFAP 565 critically explores
microeconomic concepts and analysis which are used to shape contemporary
domestic policy. I believe that the
microeconomic paradigm is the leading conceptual source for contemporary policy
analysis. I hope students will leave the
course with a better understanding of why economists approach policy in the way
they do and of why their framework is controversial among many non-economists.
Completion of an introductory micro course (e.g., Eco 201
at UVA) is strongly recommended before enrolling in PLAP 565. However, though the course will move quickly,
it will not assume any prior knowledge of economics. In the first three weeks we will explore the
basic economic framework. The course is
not technical at all and the concepts we will use are rudimentary. In the fourth week there will be a one hour
mid-term for the first half of the class period.
After the completion of the first four weeks, the
course’s content will become more interdisciplinary and our discussions will
become more wide-ranging. The success of
the course will be heavily dependent on thoughtful class discussion. With that in mind, class requirements are
designed to make our class-time together more fruitful. Though there will be the mid-term mentioned
above and a short final, the other requirements are (1) regular attendance and
thoughtful participation in class; (2) three to five short, unannounced quizzes
[unexcused, missed quizzes will count as failures; e-mail me BEFORE class at ser6f@virginia.edu
if you can’t be there]; (3) a 7-10 page paper on the assigned reading for the
day which will be due on the Thursday before our Monday meeting at 3:00
[SHARP!] in the week before the paper topics are discussed. (Early in the term, students will sign up for
a particular paper topic and thus for a particular paper due date.) Papers
should be e-mailed to me and also provided in hard copy and placed under my
door at 244 Cabell Hall. I will read the
papers before we discuss the topic the following Monday. You and I will bring
your arguments into our discussion in class.
Paper writers should spend some time thinking about how they can most
effectively present the principal arguments of their paper to the class in 4 to
5 minutes. There will be a heavy penalty
for late papers.
Grades
Thoughtful Class participation
(including your class presentation of your paper) 20%
Unannounced Quizzes
20%
One 6-10 page paper
20%
Mid-term and Short Final 40%
Reading
Most of the reading for
the course will be from a special collection of readings available at Brillig
Books (7 Elliewood Avenue). Brillig will
also have copies of Rhoads, The Economist’s View of the World. Rhoads’
books Valuing Life and Incomparable Worth will
be on reserve at Clemons.
9-6
Incentives / Supply and
Demand (Total Pages = 43)
a. Introduction
Rhoads The
Economist’s View of the World, Preface and Chapter 1 (read
accompanying notes with each chapter).
Krugman,
Paul. “How the Press Miscovers Economics,” Jobs and Capital,
Summer 1996.
b. Supply and Demand
“London’s
Big Gamble,” New York Times, 2/16/2003.
Taylor,
Jerry and Peter VanDoren.”Pricing the Fast Lane,” The Washington Post,
7/12/2002.
c. Rent Control and
Affordable Housing
Jackson,
Raymond. “Rent Control and the Supply of Housing Services,”
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Oct., 1993,
pp. 467-475.
“Rent
Control,” The Economist, 5/2/1998.
“The
Great Manhattan rip-off,” The Economist, 6/7/2003.
Miller,
Benjamin, and North. “Bankrupt Landlords: From Sea to Shining Sea,”
The Economics of Public Issues (Addison Wesley, Boston, 2003) pp. 68-
73.
Dadurka,
David. “Board to Consider Affordable Homes,” Daily Progress,
2/2/2004.
Glaeser,
Edward and Joseph Gyourko. “The Steep Price of Zoning,” (???).
d. Minimum Wage and Living
Wage
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 6, pp 102-104 only.
Samuelson,
Robert. “Minimum Wage: Stale Symbolism.” 4/24/1996.
Miller,
Benjamin, and North. “The Effects of the Minimum Wage,” The
Economics of Public Issues (Addison Wesley, Boston, 2003) pp. 82-85.
Grimsley,
Kirsten Downey. “$8.50 an Hour – and a
Helping Hand,” The
Washington Post,
3/21/1997.
Irwin,
Neil. “Living Wage Impact Seen as Minimal,” The Washington Post,
3/5/2002.
Pare,
Michael. “Study Warns of ‘Living Wage’ Impact,” Providence Business
News. 9/17/2001.
9/13 Using Resources Efficiently I (Total Pages = 122)
a. Opportunity Costs and
Marginalism
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 2.
“When
Lawyers Inhale,” The Economist, 5/22/1999.
“Study
Questions Cancer Threat from Asbestos,” The Washington Post.
5/28/1998.
“More
Highway Deaths Post- 9/11,” The Washington Post, 4/12/2004.
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 3.
b. Governments and Markets
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World,
Chapter 5.
Will,
George. “Guaranteed Collisions,” The Washington Post, 5/15/2005.
“Hate
to Wait?” The Washington Post, 10/30/2002.
“IRS
Opting Not to Go After Many Scofflaws,” The Washington Post, 3/20/2004.
“Private
Firms to Chase Delinquent Taxpayers,” The Washington Post,
12/5/2004.
Savas,
E.S. “Privatization and the New Public Management,” Fordham Urban
Law Journal,
Volume 28, p 1731-1738.
“GAO:
Pentagon Wasting Tickets,” The Washington Post, 6/9/2004.
“China
Accelerates Privatization, Continuing Shift from Doctrine,” The
Washington Post,
11/12/2003.
Samuelson,
Robert. “Competition: Still the Secret of Economic Success,”
6/6/1990.
“Industrial
Policy,” in Charles Schultze, Memos to the President, pp. 321.
Krugman,
Paul. “Myths and Realities of US
Competitiveness,” Science,
11/8/1991, pp. 811-813 only.
Burtress,
Gary and Lawrence et.al., “Globaphobia: Confronting Fears about Open
Trade,” the Brookings Institution/Progressive Policy
Institution/Twentieth
Century
Fund (summary).
c. Capitalism, Competition,
and Good Jobs
Samuelson,
Robert. “God is in the Details,” The Washington Post, 4/15/1998.
Samuelson, Robert. “Saving the
Welfare State from Itself,” The Washington Post, 7/6/1994. p. A-19.
Samuelson,
Robert. “The End of Europe,” The Washington Post, 6/15/2005.
Drozdiak,
William. “Germany’s Workers May Lose Perks,” The Washington
Post. 9/16/1998.
Pearlstein,
Steven. “Golden Moment Eluding Europe,” The Washington Post,
6/4/2002.
Samuelson,
Robert. “The Two Earner Myth,” The Washington Post, 1/22/1997.
d. Benefit Cost Analysis
Rhoad.
The
Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 8.
“Assessing
the Risk in Contract’s Cost-Benefit Curb on Regulations,” The
Washington
Post, 2/28/1995.
Kleit,
Andrew N. “CAFE Changes, By the Numbers,” Regulation, Fall 2002.
Nichols
and Zeckhauser. “The Perils of Prudence,” Regulation, November 1986.
pp.
13-24.
Hahn
and Litan. “Putting Regulations to a Test,” The Washington Post,
7/30/1997.
9/20 Using Resources Efficiently II (Total Pages = 86)
a. Airline Deregulation
Khan,
Alfred. “Airline Deregulation” www.econlib.org.
Balzar. “Airline Deregulation Splutters.”
Morrison,
Steven and Clifford Winston. “A $20 Billion Misunderstanding,” The
Milkin Institute Review, pp. 20-29.
Stelzer,
Irwin. “A First Class Flight to Bankruptcy,” The Weekly Standard,
8/26/2002, pp. 17-18.
Will,
George. “Airlines’ Soothing Ill Wind,” The Washington Post, 4/20/2003.
b. Petroleum Regulation and
Taxation
Blinder,
Alan. “In Defense of the Oil Companies,” The Washington Post,
9/3/1990, p. A-25.
Yergin,
Daniel. “Thirty Years of Petro-Politics,” The Washington Post,
10/17/2003.
“The
Ideal Gas Tax,” The Washington Post, 11/25/2001.
“Spike
in Gasoline Prices Sparks Gouging Theories,” The Daily Progress,
2/21/2003.
Krauthammer,
Charles. “Tax and Drill,” The Washington Post, 5/21/2004.
c. Additional Regulation
Teske, Paul. “The New Role and
Politics of State
Regulation,” Regulation,
Fall
2004.
“Can
Regulation Sweeten the Automotive Lemon?” Regulation, Sept. 1984, pp.
7-10.
Young,
S. David. “Occupational Licensing,” Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics,
pp. 409-413.
“Schools
Brief: State and Market,” The Economist, 2/17/1996.
d. The Welfare Economic
Scheme
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 5 (reread pp. 61-67 only).
“The
Grabbing Hand,” The Economist, 2/13/1999.
McKean,
Roland. Efficiency in Government through Systems Analysis, pp. 134-
144.
Tullock,
Gordon. Private Wants Public Means, pp.
161-167.
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 7.
Crittendon,
Danielle. What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us, 1 page excerpt.
McGrory,
Mary. “Making Butter a Luxury,” The Washington Post, 2/7/1985.
Wicker,
Tom. “This Is Still One Nation,” The Washington Post, 2/13/1985.
Peterson,
Paul. “Who Should Do What?” The Brookings Review, Spring,
1005, pp. 6-11.
“Exasperated
Cities Move toe Curb or Expel the Homeless,” The
Washington Post,
10/03/2002.
9/27 Midterm AND
(Total
Pages = 60 pages)
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 4.
Stavins,
Robert N. “Lessons from the American Experiment with Market-Based
Environmental Policies,” Market-Based Governance (Brookings
Institute
Press, Washington D.C., 2002). pp 173-192.
“Are
You Being Served?” The Economist, 4/23/2005, pp. 76-78.
Root,
Brian. “Panel Approves Mountaintop Plan,” The Daily Progress, 5/20/1998.
“Let
Them Eat Pollution,” The Economist, 2/8/1992. p.66
Burtraw,
Dallas. “Call It ‘Pollution Rights,’ But It Works,” The Washington Post,
3/31/1996.
Crandall,
Robert. “Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards,” Journal of
Economic Perspectives,
Vol. 6, No. 2, Spring 1992. pp. 171-179.
Morgan,
Dan. “In Alabama, a ‘Hot Spot’ in the Debate Over Clean Air,” The
Washington Post, 6/2/2002.
Planin,
Eric. “EPA Announces ‘Cap and Trade’ Plan to Cut Mercury Pollution,”
The Washington Post,
12/16/2003.
a. How Much Should We Spend to Save A Life?
Rhoads,
ed., Valuing Life, pp.1-8, 105-110, 147-160, 239-248, 281-324. [Note:
Rhoads book on reserve at Clemons]
"Putting
a Price on Each Life: Economics Cuts to Heart of Cholesterol Program,"
The
Washington Post, 10/15/1991.
Landsburg,
Steven. “Click, Clack and Cartalk: NPRs the Tappet brothers are
wrong about the societal costs of Car phones” The
Washington Post,
1/30/2002.
"Ethicists
Struggle to Judge the 'Value' of Life," The New York Times,
11/24/1992.
Hahn
and Wallsten. “Whose Life is Worth More? (and why is it horrible to ask?)”
The Washington Post,
6/1/2003.
b. Whose Life Should Be Saved When Not All Can
Be?
Rhoads,
ed., Valuing Life, pp.203-238, 248-257.
Weiss,
Rick. “Report Backs Broader System for Organ Transplants” The
Washington Post,
7/21/1999.
Okie,
Susan. “Surgeons Back Study of Payment for Organs,” The Washington
Post.
Harden, Blain. “Two Charged with Plot to Sell Human
Organs” The Washington Post, 2/24/1998.
Daserman
and Barnett, “The U.S. Organ Procurement System: A Presciption for
Reform,” AEI summary, June 2002.
10/18 Equity,
Distribution of Income, and Poverty
(Total Pages = 155)
a. Equity and Distribution of Income
Rhoads,
The Economist’s View of the World, pp. 86-88.
Krugman,
Paul. “For Richer,” New York Times
Magazine, 10/20/2002.
Browning,
Edgar. “Government and the Distribution of Income,” Public Finance
and the Price System,
1994, pp. 244-269.
Nadler,
Richard. “The Rise of Worker Capitalism,” Policy Analysis, 11/1/1999.
Judge,
Clark S. “’Poor’ Assumptions in the Tax Debate,” Hoover Digest, 2001,
No. 3, pp.72-76.
Samuelson,
Robert J. “Who Will Bear the Burden?,” The Washington Post,
1/20/2003.
Milbank,
Dana and Jonathan Weisman. “Middle Class Tax Share Set to Rise,”
The Washington Post,
6/4/2003.
“The Flat
Tax Revolution,” The Economist,
4/16/2005, pg. 11.
Stelzer, Irwin. “Death and Taxes,” The Weekly Standard,
5/9/2005, pp. 28-
29, 30.
Lindsey, Lawrence. “Estate
Planning,” The Weekly Standard, 5/30/2005, pg.
6.
Samuelson,
Robert J. “Who Cares How Rich Bill Gates Is?,” The Washington
Post, 5/2/2001.
Krugman,
Paul. “The Sons Also Rise,” The New York Times, 11/22/2002.
Sawhill,
Isabel V. “The Roots of Inequality: Review,” The Public Interest,
Summer 2002.
Brooks,
David. “The Triumph of Hope over
Self-Interest,” The New York Times, 1/12/2003.
Ackerman, Bruce and Anne
Alstott. “$80,000 and a Dream,” The Stakeholder
Society,” Second
Quarter 1999.
Plattner,
Marc. “The Welfare State v. Redistributive State,” The Public Interest,
Spring 1979, pp. 28-48.
Samuelson,
Robert J. “Burdening Our Children,” The Washington Post, 7/2/2003.
b. Welfare and Poverty
“Does
Work Pay for Welfare Recipients?,” The Urban Institute, Winter 1995.
Danziger,
Sheldon. “Does It Pay to Move From Welfare to Work?,” Abstract,
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 21, No. 4.
Sawhill,
Isabel. V. “The Behavioral Aspects of Poverty,” The Public Interest,
Fall
2003, pp.79-93.
Mead,
Lawrence M. “The Culture of Welfare Reform,” The Public Interest,
Winter 2004, pp. 99-110.
Haveman,
Robert. “When Work Alone Is Not Enough,” La Follette Policy
Report, Vol. 13,
No. 2, Fall-Winter 2002-2003, pp. 1-4, 14-15
Rector,
Robert. “The Continuing Good News about Welfare Reform,”
Executive
Summary, Backgrounder, 2/6/2003, No. 1620.
Murray,
Charles. “And Now for the Bad News,” The Wall Street Journal,
2/2/1999.
Rector,
Robert. “Understanding Poverty and Economic Inequality in the
United
States,” Backgrounder, 9/15/2004.
Winship,
Scott and Christopher Jencks. “Understanding Welfare Reform,”
Harvard
Magazine, November/December 2004, pp. 3435, 97-98.
Jencks,
Christopher and Kathryn Edin. “Do Poor Women Have A Right to Bear
Children?,”
The American Prospect, Winter 1995.
Tout,
Scarpa, and Zaslow. “Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients:
Similarly
at Risk,” Abstract, Trends Child Research Brief, March 2002.
Sawhill,
Isabel V. “The Perils of Early Motherhood,” The Public Interest, Winter
2002.
Morin, Richard. “Welfare
Reform Reforms Teens, Study Says” The Washington
Post.
Mansbridge,
Jane. “Welfare and Women’s Independence,” APSA.
Eberstadt,
Nicholas. “A Misleading Measure of Poverty,” The Washington Post,
2/17/2002.
Murray,
Charles. “A Stroll Through the Income Spectrum,” The American
Enterprise,
July/August 1996.
Weicher,
John C. “Redefining Poverty – A Costly Luxury,” Hudson Policy
Bulletin,
May 1995, pp. 3-4.
Skerry,
Peter. “How Immigration Re-Slices the American Pie,” The Washington
Post,
10/28/1999.
Rhoads,
The Economist’s View of the World, pp. 104-112. (Read 86-8 above
also.)
“Myth
v. Fact About Work Requirements,” Welfare Watch / Heritage Foundation,
3/3/2004.
“A
Healthy Dose of Welfare Reform,” The Washington Post, 10/26/2003.
DiIulio,
John J. “Bring Back Shotgun Weddings,” The Weekly Standard,
10/21/1996.
pp. 15-17.
Steinberg,
Paul J. “Faith-Based Successes,” The Washington Post, 1/28/2001.
Milloy,
Courtland. “To Have and to Uphold Black Marriages,” The Washington
Post, 3/24/04.
Goodman,
Ellen. “Using the Poor as Fodder in the Mommy Wars,” The Daily
Progress,
5/24/2002.
Holcombe,
Betty. “Montana Women Score Victory on Valuing Caregiving.”
9/1/2002.
10/25 Equity Between the Sexes: Occupational Segregation and
Comparable Worth (Total Pages = 160)
a. Introduction
Steven
Rhoads. Incomparable Worth: Pay Equity Meets the Market, chs. 1,2,3
(pp.
44-51 and 56-79 only),4,8[THIS VOLUME IS ON RESERVE AT CLEMONS]
Sorenson,
Elaine. “Comparable Worth Policies Can Be Effective,” Work:
Opposing Viewpoints,
(Greenhaven, 1995), pp. 186-193.
b. A Biological Dimension?
Dabbs,
James M. “Testosterone and Occupational Achievement,” Social Forces
30(3), March 1992, pp. 813 only.
Purifoy,
Frances E. and Lambert H. Koopmans. “Andostenedione, Testosterone,
and
Free Testosterone Concentration in Women of Various Occupations,” Social Biology 26(3), Fall 1979,
p. 179 only.
Kingsley
Browne vs. Rosalind Arden. “Sex at Work,” Prospect, Oct. 1998, pp.
16-20.
11/1 What Obligations Do We Have with Regard to
Nature and Natural Resources?
(Total
Pages = 92)
a. Obligations Toward other
Animals (and Plants)
Baxter,
William. People or Penguins. pp. 1-13.
Ehrenfeld,
David. “The Conservation of Non-Resources,” American Scientist,
Vol. 64, pp. 648-656.
Excerpts
from Abraham Lincoln, Oct. 854 speech at Peoria, Illinois on the
Missouri Compromise, in Abraham Lincoln: his Speeches and
Writings,
ed. Roy Basler (University Library, edition 1962), pp.
301-304.
Simon,
Julian and Aaron Wildavsky. “Species Loss Revisited,” Society,
Nov./Dec. 1992, pp. 41-46.
Testimony
of Dr. T. Eisner, before Senate Subcommittee on Environmental
Protection, April 10, 1992, pp. 9-12.
“Yellowstone:
A Goldmine of Microbes,” The Washington Post. 6/12/1998.
Smith,
Robert. “The Endangered Species Act: Saving Species or Stopping
Growth,” Regulation, Winter 1992, pp 83-87.
Barro,
Robert. Getting It Right “How Much is an Endangered Species Worth?”
pp. 119-123.
Kaufman,
Marc. “Alter Genes, Risk an Ecosystem,” The Washington Post,
6/4/2001.
Gelernter,
David. “In Rats We Trust,” The Washington Post, 11/17/1996.
Letter
to the Editor on Gelernter, The Washington Post, 11/21/1996.
Thomas,
Elizabeth Marshall. Review of Ted Kerasote, Blood Ties: Nature,
Culture,
and the Hunt. Los Angeles Times,
8/22/1993.
Biskupic,
Joan and Joby Warrik, “Court Rules Landowners Can Use Endangered
Species
Act to Fight Protections,” The Washington Post, 3/20/ 1997.
“Endangered
Squirrel has Astronomers, Biologists at Odds,” The Washington
Post,
3/8/1990.
“U.S.
May Expand Access to Endangered Species,” The Washington Post,
10/11/2003.
“Legislators
Working to Reshape Endangered Species Act,” The Washington
Post,
5/20/2005.
“Ritual
Slaughters Spark Debate,” The Washington Post, 12/27/1985.
b. Resource Scarcity and Future
Generations
Tierney,
John. “Betting the Planet,” New York Times, 12/2/1990.
“When
the Boomster Slams the Doomster,” Wall Street Journal, 6/5/1995.
Eberstadt,
Nicholas. “We’ve Lots of Room for People,” The American Enterprise,
Dec.
2000, pp. 48-49.
Hayward,
Steven F. “A sensible Environmentalism,” Public Interest, No. 151,
Spring
2003, pp. 62-74.
Lomborg,
Bjorn. “The Truth About the Environment,” The Economist, 8/4/2001,
pp.
63-65.
Glassman,
James K. “Green with Rage,” The Weekly Standard, 2/25/2002, pp.
14-15.
“Scientific
American v. Lomborg” (portions on energy and population) 2002.
11/8 Education Reform / Vouchers (Total Pages =
121)
Curve,”
Washington Post, 12/7/2004.
Jordan, Mary. “Group Challenges Increase in
Public School Spending,” The
Washington Post, 9/10/1993.
Sanchez, Rene. “Teens Tell Researchers High
School is Too Easy” The
Washington Post,
2/11/1997.
Bracy, Gerald. “U.S. Students: Better Than
Ever” The Washington Post,
12/22/1995.
De Vise, Daniel. “Enrollment in Advanced
Courses Surging at High
Schools,” The Washington
Post, 12/12/2004.
Matthews, Jay. “See? If Pushed, Kids Deliver,”
The Washington Post,
12/5/04, graph.
Saunders, Debra. “Those Who
Can’t Sue,” The Weekly Standard, 3/4/1996, pp.
17-18.
Miller, Matthew. “A New Deal for Teachers,” The
Atlantic Monthly, July/August
2003.
“Cutting Class Size is Popular, but
Consequences are Debatable,” The Daily
Progress,
1999.
Argetsinger, Amy. “Beating Poverty in the
Classroom,” The Washington Post,
5/16/1999.
Rothstein, Richard. “Social Class Leaves Its
Imprint,” Review, Education Week,
5/19/2004.
Samuelson, Robert J. “Grade Power,” The
Washington Post, 1997.
Dobbs, Michael. “Big Schools Reborn in Small
World,” The Washington Post,
11/28/2003.
Ravitch, Diane. “Why We’ll Mend
It, Not End It,” The Wall Street Journal, 4/25/05.
Berube, Clair T. “Are Standards
Preventing Good Teaching,” The Clearing House 77:6,
July/August
2004, pp. 264-267.
Wheelock, Anne and George Madaus
(and Paul Reville response). “Pass Rates Versus Graduation Rates,” Phi Delta
Kappan, 86:2, October 2004, pg. 176.
Hirsch, E.D. “Mental Fight: A Prescription for
K-12,” Academic Questions, Winter
2004-05, pp. 66-68.
Peterson, Paul. “Choice in
American Education,” A Primer on America’s Schools,
pp. 249-283.
Chubb, John and Terry Moe. “America’s Public
Schools: Choice is a Panacea,” in
J.
Hird, ed., Controversies in American Public Policy, 1995, pp. 7-19.
Schrag, Peter. “The Great School
Selloff,” in J. Hird, ed., Controversies in
American
Public Policy, 1995, pp. 20-31.
Barro, Robert. Getting it
Right. pp. 133-137.
“Education’s Brave New World,”
Excerpts from remarks by Bob Chase, President,
National
Education Association to Town Hall in Los Angeles, 2/18/1999.
Coleman, James. “Choice,
Community, and Future Schools,” in Witte and Clune,
Choice
and Control in American Education, pp.
ix-xxii.
Institute
Policy Analysis, 4/20/2005.
Finn, Chester. “Sound and
Unsound Options for Reform,” Academic Questions, Winter
2004-05,
pp. 79-86.
Hess, Frederick. “Work Ahead” Education
Next, Winter 2001.
Salisbury, David. “What Does a
Voucher Buy?” Review, Policy Analysis, 8/28/2003, No.
486,
abstract only.
Chubb, John. “The Private Can Be
Public,” Education Next, Spring 2001
Gorman, Linda. “Does School
Choice Improve School Quality?” NBER Digest, 1/04.
“Do Charter Schools Work?” American
Enterprise Indicators, 6/2005.
Matthews, Jay. “Are Charter
Schools Any Good?” Washington Post, 10/28/04.
“Charter Schools Through an
Economist’s Lens: Top Ten Economic-Based
Research
Studies,” Center for Education Reform, 4/25/05,
http://www.edreform.com/index.cfm?fuseAction=document&documentID=2036§ionID=74&NEWSYEAR=2005
Petrilli, Michael. “Charters as
Role Models,” Education Next, Summer 2005.
Sizer, Theodore. “Don’t Tie Us
Down,” Education Next, Summer 2005.
“Charter Sabotage,” Washington
Post, 5/4/05.
11/15 Using Economic
Standards as a Normative Standard for Objectives
(Total Pages = 65)
a.
Higher Education
“Hill
Might Cut Student Aid Through Lenders,” Congressional Quarterly on 1985
Reagan higher educational proposals, 2/23/1985. pp.
349-351.
Goodman,
Ellen. “Student Debt Burden Should Be Eased,” The Washington Post,
2/23/1985.
Samuelson,
Robert. “Tighten Up College Aid,” The Washington Post, 2/27/1985
Sears,
David. “Student Aid Cut Backs,” The Washington Post, 5/21/1985.
Ramsay,
Clay. “College Loan Cuts,” The Washington Post, 4/12/1985.
Bowen,
William. “A Lifetime Difference,” Princeton Alumni Weekly, 4/10/1985,
pp. 32-33.
Walden,
Mike. “You Decide: Who Should Pay College Tuition?” 2/13/2002.
Browning,
Edgar and Jacqueline. “Subsidies to Higher Education,” Public
Finance and the Price System, 1994, pp. 160-173.
Sanders,
Jon. “Does Spending on Higher Education Drive Economic Growth?,”
Policy Report,
5/12/2003, No. 181.
Barnes, Fred. “Want to Be a Millionaire,” The Weekly Standard, 6/19/2000.
Glassman,
J. “Why Student Loans Are Unfair,” The Washington Post, 5/30/1995.
“Rules
of the Student Loan Game,” Letters from Moeller, Huff, and Couser, The
Washington
Post.
Kosters,
Marvin. “Introduction,”
Financing College Tuition, 1999.
Leef,
George C. “The Black Hole of Higher Education,” Freedom Daily, August
2000.
b. Libraries
Banfield,
Edward. “Some Alternatives for the Public Library,” in Banfied, ed.,
Urban Government,
1969 ed.
Levy,
Frank, Arnold Meltsner, and Aaron Wildavsky. Urban Outcomes, pp. 167-
172 and 195-212.
“Making
Libraries Relevant,” The Public Interest, Fall 1979, pp. 122-124.
Bauer,
Patricia. “Some Video at the Library Filed Under R,” The Washington
Post, 5/1/1983.
Lipton,
Eric. “Library, Patrons on Different Channels,” The Washington Post,
5/18/1995.
c.
Urban Renewal
Davis,
Otto and Andrew Whinston, “The Economics of Urban Renewal,” in
Kenneth
Elzinga, ed., Economics: A Reader (3rd ed.), Ch. 25. pp. 103-108.
11/22 Critiques of
Microeconomics as Policy Science – Part
A ( pages under 100 but will take some thought)
a. A Critique from the Left
Lindblom,
Charles. “The Market As Prison,” Journal of Politics, 1982.
b. Critiques of Economics,
Consumer Sovereignty, and Relativism
“How
Do You Mean, Fair,” The Economist, 1993.
Schawrtz,
Barry. “The Tyranny of Choice,” The Chronicle of Higher Education,
1/23/2004.
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, Chapter 9.
Bloom,
Allan. “The Closing of the American Mind,” pp. 25-43.
c. The Mentally Ill
Butterfield,
Fox. “Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Inmates Mentally Ill,”
The New York Times,
10/22/2003.
Satel,
Sally. “Treating Insanity Reasonably,” Winter 1995.
Holman,
Virginia. “My Mother Wasn’t Dangerous Enough,” The Washington
Post, 3/24/2002.
Dart,
Justin and others. “Psychiatric Survivors at Mental health Conference
Appeal for Justice,” 1999.
11/29 Critiques of
Microeconomics as a Policy Science – Part B
(Total
Pages = 170)
Frank,
Robert H. Luxury Fever,
(Princeton University Press, New York, 1999),
pp. 1-13, 20-28, 36-55, 68-83, 90-102, 107-115, 121-124,
128-137,
146-154, 159-172, 187-199, 211-231, 251-254, 259-265,
270-
273, 276-279. (Total Pages – appx. 155)
Brooks,
David. “The New Red-Diaper Babies,” The New York Times, 12/7/04.
Presssman, Steven. “Luxury Fever
(Review),” Review of Social Economy,
Sept. 2000, v58 i3, p407.
Kniesner,
Thomas J. “Luxury Fever (Review),” National Tax Journal, June 2001,
v54 i2, p425.
Landsburg,
Steven E. “Everything is Coming Up Roses, Isn’t It?,” Independent
Review, Fall 1999,
v4 i2, p283.
Bioscience
Review, March 2000.
12/6 Critiques of
Microeconomics as Policy Science – Part
C (pages—not too long)
a. Pornography, Violence, and TV
Rhoads.
The Economist’s View of the World, ch. 10.
Brownmiller,
Susan. Against Our Will (1975), pp 392-396.
“Sex
is Their Business,” The Economist, 10/19/2004.
Lehmen,
Daniel. “Violent Films Impact Decried,” The Daily Progress, 7/18/1986.
Lesser,
Wendy. “Review of Clover, Men, Women, and Chain Saws,” The
Washington Post,
5/10/1992.
Suplee,
Curt. “Serial Killers: Frighteningly Close to Normal,” The Washington
Post.
Duggan,
Lisa. “The Dubious Porn War Alliance,’ The Washington Post,
9/1/1985.
Ad
for Bali Bra.
Allen,
Charlotte. “Penthouse Pest: Why Porn Crusader MacKinnon is Right,” The
Washington
Post, 11/28/1993.
“Any
Way You Serve it, it’s Sleaze,” The Washington Post, 7/11/1992.
Prager,
Dennis. “Divinity and Pornography,” The Weekly Standard, 6/14/1999.
Centerwall,
Brandon. “Television and Violent Crime,” The Public Interest, Spring
1993, pp 56-71.
Vedantam,
Shankar. “Study Links TV Viewing, Aggression,” The Washington
Post, 3/29/2002.
Medved,
M. “The New Sound of Music,” The Public Interest, Fall 1992, pp 40-
52.
Rossiter,
C. “My Wicked Songs,” The Washington Post, 7/12/1992, p. C-5.
“Operation
Time Warner,” The American Enterprise, July 1995.
“And
Sex in Latin America,” The Washington Post editorial, 7/27/1986.
Britt,
Donna. “Sex, Courtship, and the Hopes of Today,” The Washington Post,
5/8/1998.
Crittendon,
Danielle. What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us. Excerpt.
b. The Lottery and Gambling
Johns,
Edward. “The Lure of the Lottery,” The Daily Progress, 5/28/1989.
“Lotteries
Win Players with Slick Marketing,” The Washington Post, 5/4/1998.
“When
Government Promotes Gambling,” The Washington Post, 5/30/1998.
c. Religion
Stepp,
Laura Sessions. “An Inspired Strategy: Is Religion a Tonic for Kids,” The
Washington
Post, 3/21/2004.
Staff
writers, “Marital Stability Linked to Church Attendance,” The Daily
Progress,
11/4/1983.
Coleman,
James. “Community Key to School Success,” The Wall Street Journal,
5/18/1989.
“Virtue
by Association,” The Family in America: New Research (1998).
“Gender
Roles and Social Capital,” The Family in America: New Research, May
2004.
Himmelfarb,
Gertrude. “Can Lost Morality be Restored in Modern Societies:
Lesson
from the Victorian England,” American Enterprise, Nov. 1995.
Editorial,
“Religious Clubs in Public Schools? Yes.” The Washington Post,
1/22/1990.
Editorial,
“Religious Meetings in Schools,” The Washington Post, 6/6/1990.
McConnell,
Michael. “Freedom of Religion v. Freedom from Religion,”
American
Enterprise Institute Newsletter, Dec. 1992.
Kinsley,
Michael. “What Bias Against Religion?” The Washington Post,
8/27/1993.
d. Conclusion
Rhoads, The Economist’s View of the World, Ch. 12