Economics & Society

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Jan 29 2026
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Jan 27 2026
Slides for lecture 3 are available below.

Jan 27 2026
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The key for HW1 is posted.

Jan 22 2026
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Jan 12 2026

Weekly zoom & f2f schedule

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Tue

Wed

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Fri

Sat

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26/1

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29/1

30/1

31/1

1/2

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Lectures
G10, G11, G12

Lectures
G13, G14, G15

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Course Info

Instructor: Kosmas Marinakis, Ph.D.

email: kmarinakis@smu.edu.sg

Office: YPHSL 4-13 Phone: +65 68 261 339

f2f Office Hours: See weekly schedule above

Basic Text: Economics by Acemogly, Laibson and List

Telegram: https://t.me/SMUes2526t2

Class Schedule

Section

Day

Time

Venue

Teaching Support

G10

Wed

12:00

SOA SR 1-2

Elizabeth LIM Ruo Shi

G11

Wed

15:30

SOA SR 1-2

Anton LAM Ngai Wang

G12

Wed

19:00

SOA SR 1-2

Ethan CHAN

G13

Thu

12:00

SOA SR 1-2

Charla Kania PUTRI SANTOSA

G14

Thu

15:30

SOA SR 1-2

Sunny FONG Tsz Hang

G15

Thu

19:00

SOA SR 1-2

Isabel LONG Shi Min

Resources

Lecture playlist

Test & Exam Archive

Test Info

Test Key

Group Project

Exam Info

Exam Key

Course Calendar

Updated in a weekly basis according to course evolution.

Week of

Lec

Topic

Videos

Text Ch.

PS

HW

Jan 12

1

Course Intro | Basics & Prerequisites

1,2,3

Jan 19

2

Consumer Choice & Demand

5

Jan 26

3

Cost, Supply & Competitive Markets

6, 7

Feb 2

4

Monopoly & Market Efficiency

4.4, 4.6

6, 7, 12

HW4

Feb 9

5

Strategic Competition

5.1*, 5.5

14

HW5

Feb 16

6

Market Failure & Intervention

9, 10

HW6

Feb 23

Test prep week – No lecture

Feb 27

Midterm (online from home at 16:00)

Units 1-6

Mar 2

Recess week – No classes

Mar 9

7

Macro Aggregates & Inequality

19, 20

HW7

Mar 16

8

Economic Growth

8.3, 8.4

21, 22

HW8

Mar 23

9

Banking & The Monetary System

24, 25

HW9

Mar 30

10

Short-run GDP fluctuations

23, 26, 27

HW10

Apr 6

11

Labor Market & Trade

11.1, 10.7, 11.2

8, 27, 28

HW11

Apr 13

Exam prep week – No lecture

Apr 27

Final Exam (online on campus at 08:30)

Units 1 – 11

Lecture; Tutorial; External video; Key; New update;

Video segments denoted by (*) must be watched before the lecture