Economics & Society

Announcements

The key for homework 4 is available below.
The key for practice set 5 is also available.

Sep 18 2024
Slides 5 are available. Livestream Thursday at 21:00.

Sep 17 2024
Homework 4 is available below.

Sep 12 2024
The key for homework 3 is available below.
The key for practice set 4 is also available.

Sep 11 2024
Slides 4 are up. Livestream on Thursday at 21:00.

Sep 10 2024
Homework 3 is available below.

Sep 05 2024
The key for homework 2 is available below.
The key for practice set 3 is also available.

Sep 04 2024
Slides for lecture 3 are available below. This week the livestream will be on Thursday at 21:00.

Sep 02 2024
Homework 2 is available below.
The key for Practice Set 2 is also available.

Aug 29 2024
The key for homework 1 is available below (click on next to HW1).

Aug 28 2024
Slides for f2f lecture 2 are available below.
The weekly schedule is updated with livestream 2.

Aug 27 2024
Homework 1 is available below at the “Course Calendar” section.
Press on the icon for the key for the Practice Set 1.

Aug 22 2024
Slides for lecture 1 are now available for download in pdf.
You will find them scrolling down at the “Course Calendar”.

Aug 20 2024
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Aug 16 2024

Weekly zoom & f2f schedule

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

16/9

17/9

18/9

19/9

20/9

21/9

22/9

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Lecture
G10 – G11

Lecture
G12 – G13

Livestream
at 21:00
(Q&A to follow)

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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/SMUes24t1

Class Schedule

Section

Day

Time

Venue

Teaching Support

G10

Wed

12:00

SOSS/CIS CR 3-2

HAN Jin Guang

G11

Wed

15:30

SOSS/CIS CR 3-2

Heidi LIM She Anne

G12

Thu

12:00

SOSS/CIS CR 3-2

Ethan CHAN

G13

Thu

15:30

SOSS/CIS CR 3-2

Megan GOH

Senior Teaching Assistant: DU Xinyi

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

Aug 19

1

Course Pres.| Basics & Prerequisites

1,2,3

Aug 26

2

Consumer Choice & Demand

5

Sep 2

3

Cost, Supply & Competitive Markets

6, 7

Sep 9

4

Monopoly & Market Efficiency

4.4, 4.6

6, 7, 12

Sep 16

5

Strategic Competition

5.1*, 5.5

14

HW5

Sep 23

6

Market Failure & Intervention

9, 10

HW6

Sep 30

Test prep week – No lecture

Oct 4

Midterm (online from home at 16:00)

Units 1-6

Oct 7

Recess week – No classes

Oct 14

7

Macro Aggregates & Inequality

19, 20

HW7

Oct 21

8

Economic Growth

8.3, 8.4

21, 22

HW8

Oct 28

9

Banking & The Monetary System

9.5

24, 25

HW9

Nov 4

10

Short-run GDP fluctuations

23, 26, 27

HW10

Nov 11

11

Labor Market & Trade

11.1, 10.7, 11.2

8, 27, 28

HW11

Nov 18

Exam prep week – No lecture

Nov 25

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