Econonomics 311:  The Supply Side

Lecture slides

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Useful:  

• • CORE Economics, Chapter 6.4-6.10:  The firm: Owners, managers, and employees

  • CORE Economics, Chapter 9.1-9.6:  The labour market: Wages, profits, and unemployment

  • "How Waning Competition Deepens Labor’s Plight," The New York Times, Eduardo Porter, November 1, 2016.   How imperfect competition reduces wages.  

For Amusement:

• • John Oliver on how rising concentration in the US economy (September 25, 2017) - This is funny, but EXTREMELY relevant to this lecture material

  • The Onion:  "Study Finds that Working at Work Improves Productivity"