Links to articles and videos (for interested parties, not required for the course):

• Jon Stewart on the state of the economy (for fun).
• The Stand-up Economist explains Mankiw's ten principles (for fun).
• Nash Equilibrium in Split or Steal (Game Theory ensues - for fun).
  

• "How I work." -- Krugman on how he approaches economic questions.
• "Why I'm an Economist (Sigh)" -- Krugman on why to study economics instead of history or other social sciences.
• "Incidents from my career" -- Krugman's autobiography (long but interesting).
• "The Ice Age Cometh" -- Krugman thinking about financial crises; this constitutes some of his Nobel work.

• Consumer Behavior and utility
  
  • _____, "The benevolence of self-interest," The Economist, December 12, 1998, 80.
  • Robert H. Frank, "Economic Scene: Of Hockey Players and Housing Prices," The New York Times, October 27, 2005, C2.
• Applications of Consumer Theory
  
  • Virginia Postrel, "Economic Scene: Research Changes Ideas About Children and Work," The New York Times, July 14, 2005, C2.
  • _____, "Full steam ahead into the dark," The Economist, June 18, 2005, 33.
• Theory of the Firm
  
  • Alan B. Kruger, "Economic Scene: What's the most cost-effective way to encourage people to turn out to vote?" The New York Times, October 14, 2004, C2.
• Theory of the Firm Under Perfect Competition
  
  • Micheline Maynard, "Costs Put Delta in the Cross Hairs of Crisis," The New York Times, June 4, 2004, C1, C6.
  • David Gonzalez, "A Coffee Crisis' Devastating Domino Effect in Nicaragua," The New York Times, August 29, 2001, A3.
  • Hal Varian, "Economic Scene: Why Old Media and Tom Cruise Should Worry About Cheaper Technology," The New York Times, October 19, 2006, C3.
• Equilibrium Under Perfect Competition
  
  • Robert H. Frank, "Economic Scene: A Sensible Solution to Thin Traffic, and One for Easing Concerns About Fairness," The New York Times, May 10, 2007, C3.
  • David Leonhardt, "A Time for Some Well-Placed Greed," The New York Times, October 3, 2005, C3.