Principles of Economics
Economics 108
Department
of Economics, University of Rochester
Fall, 2000
Professor
Alan C. Stockman
Last updated October 4, 2000
INTERNET ASSIGNMENTS for Chapter
7:
(1) Read and be prepared to
discuss: My
Personal Trade Deficit (Steven
E. Landsburg in Slate)
(2) Go to Iowa
Electronic Markets, and explain how the markets work, with an example.
Also go to the Foresight
Exchange (click on "Claims"
under Open Services to see what you can bet on) , and explain how the markets
work, with an example.
(3) Learn to read the stock market pages in the newspaper at
Reading a Stock
Table
(4) Go to the Global
Grocery List , then look at the prices and explain how the price data at this
site relate to the economics in Chapter 7.