Mathematical -
[time and location] with D. 'Tony' Sun (dsun2019@hotmail.com)
[semester if any] | [Syllabus.PDF] | [---anything-else---]
[semester if any] | [Syllabus.PDF] | [---anything-else---]
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Primary References
Chiang, A. C. and Wainwright, K. (2004). Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics (4th Edition). McGraw Hill.
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Week 1 (__time date__)
[Recordings of ...]
- [.pdf]
.. foundation of modern economic thought
in terms of and describing modern capitalism (Smith, 1766/1768)
...with an underlying theme upon the contemporary issue of "heavy hand of totalitarian control and state capitalism"
Reading:
"20th-Century Political Economy" (Sachs, 1999)
Shermer, M. (April 7, 2025). "Why Tariffs Decrease the Wealth of Nations." Skeptic. (mercantilism [of profitable trading and commercialism] that nations compete for a fixed amount of wealth in a zero-sum game; by this, in order for a nation to become wealthy, its government must run the economy from the top down through strict regulation of foreign and domestic trade, enforced monopolies, etc.) |
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