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AP ECONOMICS UNIT III
MicroEconomics
UNIT OF STUDY READINGS FROM BRUE/McCONNELL OTHER SOURCES AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS UNIT TEST DATE
Consumer Choice
(8-12% of the AP Exam; 5-10 Days)
A. Consumer Choice
1. Elasticity
2. Marginal Utility
B. Market Failures
1. Public Goods
2. Distribution of Income
3. Externalities
C.. Government Response
1. Ceilings and Floors
2. Taxes and Subsidies
Chapter 4
Elasticity and Utility

(PowerPoint)

Chapter 11, pp. 252-254
Marginal Utility

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Chapter 5
Market Failures

(PowerPoint)

The Worldly Philosophers
- Heilbroner
*Chapter VI*
The Inexorable System of Karl Marx
 

The Nirvana Wars

The Economics of Sharing

Greed is Bad Business

Economics U$A #21

Economics U$A #26

 

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HOMEWORK DUE

  • study guide chapter 4, pp. 33-43
  • study guide chapter 5, pp. 45-56
  • study guide chapter 11 Handout Packet