a. Frank Stilwell, Normative Economics: An Introduction to Microeconomic Theory and Radical Critiques, Chapters II, III, IV. [R]

b. Carl Gerdes, "The Fundamental Contradiction in the Neoclassical Theory of Income Distribution," Review of Radical Political Economy , Summer 1977. [R]

a. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War.

b. John Bellamy Foster, Hannah Holleman, and Robert W. McChesney, "The U.S. Imperial Triangle and Military Spending," Monthly Review, October 2008.

c. David Gold, "How Much Defense Can We Afford?" Challenge Magazine, September - October 2008. [R]

d. Tom Engelhardt,"Going on an Imperial Bender: How the U.S. Garrisons the Planet and Doesn't Even Notice," TomDispatch, September 4, 2008.

e. Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier, "The U.S. Employment Effects of Military and Domestic Spending Priorities," Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, October 2007.

The Three Trillion Dollar War book site:
http://threetrilliondollarwar.org/

Economists for Peace and Security: http://www.epsusa.org/

a. Elliot Sclar, You Don't Always Get What You Pay For.

b.*Mildred Warner and Amir Hefetz, “Privatization and the Market Role of Local Government,” Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper, 2001,

c. P. W. Singer, Joanne J. Myers, "Corporate Warriors: The Privatized Military and Iraq," Carnegie Council, December 1, 2005.

d. Peter W. Singer, "Warriors for Hire in Iraq," Salon.com, April 15, 2004.

e. James Risen, "Electrical Risks at Iraq Bases are Worse Than Said," New York Times, July 18, 2008.

Economic Policy Institute resources on privatization: http://archive.epinet.org/real_media/010111/
materials.html

Reason Public Policy Institute resources on privatization: http://www.privatization.org/

a. Robert Pollin, Mark Brenner, Jeannette Wicks-Lim, and Stephanie Luce, A Measure of Fairness: The Economics of Living Wages and Minimum Wages in the United States.

b. Alan B. Krueger, "Teaching the Minimum Wage in Econ 101 in Light of the New Economics of the Minimum Wage," Economic Education, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Summer 2001).

c. Jeff Thompson and Jeff Chapman, "The economic impact of local living wages," EPI Briefing Paper #170, February 16, 2006.

d. Jeanette Wicks-Lim, "Mandated Wage Floors and the Wage Structure: New Estimates of the Ripple Effects of Minimum Wage Laws," PERI Working Paper No. 116, June 2006.

e. Arindrajit Dube, Dave Graham-Squire, Ken Jacobs and Stephanie Luce, “Wal-Mart: How A Higher Wage Standard Would Impact Wal-Mart Workers and Shoppers,” UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, Research Brief, December 2007.

ACORN Living Wage Resource Center : http://www.livingwagecampaign.org/

Political Economy Research Institute research on living wage programs: http://www.peri.umass.edu/living_wages/

Economic Policy Institute Living Wage issue guide: http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguides
_livingwage _livingwage

UC Berkeley Labor Center:
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/index.shtml

a. Frank Ackerman, Poisoned For Pennies.

b. Nina Totenberg, "High Court Case Tests Power Plants' Water Rules," NPR, December 2, 2008.

c. Ian Angus, "The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons," MRZine, August 25, 2008 and "Once Again: ‘The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons'" November 3, 2008.

Genuine Progress Index: http://www.rprogress.org/projects/gpi/

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Your grade will be based on your performance in the following four areas (with percentage weighting):

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You are expected to attend every class, prepared to participate fully in discussions or exercises; missed classes will affect your grade.

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A thought paper represents your attempt to extend, critically analyze, or concretize a concept, debate, or position presented in the readings, class discussions, or lectures during one of our major sections, with the exception of the section that you are responsible for presenting. Thought papers must be no longer than four typed pages and will be due at the beginning of class, one week after the end of the section you have chosen for commentary. If you miss this deadline you have missed your chance to write on that particular section. Your grade on each paper will be based on the importance of the topic/issue you address and the originality and creativity of your comments; summary of material discussed during the class section, no matter how well done, is not desired and will be poorly rewarded. Additional explanation of thought papers will be offered in class. You must save your original thought papers; you will turn them in at the end of the term as discussed below.

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