Social interactions and economic outcomes

Readings due before class on Thursday, September 5, 2019

Required

Important: The PDFs of the individual chapters are posted on iCollege.

• Introduction and 2.1-2.12 in Economy, Society, and Public PolicyThe CORE Team, Economy, Society, and Public Policy, 2019, https://www.core-econ.org/espp/.
  
  
• Play through “The Evolution of Trust” by Nicky Case
• Radiolab, “One Good Deed Deserves Another,” part 3 in “The Good Show,” season 9, episode 1
• Radiolab, “The Golden Rule,” part 1 in “What’s Left When You’re Right?,” season 12, episode 6
• Golden Balls Split or Steal video clip (watch after listening to “The Golden Rule”)
• Another Golden Balls Split or Steal video clip
• Chapter 2 in Frederick W. Mayer, Narrative Politics: Stories and Collective ActionFrederick W. Mayer, Narrative Politics: Stories and Collective Action (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).