Work, wellbeing, and scarcity I

Readings due before class on Thursday, September 19, 2019

Required

• Introduction and 4.1-4.12 in Economy, Society, and Public PolicyThe CORE Team, Economy, Society, and Public Policy, 2019, https://www.core-econ.org/espp/.
  
  
• Chapters 2 and 6 in Naked EconomicsCharles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, 3rd ed. (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019).
  
  
• Anuschka de Rohan, “Why dolphins are deep thinkers”, The Guardian, July 2, 2003 (first 3 paragraphs only)
• Charles Duhigg, “Warning: Habits May Be Good for You,” New York Times, July 13, 2008
• Randall Munroe, “Cost of Pennies”
• Randall Munroe, “Working”
• Planet Money, “Why We Work So Much,” episode 641, July 24, 2015