Governments and institutions

Readings due before class on Thursday, November 7, 2019

Required

• Introduction and 12.1-12.14 in Economy, Society, and Public PolicyThe CORE Team, Economy, Society, and Public Policy, 2019, https://www.core-econ.org/espp/.
  
  
• Chapters 3, 4, and 8 in Naked EconomicsCharles Wheelan, Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, 3rd ed. (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019).
  
  
• The Uncertain Hour, “The Peanut Butter Grandma goes to Washington,” season 2, episode 1
• The Uncertain Hour, “The Peanut Butter Wars,” season 2, episode 2
• The Uncertain Hour, “The Peanut Butter Verdict,” season 2, episode 3
• Planet Money, “A Former Lobbyist Tells All,” Episode 341, January 27, 2012
• LSE Research: Washington’s Revolving Door
• John Sides, “A new experiment shows how money buys access to Congress,” The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, March 11, 2014