Lectures
You can download my PowerPoint slides below outlining the class lectures. You should print them out. Click on the File menu and click on Print to bring up the Print Dialog Box. Choose handouts under "Print what:" and choose three slides per page. This will give you three slides on the left and space to take notes on the right. If this makes any slides too small, print these out separately in one slide per page format. Also, be sure to choose greyscale at the bottom of the dialog box if you are printing on a color printer to avoid wasting a lot of ink.
 
Introduction: Introduction and Classification of Economic Systems

Assessing Economic Systems

Capitalism:  Introduction and the Role of Prices

Hayek's Information Argument

Hayek's Information Argument (Optional advanced presentation)

Rewards in a Capitalist Economy

Marx's Model of Capitalism

Lenin's Contribution

The U.S. Economy

Planned socialism: Traditional Centrally Planned Economies

The Soviet Economy

Market socialism: Market Socialism and Yugoslavia
Comparisons: Performance of Economic Systems: Part 1

Performance of Economic Systems: Part 2

(Print tables full size so you can read them!)

Transition: Introduction

Russia

China prior to transition

Transition in China

Central Europe: Introduction

    Poland

    Czech Republic

    Hungary

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Maintained by William N. Trumbull. Updated 1/12/03