Listed in: Economics, as ECON-111
Formerly listed as: ECON-11 | ENST-23
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Jun Ishii (Section 02)
Christopher G. Kingston (Section 03)
Collin B. Raymond (Sections 01 and 06)
Caroline B. Theoharides (Section 04)
Frank H. Westhoff (Section 05)
A study of the central problem of scarcity and of the ways in which the U.S. economic system allocates scarce resources among competing ends and apportions the goods produced among people. Two 80-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week.
Requisite for all other courses in Economics. Limited to 25 Amherst College students fall semester: Professors Ishii, Kingston, Raymond, Theoharides and Westhoff. Limited to 30 Amherst College students spring semester: Professors Baisa, Ishii, Raymond, Singh and Theoharides.
If Overenrolled: Drop students who do not attend the first two classes and admit students from a waiting list.