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課程名稱 |
新聞中的經濟學：個體行為
Economics in the News: Micro Behavior |
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開課學期 |
113-1 |
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授課對象 |
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授課教師 |
王道一 |
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課號 |
ECON2031 |
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課程識別碼 |
303E22090 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期一2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
普103 |
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備註 |
本課程以英語授課。兼通識A56*。。A56*:公民意識與社會分析、數學數位與量化分析領域。可充抵通識
總人數上限：300人
外系人數限制：250人 |
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核心能力關聯 |
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課程概述 |
Class website: https://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~josephw/news_principles_micro_24F.htm
This is an interdisciplinary course combining news media and principles of economics. For students with no prior knowledge in economics, this is a flipped course in which you first watch videos at NTU OCW (https://ocw.aca.ntu.edu.tw/ntu-ocw/ocw/cou/110S109) and then apply principles of economics to news articles assigned. Students majoring in economics may also take this as a capstone course and bring everything they have learned to bear on interesting economic questions found in the news. This course analyzes micro behavior and focuses on microeconomics. |
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課程目標 |
After taking the course, you are expected to:
1. Recall basic principles of microeconomics.
2. Analyze assigned news articles with economic principles.
3. Search for interesting news articles and come up with economic questions about them. |
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課程要求 |
For students with no prior knowledge in economics, this is a flipped course in which you first watch videos at NTU OCW (https://ocw.aca.ntu.edu.tw/ntu-ocw/ocw/cou/110S109) and then apply principles of economics to news articles assigned. Students majoring in economics may also take this as a capstone course and bring everything they have learned to bear on interesting economic questions found in the news. |
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預期每週課前或/與課後學習時數 |
10 |
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Office Hours |
每週一 12:10~13:00 備註： 12:10-1:00pm after class or by email appointment |
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指定閱讀 |
1. News articles assigned.
2. Mankiw, Principles of Economics, 10th ed., Cengage, 2024.
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參考書目 |
3. Bauman and Klein (2010), Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Vol.1: Microeconomics, Hill and Wang. |
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評量方式
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項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
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Weekly Credits |
14% |
Answer in-class quizzes to receive weekly credit (1%/week). |
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Exam-Giving Contest |
6% |
Form groups of 3 to propose exam questions based on news articles you find interesting and provide suggested answers. The winning team gets to see their questions in the actual exam. |
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Midterm Exam |
40% |
10/28 in-class written exam, focusing on Markets in the News. |
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Final Exam |
40% |
12/16 in-class written exam, focusing on Competition in the News.
Note: If you score higher in the final exam, it will count as 70% and the midterm as 10%.
Regrade Policy: Submit requests in writing one week after exams are returned. All regrades will be performed on the entire exam, so your grade may go up or go down. |
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針對學生困難提供學生調整方式 |
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上課形式 |
以錄影輔助 |
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作業繳交方式 |
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考試形式 |
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其他 |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1週 |
9/2 |
Markets in the News of 2017: [Review Ten Principles of Economics (Mankiw, Ch.1)]
1. Taiwan to levy duty on online purchases over NT$2,000 (Taiwan News, 2017/05/24)
2. Busman’s holiday: London’s buses are losing passengers (Economist, 10/19/2017)
3. 尖叫聲 94 分貝！嬤帶5孫租屋 遭投訴迫搬 (TVBS, 2017/10/26)
4. 自費醫療 取消收費天花板 (via NTU Library) (聯合報2017-10-15)
Competition in the News of 2017:
1. Free rides boost Kaohsiung MRT traffic by 10 percent (Taipei Times, 12/2/2017)
2. 高捷冬季免費傳捷報！今尖峰運量增21％、比首日加倍 (自由時報2017-12-04)
3. 超商雙雄對決科技型態店 (via NTU Library) (經濟日報2017/12/10)
4. Student Collusion in Professor J’s Exam Question Contests (in-class event)
5. Chunghwa keeps low-cost 4G plan in blow to peers (Taipei Times, 2017/3/2)
6. 電信低價吃到飽打死不退 NCC：要勇敢 (中央社 2017/12/28)
7. Your Uber Car Creates Congestion. Should You Pay a Fee to Ride? (New York Times, 2017/12/26)
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第2週 |
9/9 |
Markets in the News of 2022: [Review PPF/Gains from Trade (Mankiw, Ch.2-3)]
1. In Russia, They Noticed a Rise in the Price of Bulletproof Vests By Thousands of Percent (gamingdeputy.com, 2022/10/1)
2. In Russia After the Mobilization Soared Prices for Bulletproof Vests (Grupo JBL Times, 2022/10/1)
3. Mandatory Service Key to Bolstering the Military (Taipei Times, 2022/10/10)
4. India Restricts Wheat Flour Exports to Ease Record Local Prices (Guardian, 2022/8/26) |
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第3週 |
9/16 |
Markets in the News of 2021: [Review Supply and Demand (Mankiw, Ch.4)]
1. S. Korean drivers panic buy urea after China tightens supply (Reuters, 2021/11/5)
2. Seoul looking to tap into industrial urea stockpile for diesel cars (Korea Herald, 2021/11/4)
3. China to ship 18,700 tons of urea to South Korea (Korea Herald, 2021/11/10)
4. Taiwan plans to introduce carbon pricing mechanism by 2023 (CNA, 2021/10/13)
5. Notability blinks on charging users more, grandfathers in existing users (2021/11/3)
6. COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan - After first case reported (Wikipedia)
7. Face mask price drops as government weighs in, factories return to work (China Post, 2020/1/31) |
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第4週 |
9/23 |
Markets in the News of 2020: [Review Elasticity (Mankiw, Ch.5)]
1. [投書]YouBike 2.0試辦後，台灣公共自行車要邁向什麼樣的未來? (報導者2020/9/16)
2. 向山旅館再開說明會，邵族人拒出席表達強烈反對 (環境資訊中心2020/10/30)
3. 雲林豬價下跌，張麗善向中央喊話重視養豬產業 (中央社2020-09-22)
4. 學者質疑：政府都說沒影響，幹嘛訂豬價下限 (聯合報2020/9/18)
5. 日本開放美萊豬，進口量不增反降 (自由時報2020/10/27)
6. 7月豬肉進口量暴增1.5倍，農委會：遞延效應 (農傳媒2020/08/12)
7. Overtourism a blessing and curse for Taiwan’s outlying islands (Taiwan News, 2020/08/01) |
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第5週 |
9/30 |
Markets in the News of 2019: [Review Intervening the Market (Mankiw, Ch.6)]
1. 不只物價變貴 非洲豬瘟對中國衝擊全方位 (中央社2019/10/24)
2. 猪价行情提前上涨！四季度活猪价将会突破2016年的历史高点 (猪价格网2019-06-28)
3. 惡性通膨來了？中國10月豬肉價格狂飆近2倍 物價全面上漲 (信傳媒2019/10/31)
4. 中國豬價狂漲 中小學午餐費調漲或換菜 (中央社2019/11/1)
5. Gold sales likely to decline 50% on Dhanteras (India Times, 2019/10/9)
6. Inside Wisconsin’s Disastrous $4.5 Billion Deal With Foxconn (Bloomberg, 2019/2/6) |
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第6週 |
10/7 |
Review Markets and Welfare: Application to Taxation and Trade (Mankiw, Ch.7-9) |
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第7週 |
10/14 |
Markets in the News of 2018: [Review Externalities (Mankiw, Ch.10)]
1. Venezuela raises minimum wage 3,000% and lots of workers get fired (Bloomberg, 2018/09/14)
2. Chinese economy slowing faster than expected, worst yet to come (南華早報, 2018/10/31)
3. Argentina says exports soyoil to China for first time in 3 years (Reuters, 2018/8/28)
4. EU to offer billions of funding for electric battery plants (Financial Times, 2018/10/14)
5. Canada passed a carbon tax that will give most Canadians more money (Guardian, 2018/10/26)
6. Sask. environment minister says Ottawa’s carbon tax change mirrors province’s approach (CBC, 2018/8/1) |
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第8週 |
10/21 |
Markets in the News of 2016: [eview Public Goods and Common Resource (Mankiw, Ch.11)]
1. 風數據》YouBike收費多5元 趕走了哪些人？ (風傳媒2016/7/18)
2. 蔬菜搶收供應量暴增 今菜價跌一成 (蘋果日報2016/9/27)
3. 台大農場畜產品漲價 牛奶、羊奶漲一成多 (蘋果日報2015/09/01)
4. The 58 Billion Hidden Cost of the Flu on the US Economy (CNBC, 2016/10/28)
5. 讀書能多活兩年？耶魯大學發現讀書與長壽之間的聯繫 (端聞2016/08/12)
6. 中國金牌數銳減變「小三」 原因竟是... (蘋果日報2016/8/17) |
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第9週 |
10/28 |
Midterm Exam |
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第10週 |
11/4 |
Competition in the News of 2022: [Review Cost of Production (Mankiw, Ch.13)]
1. How Will America Deal with Three Way Nuclear Deterrence (Economist, 2022/11/29)
2. How disappointed Taylor Swift fans explain Ticketmaster’s monopoly (Vox, 022/11/21)
3. South Korea’s Education Success Faltering (Blumberg, Taipei Times, 2022/11/15)
4. The Guilt of a South Korean Cram School Mogul (Korea Hereld, 2017/09/09)
5. Why Workers Just Won’t Stop Quitting (BBC, 2022/08/19) |
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第11週 |
11/11 |
Competition in the News of 2021: [Review Competitive Markets (Mankiw, Ch.14)]
1. Q3’21 Was a Record Quarter for Foldable Smartphones, Samsung Enjoys a 93% Share per DSCC Report (DSCC press release, 2020/12/31)
2. 台灣大哥大併台灣之星開啟電信新時代，業者分析：低價吃到飽將消失 (中央社 2022/1/3)
3. 上一篇文章談到找工作刷題的問題... (洪士灝臉書2021/12/29)
4. The Presidential Election of National iDaiwan University Revisited
5. Walmart Draws Anger In China Over Xinjiang (Wall Street Journal, 2021/12/28) |
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第12週 |
11/18 |
Competition in the News of 2020: [Review Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition (Mankiw, Ch.15, 16)]
1. National health insurance premium rate raised to 5.17% (CNA, 2020/12/31)
2. The Pandemic Is a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game (New York Times, 2020/12/20)
3. Giga-Sweatshop Meets Corporate Overlords: An Exclusive Look Into How Tesla China Runs its Shanghai Gigafactory 3 (Pingwest.com, 2020/9/16) |
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第13週 |
11/25 |
Competition in the News of 2019: [Review Oligopoly (Mankiw, Ch.17)
1. What has gone wrong at MotherCare? (BBC, 2018/11/5)
2. Why airlines are rushing to add premium economy seats: Revenue from upgraded meals and wider seats rivals business class for profits (Financial Times, 2019/11/29)
3. 深度評論：台灣薪資停滯的成因與解方 (蘋果日報2019/12/17)
4. 破2000元的5G資費，你會埋單嗎？用囚徒困境，看懂為何台灣5G標金會飆破天價 (商業週刊2019/12/30)
5. 5G競價規則出爐！3.5GHz頻段27區段底價9億元，需求超過27加價3% (風傳媒2019/10/16) |
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第14週 |
12/2 |
Competition in the News of 2018: [Review Factor Markets, Earnings and Discrimination (Mankiw, Ch.18, 19)
1. 主計總處透露高薪密碼：考研究所/進大公司/考台電 (經濟日報, 12/30/2018)
2. Pacific trade pact takes off with tariffs cut in six nations (Reuters, 2018/12/29)
3. Kery 買 Tesla 昂貴電動車的祕技：開 Uber (癮科技2018/12/26)
4. The Presidential Election of National iDaiwan University
5. 台大校長遴選2關3輪投票，不是小學生選班長 (聯合報1/31/2018) |
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第15週 |
12/9 |
Competition in the News of 2016: [Review Frontiers of Economics (Mankiw, Ch.22)]
1. The Taiwanese see themselves as Taiwanese, not as Chinese (Washington Post, 1/2/2017)
2. Shipping Alliances Shore Up Industry, Unsettle Customers (WSJ, 1/3/2017)
3. Ex-Google employee alleges unequal pay (USA TODAY, 7/21/2015)
4. Tech firms shell out to hire and hoard talent (Economist, 11/5/2016) |
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第16週 |
12/16 |
Final Exam |
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