Curriculum Vitae

I am Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Hood College. I previously had a stint at Wake Forest University.


I have a Ph.D and M.A. in Economics from George Mason University, and a B.A. in Economics from University of Connecticut. Go Huskies!


My research broadly explores the political economy of public goods, innovation & technological growth, and intellectual property using the tools of new institutional economics, public choice, and market process economics.

Teaching | Research

Contact

safner@hood.edu

ECON 385 - International Economic Policy

Summer 2013

Course Syllabus


Lecture Presentations*
Lesson 1: The Economic Way of Thinking
Lesson 2: Cooperation & Exchange
Lesson 3: Supply & Demand
Lesson 4: The Market Process
Lesson 5: Economic Consequences of Government Policy
Lesson 6: Public Choice: The Economics of Government
Lesson 7: Comparative Economic Systems
Lesson 8: Free Trade & Its Discontents
Lesson 9: Business: Production, Capital, & Corporations
Lesson 10: Economic Development
Lesson 11: Foreign Aid
Lesson 12: War & Peace
Lesson 13: Anarchy & Economic Development
Miscellaneous
Copyright Since 1976
How to Write a Research Paper
Handout & Course Summary

* Note: These slides are in .pdf format, as they are Beamer presentations made with LaTeX. Open these in a PDF viewer in a fullscreen view, and they operate like a familiar powerpoint presentation where you can move to the next slide with the arrow keys.