Special Note to Teachers of Microeconomics
Special Note to Students of Microeconomics Who Do Not Have Teachers
Knowledge and Entrepreneurship is a book in progress. It is unfinished and earlier parts are being continually revised. Check the date at the top of the page for the most recent revision. I am developing the book in conjunction with a course in Intermediate Microeconomics at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. It is posted mainly for the convenience of students in that class. The book attempts to integrate the Austrian emphasis on knowledge and entrepreneurship and the traditional subject matter of microeconomics. Principles of microeconomics is a prerequisite for the course at this university. However, I suspect that most of the material that is covered can be handled easily without the prerequisite.
Knowledge and Entrepreneurship is an ongoing project. I am continually revising the manuscript and I need your feedback. Please report unclear passages, send me questions about meaning, help identify typos or grammatical errors, recommend readings, report errors in my descriptions or history. Whatever. I will be grateful and I will make changes to the manuscript as soon as I can. (Oh, one point. I am pretty lousy at drawing graphs and have not tried to draw them to scale.)
When it is finished, I will have copies of the manuscript available in paperback form. If you would like to use this manuscript for the classroom, I will be happy to send you one copy and to authorize a limited number of additional copies to be made. You must send me a check to cover the cost of the original and postage (US$20) and tell me the number of copies you plan to make. Also, I would expect that you and your students would give me some feedback so that I can improve it. For further information, please contact me by Email.
I expect to be teaching from this text every other semester and working on the book until I finish. If you would like to virtually join the class, I will be happy to send you the class schedule. If you submit questions by Email, I will answer them. And I will send you examinations if we have them or assignments of papers, if I assign them. If you would like to get credit through your university, I suppose that your university would have to hire me as a part time teacher or link one of your teachers to me. You will have to ask the appropriate administrator. (The old system of education is changing fast and government-sponsored education is especially conservative; you might have better luck going through a private university.)
J. Patrick Gunning
Please Send Me Your Questions and Especially Your Comments.