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Block 1 Materials Joe Sussman	Syllabus - HTML, PDF Grading Allocation - Class Assignments September 5 - handout; practice; overheads September 7 - handout; practice September 10 - practice; overheads
Block 2 Materials Frank Field	Overall Assignments, Readings, and Schedule of Sessions Assigned Readings Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace; Lawrence Lessig; Basic Books, New York, 1999 - Chapters 1-8, 10, Appendix (although I encourage you to read it in its entirety!) Assigned Online Readings in Intellectual Property (as listed in Overall Assignments) Chapter 6 (HTML, PDF) and Chapter 12 (HTML, PDF) of The Kidney Dialysis/Transplant Association Patient Handbook (As listed in Overall Assignments) Assignments September 12 (due Sept 14) - Kidney Assignment (pdf, HTML,), and the Kidney Transplant Candidate Information September 24 (due Sept 26): Architecture Assignment (pdf, HTML) Background Readings Napster/Copyright/Digital Distribution Resource List - Lots of background material for those interested - assigned material can also be found here. To get a taste of the breadth of information, here's a list of all the categories in the index Digital Copyright; Jessica Litman; Prometheus Books; Amherst, NY; 2001 - an in-depth exploration of the process that produces US copyright law today The Illustrated Story of Copyright; Edward Samuels; St. Martin's Press; New York; 2000 - the history of copyright by a proponent of the current system; an examination of the application of copyright as time and technologies change Our American Government; H. Doc. 106-216; US Government Printing Orrice. A quick and dirty source to the workings of the US government; written as a FAQ. (PDF, TEXT) How Our Laws Are Made; Charles W. Johnson (Parliamentarian, US House of Representatives); House Document 106-197; US Government Printing Office. (PDF, TEXT) Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music; John Alderan; Perseus Publishing; Cambridge, MA; 2001 Class Overheads (will change over time!) September 19 materials Draft of September 21 materials Draft of September 24 materials Draft of September 26 materials I have started "blogging" the additions I make to the ever-growing set of WWW links that relate to this part of the class.
Block 3 Materials Joe Sussman	Overall List of Assignments, Readings and Lecture Schedule Lectures September 28 - Policymaking and Implementation; Role of Quantitative Analysis October 1 - Large Civil Systems; The Snake River Case; Cost Benefit Analysis October 3 - Endangered Species Act - Motivation, Process, Implementation and Problems October 10 - Discussion of Advocacy Ethics Readings Sept 28 Lindblom and Woodhouse Ch. 1&2 (handed out Sept. 26^th) Sussman Ch. 10 Susskind pp. 17-20; 56-63 Oct 1 Snake River Summary - http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/lsrfseis/press_kit/summary/draft.pdf * Army Corps EIS Appendix I Executive Summary - http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/lsrfseis/study_kit/appendix_i/es.pdf *** Additional References Stokey and Zeckhauser Ch. 9&10 (quick review of CBA and discounting) * Oct 3 Background Articles ESA Basics http://endangered.fws.gov/pubs/esa%20basics.pdf * ESA the Need for Change http://www.house.gov/resources/105cong/fullcomm/esa_change.htm * History of the ESA http://www.teleport.com/~rot/History.html * Nine Reasons Why the Act Doesn't Work http://www.teleport.com/~rot/Analysis.html#RTFToC14 * Science and the Endangered Species Act ** Oct 10 Additional readings Practice Practice for Sept 24 Practice for Sept 28 October 3 Practice October 10 Practice Assignments 3.1 Snake River Objective Analysis 3.2 Snake River Position Advocacy
Block 4 Materials Dan Hastings	Overall Schedule and Assignments Materials October 12, 2001 - Complexity and Systems Thinking Notes Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 October 15, 2001 - Uncertainty and Risk Assessment Notes: 1 Notes: 2 Practice October 17, 2001 - Space Shuttle Development: Seeds of the Challenger Disaster Notes October 19, 2001 - Game Theory Notes October 22, 2001 - National Missile Defense Slides 1 Slides 2 October 24, 2001 - NMD International Role-Playing Preparation Materials (PDF, HTML) Assignments Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Presentation - ESD.10 Communication Skills October 26th Materials Overheads Readings Practice
Block 5 Materials Ken Oye	For lecture 10/31/2001, handed out 10/26/2001 Olson, Mancur, The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1982, chapter 2, "The Logic," pages 17-35. ** Oye, Kenneth, and James Maxwell, "Self-Interest and Environmental Management," in Keohane, Robert, and Elinor Ostrom, eds,. Local Commons and Global Independence, SAGE Publications, London, 1995, pages 191-221. ** Stigler, George J, "The Theory of Economic Regulation," reprinted from Bell Journal of Economics 2 (1971) pages 2-21. ** Viscusi, W. Kip, John M. Vernon, and Joseph E. Harrington Jr., Economics of Regulation and Antitrust, 3^rd edition, The MIT Press, Cambridge and London, pages 688-697. For lecture 11/2/2001, handed out 10/29/2001** Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons," Science 162 (1968): 1243-48. ** Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990, pages 1-7, 58-102. ** Oye, Kenneth, and James Maxwell, "Self-Interest and Environmental Management," in Keohane, Robert, and Elinor Ostrom, eds,. Local Commons and Global Independence, SAGE Publications, London, 1995. Reread pages 201-204 on the Fowler aquifer. For lecture 11/5/2001, handed out 10/31/2001** Parsons, Edward A., "Protecting the Ozone Layer," in Haas, Peter M., Robert O. Keohane, and Marc A. Levy, eds., Institutions for the Earth, The MIT Press, Cambridge and London, 1993, pages 27-73. ** Oye, Kenneth, and James Maxwell, "Self-Interest and Environmental Management," in Keohane, Robert, and Elinor Ostrom, eds,. Local Commons and Global Independence, SAGE Publications, London, 1995. Reread pages 193-201 on CFCs. For lecture 11/7/2001 Web links to California Air Resources Board: 2001 CARB Almanac Chapter 1 http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac01/chap101.htm * 2001 CARB Almanac Chapter 4, http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/almanac01/pdf/chap42001.pdf, pages 111-119. * Ozone Data Summaries: South Coast AQMD http://www.arb.ca.gov/aqd/ozone/A1DSC.htm * Materials 11/9/2001 - models, writeups, etc. Assignment 5[2] - HTML, PDF Spreadsheet user's guide - HTML, PDF Health effects reading emissions inventory.xls transport model.xls Materials 11/16/2001 - models, writeups, etc. READ ME FIRST!! - Disclaimer & Notes Group Assignments Mexico City Air Quality Policies Model Excel Spreadsheet; file dated Friday, 16-Nov-2001 14:38:12 EST Mexico City Air Quality Policies Model Documentation - PDF, HTML Mexico City Organizations, A Background Paper - PDF, HTML
Block 6 Materials Brian Zuckerman	Organizations November 26 lecture (PDF) November 28 lecture (PDF) December 5 lecture (PDF)