Economics for Managers
Kazakh Institute of Management, Economics, and Forecasting
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Fall Semester, 2000
Required reading:
Microeconomics by McConnel and Brue, 11th edition.
Some readings from Mansfield’s text, Managerial Economics (3rd. Ed., pp.291-296), including Chapter 8,
Technological Change and Industrial Innovation.
Also the following news articles:
Corruption destroys people's faith in democracy
Weekday Magazine, 6 September 2000
By Askold KRUSHELNYCKY
Dealing with Russia in a time of troubles
Nov 19th 1998
The Economist
A new map of the world
Jun 22nd 2000
From The Economist
KAZAKH GOVERNMENT PROPOSES CUTTING BUDGET DEFICIT
By Chris Istrati
MICRO-CREDITING OF SMALL AND MID-SIZED BUSINESSES IN UZBEKISTAN
By Alisher Taksanov
KAZAKHSTAN DEVELOPS ECONOMIC SECURITY STRATEGY
By Atai Alymbekov