This quarter we are reading Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen Students must attend seven of the planned nine sections to receive credit for the seminar.
| 1/14 - 1/16 | no reading |
| 1/21 - 1/23 | Chapters 1-2 |
| 1/28 - 1/29 | Chapters 3-4 |
| 2/4 - 2/6 | Chapters 5-6 |
| 2/11 - 2/13 | Chapters 7-8 |
| 2/18 - 2/20 | Chapters 9-10 |
| 2/25 - 2/27 | Chapters 11-12 |
| 3/4 - 3/6 | no reading |
| 3/11 - 3/13 | no reading |