NOTE: ABC = the required textbook for the course, discused in more detail below. Additional optional articles, by topic, can be found by clicking here. If you have any suggestions for articles or podcasts that might be added to this list, please let the professors know.
Date |
Meeting |
Topic |
Assignment |
Readings |
3/25-6 (M/T) |
1 |
Measurement |
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ABC (see "textbook" after this table) chapters 1-3.1, 3.2; 1. Deflation Worries Deepen in China (WSJ 2024.1.12); 2. GDP and fishing (BBC 2020.1.20); listen to 10:13 to 16:27 |
3/27-8 (W/Th) |
2 |
Productivity |
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1. Are We in a Productivity Boom? For Clues, Look to 1994 (NYT 2024.2.21) 2. Can America Turn a Productivity Boomlet Into a Boom? (NYT 2024.2.14); 3. The U.S. Is Turning Away From Its Biggest Scientific Partner at a Precarious Time (WSJ 2023.8.16); 4. The Impact of COVID-19 on productivity (VOX-EU 2021.1.18) |
4/1-2 (M/T) |
3 |
Saving |
|
ABC 4,7,9.2-9.3; The Pandemic Has Created a Class of Super-Savers (Atlantic 2020.9.3) |
4/3-4 (W/Th) |
4 |
Money |
PS 1 Due FRI 4/5 at 5pm (Please see canvas for assignment questions) |
1. Can Bitcoin Be a National Currency? El Salvador is Trying to Find Out (WSJ, 2022.2.16); 2. Monetary Policy in the Digital Age (IMF June 2018); 3. Do You Believe in Monetary Magic? (NYT, 2023.12.17) ; 4. Bankman-Fried’s Life Behind Bars: Crypto Tips and Paying With Fish (WSJ, 2023.11.23) |
4/8-9 (M/T) |
5 |
Unemployment |
|
ABC 3, 12; 1. Deflation Worries Deepen in China (WSJ 2024.1.12); 2. Jobs and Inflation: The Great Trade-Off, Demystified (WSJ 2020.1.1); 3. China Has a New Youth Jobless Rate. Some Economists Are Ignoring It (WSJ 2024.1.19); 4.How Immigrants Are Saving the Economy (NYT 2023.4.13) |
4/10-11 (W/Th) |
6 |
ISLM! |
PS 2 Due FRI 4/12 at 5pm (Please see canvas for assignment questions) |
ABC 12; The Republican Stimulus Could be Bigger than Obama’s (NYT 2018.2.6) |
4/15-16 (M/T) |
7 |
Supply Shocks |
|
ABC 9-11 |
4/17-8 (W/Th) |
8 |
Demand Shocks |
PS 3 Due FRI 4/19 at 5pm (Please see canvas for assignment questions) |
ABC 5, 13; A K-Shaped Recovery, This Time on a Global Scale (NYT 2021.4.6) |
4/22-3 (M/T) |
9 |
Recessions |
|
ABC 5, 13; Want to Understand 2024? Look at 1948. (NYT1 2024.1.24) |
4/24-5 (W/Th) |
10 |
Exchange Rates |
PS 4 Due FRI 4/26 at 5pm (Please see canvas for assignment questions) |
ABC 13.1-13.2 |
4/29-30 (M/T) |
11 |
Open Economy Macro |
|
ABC 5, 13.3-13.4; 1. Developing Countries Brace for Impact from Fed Rate Increases (WSJ, 2022.2.8);
2. How Columbia Sportswear Is Loosening Its Ties to Asia (NYT, 2023.10.24); 3. How West Africa Can Reap More Profit From the Global Chocolate Market (NYT, 2023.9.28) |
5/1-2 (W/Th) |
12 |
Applications |
PS 5 Due FRI 5/3 at 5pm (Please see canvas for assignment questions) |
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5/6-7 (M/T) |
13 |
Applications |
PS 6 Due WED 5/8 at 5pm (Please see canvas for assignment questions) |
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5/8 (Wed) |
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FINAL EXAM 9AM to 12Noon |
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Details to TBA |