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Welcome ... to the module "Gobal Economics"
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Tentative Schedule
No | Date | Unit / contents | Additional Material | Teams & Tasks / Exercises |
1 | Mo, 19 Oct | Section I: Introduction - 10 Principles of
Economics (Mankiw) |
- Welcome
presentation (autorun) |
- 10 Principles
of Economics (Mankiw)
- Teamwork and Presentations: |
2 | Tue, 20 Oct | - Theory of Economic
Systems Introduction to International
Economics (ch. 1: International Economics is Different) |
Links
to the website of the book "International Economics" by T. Pugel |
Mankiw's "Problems
and Applications" (p 51/52) |
3 | Wed, 21 Oct | 2 The Basic Theory Using Demand and Supply | + continued
introduction - Theory of Economic Systems - Hierarchy of goals - "Wall Street" @ Wikipedia |
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4 | Thu, 22 Oct | 3 Why Everybody
Trades: Comparative Advantage |
Joseph E. Stiglitz:
"Globalization
and Its Discontents" |
I Pugel chapter
2 "Demand and Supply" (p 65/66) II Stiglitz:
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5 | Fr, 23 Oct | 3 Why Everybody Trades: Comparative Advantage (cont'd) | PC Lab (18.30
- ~19.30) 3 Why Everybody Trades: Comparative Advantage - excercise |
Preparing "Moscow
Round" - briefly define the following (5 min. presentation in class, ppts will be published here) 1. Uruguay Round (Polina) 2. Washington Consensus (Polina) 3. Doha Round (Alexander) 4. Some issues of you choice from: www.gapminder.org 5. Discuss the concept of PPP (Purchasing Power Parity, i.e. by describing the The Big Mac index and connected theories. (Alexander) You might want to use the World Development Indicators of the World Bank (Quick query) - or other sources. |
6 | Sat, 24 Oct 9.30 |
PC Lab (9.30 - ~10.45) |
Preparing "Moscow
Round" |
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7 | Sat, 24 Oct | "Moscow
Round" |
"Moscow
Round" / Presentation + Discussion |
"Moscow
Round" 1. Industrialized Countries / G7 (Inna) 2. Emerging markets (Polina) 3. Less Developed Countries (AndrejI 4. IMF, World Bank, WTO (Natalia) 5. Critics of Globalization, ATTAC, Stiglitz (Alexander) |
8 | Sat, 24 Oct | 4 Trade: Factor
Availability and Factor Proportions are Key PART THREE - Understanding
Foreign Exchange |
- We are also going to discuss Trade Blocks in general. - You find information on the EU on the webpage of the ECB - learning material and videos. |
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9 | Sat, 24 Oct | Review session:
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Table of Contents in review |
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Sat, 24 Oct | Written exam (60 min.) |
Material:
Links: ->> If you know interesting links, for example an economic glossary or the like, please let me know.
Data Sources:
AULIS, the e-learning-platform of the Hochschule Bremen.