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Introduction and the money multiplier via babysitters |
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| 2 |
Germany and Zimbabwe: Monetary policy and the velocity theory of money |
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| 3 |
The IS-LM model |
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| 4 |
Japan, Ireland, and the Great Depression: Applications of the IS-LM model: Fiscal policy and the Great Depression |
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| 5 |
AD-AS and long run adjustment: The connection to inflation |
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| 6 |
Central bank accounting |
Problem set 1 due |
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World through inflation |
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| 8 |
Banking crisis and accounting |
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| 9 |
Theories of nominal exchange rates: Short-run and long-run |
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| 10 |
Fiscal currency crises (GAME: Greece, Argentina, Mexico, and Everyone else) |
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| 11 |
Self-fulfilling currency crises (MIT: Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand) |
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| 12 |
Exchange-rate regimes |
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| 13 |
Capital controls, exchange rate regimes, and unemployment: The unholy trinity |
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| 14 |
US financial crisis |
Debate slides due |
| 15 |
Debate 1: The international role of the dollar |
In-class debate |
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Debate 2: The Euro |
In-class debate |
| 17 |
Introduction to development economics |
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