Applied Macro- and International Economics

Calendar

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