International Economics (Econ 390, Fall 2011)
IMPORTANT: Schedule Change
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The following quizzes are moved to the following dates:
- Development 3 (12/9/2011) - The Elusive Quest for Growth by William Easterly, Ch. 11-14
Syllabus
- Syllabus
Links for supplemental readings/videos
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Introduction, World Trade (8/31/2011)
- Krugman Ch. 1, Krugman Ch. 2
- Subjective Value
- Broken Window Fallacy
- Riccardian Model (Comparative Advantage) (9/2/2011)
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Internal EoS (Exports, Dumping, Outsourcing) (9/16/2011)
- Krugman Ch. 8
- Herbert Dow and Predatory Pricing
- How many jobs are onshorable?
- Offshoring (doesn't stream... download & watch)
- Immigration 1 (9/28/2011)
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Immigration 2 (9/30/2011)
- What Part of Legal Immigration Don’t You Understand?
- Jason Riley assails myths of immigration
- Immigration Policy: Overview (not required for quiz, added after syllabus distribution)
- Immigration Restrictions: A Solution in Search of a Problem (not required for quiz)
- Sweatshops / Child Labor (10/3/2011)
- Trade Policy (Tariffs, Subsidies, VERs) (10/5/2011)
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Free Trade (10/7/2011)
- Krugman Ch. 10
- Free Trade v. Protectionism (added after syllabus distribution)
- The Case for Free Trade
- Free Trade and the Steel Industry
- A Negative Railroad (Bastiat Ch. I.17) (added after syllabus distribution)
- What Should Be a Culture of Enterprise in an Age of Globalization
- Trade in Developing Countries (10/11/2011)
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Balance of Payments (10/14/2011)
- Krugman Ch. 13
- The Balance of Trade (Bastiat Ch. I.6)
- Why we needn't fear the trade deficit
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Radical Ideas I (11/28/2011) (divided into 2 quizzes)
- The Cellphone Revolution in Kenya
- Everyone Needs a Safe Place to Save
- How ideas trump crises
- The Haves and the Have-Nots (added after syllabus distribution)
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Radical Ideas II (11/30/2011) (divided into 2 quizzes)
- Charter Cities
- Caplan's take on Charter Cities (added after syllabus distribution)
- Seasteading
Lectures
- Class Mechanics (8/29/2011)
- Introduction, World Trade (8/31/2011)
- Ricardian Model (9/2/2011)
- Specific Factors Model (9/12/2011)
- Heckscher-Ohlin Model (9/14/2011)
- Standard Trade Model (9/19/2011)
- External Economies of Scale (9/19/2011)
- Internal Economics of Scale (9/28/2011)
- Immigration (10/3/2011)
- Sweatshops / Child Labor (10/7/2011)
- Trade Policy (Tariffs, Subsidies, VERs) (10/11/2011)
- Free Trade (10/14/2011)
- Trade in Developing Countries (10/19/2011)
- Trade Policy Controversies (10/21/2011)
- Crash Course in Money (10/28/2011)
- Foreign Exchange (10/31/2011)
- Balance of Payments (11/2/2011)
- International Financial System (11/4/2011)
- IS/LM & Mundell-Fleming (11/7/2011)
- International Banking Crises (11/9/2011)
- Historical Monetary Systems (11/11/2011)
- Radical Ideas 1 (11/28/2011)
- Radical Ideas 2 (12/7/2011)
- Development: The Elusive Quest for Growth (12/9/2011)
Class Notes
- Introduction, World Trade (8/31/2011)
- Ricardian Model (9/2/2011)
- Specific Factors Model (9/12/2011)
- Heckscher-Ohlin Model (9/14/2011)
- Standard Trade Model (9/19/2011)
- External Economies of Scale (9/21/2011)
- Internal Economies of Scale (9/28/2011)
- Immigration (10/3/2011)
- Sweatshops / Child Labor (10/7/2011)
- Trade Policy (Tariffs, Subsidies, VERs) (10/11/2011)
- Free Trade (10/14/2011)
- Trade in Developing Countries (10/19/2011)
- Trade Policy Controversies (10/21/2011)
- Crash Course in Money (10/28/2011)
- Foreign Exchange (10/31/2011)
- Balance of Payments (11/2/2011)
- International Financial System (11/4/2011)
- IS/LM & Mundell-Fleming (page 1) (11/7/2011)
- IS/LM & Mundell-Fleming (page 2) (11/7/2011)
- International Banking Crises (11/9/2011)
- Historical Monetary Systems (11/11/2011)
- Radical Ideas 1 (11/28/2011)
- Radical Ideas 2 (12/5/2011)
- Development: The Elusive Quest for Growth (12/9/2011)
Other stuff
- Economic Sophisms by Frederic Bastiat
- Cafe Hayek (a blog by Don Boudreaux and Russ Roberts)
- Paul Krugman poem (parody of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven")
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