International Economics (Econ 390, Spring 2011)
Syllabus
- Syllabus
Links for supplemental readings/videos
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Introduction (1/25/2012)
- Krugman Ch. 1, Krugman Ch. 2
- Subjective Value
- Broken Window Fallacy
- Riccardian Model (Comparative Advantage) (1/30/2012)
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Internal EoS (Exports, Dumping, Outsourcing) (2/10/2012)
- Krugman Ch. 8
- Herbert Dow and Predatory Pricing
- How many jobs are onshorable?
- Offshoring (doesn't stream... download & watch)
- Immigration 1 (2/13/2012)
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Immigration 2 (2/15/2012)
- What Part of Legal Immigration Don’t You Understand?
- Jason Riley assails myths of immigration
- Immigration Policy: Overview (not required for quiz)
- Immigration Restrictions: A Solution in Search of a Problem (not required for quiz)
- Sweatshops / Child Labor (2/17/2012)
- Trade Policy (Tariffs, Subsidies, VERs) (2/20/2012)
- Free Trade (2/22/2012)
- Trade in Developing Countries (2/27/2012)
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Balance of Payments (3/2/2012)
- Krugman Ch. 13
- The Balance of Trade (Bastiat Ch. I.6)
- Why we needn't fear the trade deficit
- Radical Ideas Ia (4/16/2012)
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Radical Ideas Ib (4/18/2012)
- The Haves and the Have-Nots
- 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes (added after syllabus distribution)
- Radical Ideas II (4/20/2012)
Lectures
- Class Mechanics (1/23/2011)
- Introduction, World Trade (1/25/2012)
- Ricardian Model (1/30/2012)
- Specific Factors Model (2/1/2012)
- Heckscher-Ohlin Model (2/3/2012)
- Standard Trade Model (2/6/2012)
- External Economies of Scale (2/8/2012)
- Internal Economics of Scale (2/10/2012)
- Immigration (2/13/2012)
- Sweatshops / Child Labor (2/20/2012)
- Trade Policy (Tariffs, Subsidies, VERs) (2/22/2012)
- Free Trade (2/24/2012)
- Trade in Developing Countries (2/27/2012)
- Trade Policy Controversies (2/29/2012)
- Balance of Payments (3/2/2012)
- Crash Course in Money (3/19/2012)
- Foreign Exchange (3/21/2012)
- International Financial System (4/2/2012)
- IS/LM & Mundell-Fleming (4/9/2012)
- International Banking Crises (4/16/2012)
- Historical Monetary Systems (4/18/2012)
- Radical Ideas 1 (4/25/2012)
- Radical Ideas 2 (4/27/2012)
- Development: The Elusive Quest for Growth (5/4/2012)
Class Notes
- Introduction, World Trade (1/25/2012)
- Ricardian Model (1/30/2012)
- Specific Factors Model (2/1/2012)
- Heckscher-Ohlin Model (2/3/2012)
- Standard Trade Model (2/6/2012)
- External Economies of Scale (2/8/2012)
- Internal Economies of Scale (2/10/2012)
- Immigration (2/13/2012)
- Sweatshops / Child Labor (2/20/2012)
- Trade Policy (Tariffs, Subsidies, VERs) (2/22/2012)
- Free Trade (2/24/2012)
- Trade in Developing Countries (2/27/2012)
- Trade Policy Controversies (2/291/2012)
- Balance of Payments (3/2/2012)
- Crash Course in Money (3/19/2012)
- Foreign Exchange (3/21/2012)
- International Financial System (4/2/2012)
- IS/LM & Mundell-Fleming (page 1) (4/9/2012)
- IS/LM & Mundell-Fleming (page 2) (4/9/2012)
- International Banking Crises (4/16/2012)
- Historical Monetary Systems (4/18/2012)
- Radical Ideas 1 (4/25/2012)
- Radical Ideas 2 (4/27/2012)
- Development: The Elusive Quest for Growth (5/4/2012)
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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