European Economics 2020
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Documents

Presentations and films
Lesson 1.
Monday 8 June
16h00-109h00


Introduction
True / False answer sheet
True / False questionnaire


Acronyms list
True / False answers
Lesson 2.
Wednesday 10 June
16h00-19h00


How countries manage and mismanage their economies
Acronyms test
Lesson 1 revision
EU Budget. Money in, money out

Macro - budget and deficit
Macro exercise
Macro exercise answers

 
Lesson 3.
Monday 15 June
16h00-19h00

Wealth and Growth

Growth (with Green GDP and HDI)
Research sources
HDI statistics (United Nations Development Programme)
Multidimensional poverty index (Wikipedia)
Gini Index
Macro Revision
Wealth distribution exercise and discussion
Robert F. Kennedy speech on GDP (3m)
USA wealth distribution (Politizane 6m)
The inequalities of wealth distribution: its economic and political consequences

Lesson 4.
Wednesday 17th June
16h00-19h00

Grexit or not?

Greek 10-year bonds
Greek debt %GDP
Who bought the bonds?
IMF makes a profit of 2.5€ bn
Greece for Sale
Germans to run Greek airports
The Greek Debt Crisis: Causes, Management and Possible Solutions

Lesson 5.
Friday 19 June
16h00-19h00

Fiscal policy


Public social spending comparison pdf
World tax comparison
Tax bracket comparison (Wikipedia)
Unemployment benefit comparison pdf
US tax subsidies to industry pdf
Tax revenues OECD
Fiscal policy pdf DR
Monetary and fiscal policy 4m
Lesson 6.
Monday 22 June
16h00-19h00

Crashes and Crises



The 1929 Crash - YouTube (58m)

Flowers to avoid dying of the Great Plague
Pomander
Versailles Orangery
Ring a ring of roses

Economic crises and speculation (DR)
Tulipomania
The 1929 Wall Street Crash (DR)
The NewDeal (DR)
A few thoughts on a post-Covid19 European Union (DR)




Lesson 7.
Wednesday 24th June
16h00-19h00

Fiscal policy presentations



Fiscal policy for ESSCALand (student presentations with evaluation)
Income tax
Corporation tax
VAT
Wealth tax
Fuel duty
Tobacco duty
Alcohol duty
Tax avoidance and evasion

Exam Revision