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Documents
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Presentations
and films
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Lesson
1.
Friday 8th June
13h30-16h30
Room 808
Introduction |
True / False
questionnaire
Acronyms list
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True / False answers
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Lesson
2.
Monday 11th June
09h00-12h00
Room 808
How countries manage and
mismanage their economies
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Acronyms test
EU
Budget. Money in, money out
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Macro - budget and deficit
Macro exercise
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Lesson
3.
Monday 11th June
13h30-16h30
Room 808
Grexit or not?
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Greek 10-year bonds
Greek debt %GDP
Who bought the bonds?
IMF makes a profit of 2.5€ bn
Where did the bailout money go?
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Macro Revision
Failed austerity in Europe - the way out (2m)
The Greek Debt Crisis: Causes, Management and Possible Solutions
Greece for Sale
Germans to run Greek airports
Greek islands for sale
Greek pensioners
Greek poverty
Bailout 2017
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Lesson
4.
Tuesday 12th June
09h00-12h00
Room 808
Wealth and Growth
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Growth (with Green GDP and HDI)
Research sources
HDI statistics (United Nations Development Programme)
Multidimensional poverty index (Wikipedia)
Gini Index
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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
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Lesson 5.
Tuesday 12th June
13h30-16h30
Room 808
Fiscal Policy
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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
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Fiscal policy pdf DR
Monetary and fiscal policy 4m
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Lesson
6.
Friday 15th June
09h00-12h00
Room 808
Fiscal policy presentations
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Fiscal policy for ESSCALand (student presentations with evaluation)
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Income tax
Corporation tax
VAT
Wealth tax
Fuel duty
Tobacco duty
Alcohol duty
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Lesson
7.
Thursday 21st June
13h30-16h30
Room C111
Agriculture and Food Security
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The Meatrix (corporate control of
agriculture based on The Matrix)
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World
Food Security (pdf DR)
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Lesson
8.
Friday 22nd June.
09h00-12h00
Room C111
Crashes and Crises
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The 1929 Crash - YouTube
(58m)
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Economic crises and
speculation (DR)
Tulipomania
The 1929 Wall Street
Crash (DR)
The
NewDeal (DR) |