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Documents
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Presentations
and films
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Lesson
1.
Thursday 10 June
08h00-11h00
Introduction |
True / False answer sheet
True / False
questionnaire
Acronyms list
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True / False answers
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Lesson
2.
Tuesday 15 June
08h00-11h00
How countries manage and
mismanage their economies
Presentation / Question: Zhaoming
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Lesson 1 revision
Fiscal presentations subjects
EU
Budget. Money in, money out
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Macro - budget and deficit
Macro exercise
Macro exercise answers
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Lesson
3.
Saturday 19 June
08h00-11h00
Wealth and Growth
Presentation / Question: Violette
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National macro data. Please prepare the data from your country before the lessons starts (at 9h30). See 'Links / data sources to find the information you need (sometimes difficult for HK / China)
Interest Rate (10Y Bonds)
Unemployment Rate
Growth Rate
Inflation Rate
National Deficit
National Debt
Tax burden
HDI statistics (United Nations Development Programme)
Multidimensional poverty index (Wikipedia)
Gini Index
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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
Growth (with Green GDP and HDI)
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Lesson
4.
Monday 28 June
11h00-14h00
Constructing the EU
Presentation / Question: Nicolas
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2. EU Members
5. Supranational
European bodies (picture)
6. Supranational European bodies
(key)
7. Quiz EU Member countries
The
future size of the EU / EEA
How to control cows - my fan club :-)
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1.
A history of empires (from 3000BC)
3. How to Join the EU (EU in Turkey. 2m)
4. European
Enlargement (film from
the IIEA)
Question. Nationalism in Europe
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Lesson 5.
Tuesday 29 June
08h00-11h00
Fiscal policy
Presentation / Question: Gilles
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Fiscal policy for ESSCALand (student presentations with evaluation)
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 |
Lesson
6.
Monday 05 July
11h00-14h00
Joining the EU and the Future of Europe
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The
Copenhagen criteria
Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries
EU European
Neighbourhood states
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Epistemology (pdf DR)
Turkey and
the EU (pdf DR)
Turkey and EU immigration
Introduction to the Armenian genocide (14m. Facing history and ourselves)
French genocide - book
French genocide - film (English subtitles available) 19m
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Lesson
7.
Tuesday 6 July
08h00-11h00
The Brexit
Presentation / Question: Nathan
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Orla Rose - Income Tax
France's veto of UK EEC entry
We Want our Money Back (Thatcher)
The UK rebate
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Brexit update (humour)
Brexit timetable
Brexit pdf (Rees)
Brexit and the Irish border
Brexit fishing map
Scottish independence
Brexit and Airbus
Brexit and Airbus. Stats
Brexit and car sales
Brexit and UK - EU trade
UK non-EU trade
Post-Brexit trade
Pound sterling to US dollar
Pound sterling to Euro
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Lesson 8.
Wednesday 7 July
08h00-11h00
Fiscal policy presentations
Presentation / Question: Vincent |
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Income tax. Orla Rose
Corporation tax. Chung Ying Mandy
VAT. Nicolas
Inheritance Tax Gilles
Financial Transfer Tax (Tobin Tax). Léonard
Fuel duty. Elodie
Tobacco duty. Nathan
Alcohol duty. Violette
Tax avoidance. Zhaoming
Tax Evasion. Alexandre
Local Taxes. James
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Lesson 9.
Thursday 8 July
08h00-11h00
The Greek Crisis
Presentation / Question:: Elodie |
Greek 10-year bonds
Greek debt %GDP
Who bought the bonds?
IMF makes a profit of 2.5€ bn |
Wealth tax. Vincent
Greece for Sale
Germans to run Greek airports
The Greek Debt Crisis: Causes, Management and Possible Solutions |
Lesson 10
Monday 12 July
11h00-14h00
EU Trade Agreements
Presentation / Question: James |
ISDS
Many Trade Agreements include an ISDS. This is strongly criticised by many NGOs.
1. What is ISDS?
2. ISDS in Australia / US Trade Agreement
3. ISDS Case Studies .
Choose one
case study (or find another one) and do some research.
James: Bitcoin and crypto currencies
Maine et Loire. La Muse |
EU Trade Policy
EU Commission. DG Trade
EU Trade Statistics
EU Trade Policy video (European Commission)
EU Trade Agreements map
EU Trade
negotiations. Scroll down and find 'Agreements in Focus'. Choose one trade deal and take notes.
Scroll down and find 'Current State of Play'. Choose one country and open the document link.
Acces2Markets Import / Export help video
Global Trade Agreements (TedTalks)
EU - MERCOSUR Trade Agreement
EU Mercosur trade agreement agreed by the EU Commission
EU Mercosur trade agreement and agriculture (EuroNews)
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Lesson 11
Tuesday 13 July
08h00-11h00
Lobbying in the EU
Presentation / Question: Chung Ying Mandy |
Lobbying Transparency Register (European
Commission)
BEUC
Fleishman Hillard
Grayling
Hill and Knowlton
Direct and indirect lobbying: Danone
Biggest
lobbyists in Brussels
Philip Morris
in Brussels
Student case studies
2019
Danone
Facebook
Google
Oxfam
Sanofi
Scania
Tesla
Wikipedia
2018
Coca Cola
E-privacy
Europeche
Google
Mercosur
Monsanto
Volkswagen |
Billy wants a
dog (flv)
(US)
Lobbyists
(flv) (US)
What does
a lobbyist do? (flv) (Germany)
Lobbying
presentation (pdf)
Regional fund recipients
CAP recipients |
Lesson 12
Saturday 17 July
11h00-14h00
The Common Agriculture Policy
Presentation / Question: Alexandre
What ethics for Artificial Intelligence? |
CAP pdf. (EU
Commission)
Farm Subsidies (farmsubsidy.org)
Agricultural
import duties
US food
subsidies |
1. Introduction
to CAP (video)
2. CAP
(pdf DR)
3. Farm Subsidies film (farmsubsidy.org)
4. MacDonalds
and food industrialisation
5. Feedlots
6. EU-MERCOSUR agreement signed
7. EU-MERCOSUR trade agreement (Fern 25)
8. EU-Mercosur trade agreement and EU agriculture
9. MERCOSUR trade agreement and European Beef
10. The Meatrix
(video)
11. Questions (in your presentation groups)
12. Acronyms |
Lesson 13
Monday 19 July
08h00-11h00
Lobbying Presentations (10m)
Presentation / Question: Orla Rose
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Lobbying Presentations
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Brussels Airlines. Zhaoming
Shell. Nicolas
Bayer. Alexandre
BlackRock. Mandy
British American Tobacco. Orla Rose
European Chemical Industry Council. Gilles
Pfizer. Nathan
Airbus. Violette
Apple. Elodie
Léonard
Sanofi. James
Total. Vincent
Question: Orla Rose
“Would you attempt to become a green/carbon neutral company, or would you keep operations and emissions the way they are if it were your company?”
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. Rebecca Henderson
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Lesson 14
Tuesday 20 July
08h00-11h00
World Food Security
Presentation / Question: Léonard |
Food speculation
Cereals
trading charts (TradingCharts.com)
Food prices
Food riots Community Channel (video 5m)
Global Food Crisis All voices.com (video 4m)
World poverty |
World Food
Security to 2050 (DR)
FAO 2017 report on world food security (pdf 180 pages) |
Lesson 15
Thursday 22 July
11h00-14h00
Crashes and Crises
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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)
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