| Programme
2016 |
Documents
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Presentations
and films
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| Lesson
1. Wednesday 20 January 09h30-12h30 Introduction |
True / False questionnaire Acronyms list |
True / False answers |
| Lesson 2. Wednesday 27 January 09h30-12h30 Macroeconomic Principles |
Exchange rates exercise Answers Opinions |
Macro - budget and IR |
| Lesson
3. Wednesday 03 February 09h30-12h30 The debt crisis in Greece |
Greek 10-year bonds Greek debt %GDP Who bought the bonds? |
Macro Revision The Greek Debt Crisis: Causes, Management and Possible Solutions Failed austerity in Europe - the way out (2m) |
| Lesson 4. Wednesday 10 February 09h30-12h30 Wealth distribution, growth and poverty Part I |
Intra-group research Research sources HDI statistics (United Nations Development Programme) Multidimensional poverty index (Wikipedia) Gini Index Eldis aims to share the best in development, policy, practice and research. Follow-up links The end of poverty Nobel prize winner Joseph Stilglitz on globalization and poverty Interview on wealth distribution with Senator Elizabeth Warren and Thomas Piketty (48m) Research papers from Oxfam International Observatoire des Inégalités (in French) Reading - Noam Chomsky, the Prosperous Few and the Restless Many - Branko Milanovic. The haves and the have-nots. 2011 Sustainable Economics to End Global Poverty from 'Share the World's Resources' Poverty levels in the world Index Mundi |
Complete Greek debt crisis - solutions Growth (with Green GDP and HDI) Globalization. The Haves and the Have Nots 200 years of history - wealth and health (BBC) |
| Lesson 5. Wednesday 17 February 09h30-12h30 EMU and the Euro Origins of monetary systems Bretton Woods |
Euro Convergence Criteria Maastricht Criteria New Stability Pact (The 6-Pack) Europa ViEUws |
From Bretton Woods to the Euro (pdf DR) History of the Euro (15m film European Commission) |
| Lesson 6. Wednesday 2 March 09h30-12h30 EU Trade |
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| Lesson 7. Wednesday 9 March 09h30-12h30 Fiscal Policy Part I |
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 Research / presentation groups for ESSCALAND: Income tax VAT Corporation tax Petrol / Diesel duty Tobacco duty Alcohol duty |
| Lesson 8. Wednesday 16 March 09h30-12h30 Fiscal Policy Part II |
EU Commission attacks corporate tax avoidance Tax avoidance (Inside Story) 25m Tax havens - the great scam 4m Major banks help clients hide trillions in offshore tax havens The Real News 14m Tax me if you can. BBC Panorama 10m How to dodge tax Part 1. BBC Panorama. 15m How to dodge tax Part 2. BBC Panorama. 15m VAT scam. Channel 4. 7m Alcohol cost in Australia ABC News 4m UK Alcohol tax revenue (£10bn) Cost to NHS of alcohol (£2.7bn) |
Fiscal Policy Presentations Income tax VAT Corporation tax Petrol / Diesel duty Tobacco duty Alcohol duty Maternity and Child benefit Unemployment benefit |
| Lesson 9. Wednesday 23 March. 09h30-12h30 Economies of Scale Airbus and Galileo |
China's aviation industry (58m) Top 4 satellite navigation systems |
Airbus links Airbus pdf (DR) Introducing EGNOS (film) Galileo Factsheet (pdf) Galileo deployment phase (video) Galileo. Europe leads the way (video) |
| Lesson 10. Wednesday 30 March 09h30-12h30 Financial Crises and Crashes |
Gordon Gekko - Greed is
Good Gordon Gekko - "Greed is Not Good" The 1929 Crash - YouTube (58m) |
Tulipomania High Speed Trading Economic crises and speculation (DR) The 1929 Wall Street Crash (DR) |
| Lesson 11 Friday 15 April 16h30-19h30 Lobbying Part I |
Adam Ulrich | Ulrich Adam on lobbying. pdf |
| Lesson 12 Saturday 16 April 09h30-12h30 Lobbying Part II |
Adam Ulrich | |
| Lesson 13 Saturday 16 April 13h30-16h30 Lobbying Part III |
Adam Ulrich | |
| Lesson 14 Wednesday 20 April 09h30-12h30 |
Opinions Revision 2013 exam 2013 exam with answers |