| Programme
2015 |
Documents
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Presentations
and films
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| Lesson
1. Tuesday 11th June 09h00-12h00 Room 808 Introduction |
True / False
questionnaire |
True / False answers |
| Lesson
2. Friday 12th June 13h30-16h30 Room 808 How countries manage and mismanage their economies |
Acronyms list EU Budget. Money in, money out |
Macro - budget and deficit Macro exercise EU Budget |
| Lesson
3. Tuesday 16th June 09h00-12h00 Room 808 Grexit or not? |
Greek 10-year bonds Greek debt %GDP Who bought the bonds? IMF makes a profit of 2.5€ bn |
Macro Revision Failed austerity in Europe - the way out (2m) The Greek Debt Crisis: Causes, Management and Possible Solutions Where did the bailout money go? |
| Lesson
4. Thursday 18th June 09h00-12h00 Room 808 Wealth and Growth |
Growth (with Green GDP and HDI) Research sources HDI statistics (United Nations Development Programme) Multidimensional poverty index (Wikipedia) Gini Index |
Wealth distribution exercise and discussion USA wealth distribution (Politizane 6m) The inequalities of wealth distribution: its economic and political consequences |
| Lesson 5. Friday 19th June 09h00-12h00 Room 808 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 13h30-16h30 Room 808 Fiscal Policy |
Fiscal policy for ESSCALand |
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| Lesson
7. Tuesday 23rd June 13h30-16h30 Room 808 Agricultural Policy and World Food Security |
The Meatrix (corporate control of
agriculture based on The Matrix) |
From Bretton
Woods to the Euro (pdf DR) World Food Security (pdf DR) |
| Lesson
8. Monday 29th June. 09h00-12h00 Room 808? Financial crashes |
The 1929 Crash - YouTube (58m) | Economic crises and
speculation (DR) Tulipomania The 1929 Wall Street Crash (DR) The NewDeal (DR) |