Economics
115, Spring 2007
Sections
105 & 106
David R. Agrawal,
GSI
Main Course Web Page:
Professor Eichengreen, Department of Economics
Section Syllabus:
Section
Announcements:
1. To prepare for Midterm 1, I
will have the following office hours in addition to my normal weekly office
hours. Monday 2/26 from 4:10-5 PM in the International House
Cafe. Tuesday 2/27 meet after class outside of
Hearst Annex. We will move to a cafe on Bancroft.
2. To prepare for Midterm 2, I
will have an additional office hour on Tuesday 4/10 from 5:10 to 6 PM in the
International House Cafe.
3. There will be a review session
for the final exam on Wed. May 9 at 10 AM in Room 145 McCone. Because the
review session is early, I will have office hours closer to the exam.
Section Handouts:
Handout 1:
The Economics of QWERTY (thanks to Daniel Egel)
Handout 2: Article Outline and Reading Guide (I suggest you fill out one of these for every article you read in this course.)
Handout
3: Bonds and Interest Rates (More
information than you need to know : for now.)
Handout
4: Some Theories of the Great Depression (not
exhaustive)
Handout
5: Econometrics for Economic Historians (thanks
to Marit Rahavi for this
handout)
Handout 6: Savings and Investment
Handout 7: Summary of the New Economy
Handout 8: Lessons from Economic History
Other:
Last Year's Exam Definitions (Daniel Engel) Note: We covered some different topics / readings this semester. Thus, not exhaustive and includes unnecessary terms.
Optional Section
Articles: These articles
are about events related to topics we are studying. They are not required
reading.
Weber, Tim. "Germany Wants Globalisation Push." BBC. 24 January 2007.
Schifferes, Steve. "Globalisation Shakes the World." BBC. 21 January 2007.
Nywambura-Mwaura, Helen. "Push for Global Trade Deal, Poor Countries Told." Reuters. 24 January 2007.
Bryan, William Jennings. "Cross of Gold." 9 July 1896.
Goolsbee, Austan. "Now That a Penny Isn't Worth Much, It's Time to Make It Worth 5 Cents." New York Times. 1 February 2007.
Crutsinger, Martin. "Paulson: Yen's Decline Is Not a Concern." AP. 6 February 2007.
Katz, Lawrence and Alan Krueger. "The Effects of the Minimum Wage on the Fast-Food Industry." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 46. Oct. 1992. page 6-21. (Very Optional; Establish proxy server to read; One of the two articles Prof. Eichengreen mentioned about min. wage).
Card, David. "Do Minimum Wages Reduce Employment? A Case Study of California, 1987-89." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 46. Oct. 1992. page 38-54. (Very Optional; Establish proxy server to read; One of the two articles Prof. Eichengreen mentioned about min. wage).
Callimachi, Rukmini. "Senegal's
High Unemployment Is Top Election Issue."
McConnell, Kathryn. "U.S. Foreign Assistance To Focus on Long-Term Development." USINFO. 21 February 2007.
Ip, Greg. "Policy Makers at Fed Rethink Inflations Root." Wall Street Journal. 26 February 2008.
Krugman, Paul. "The Myth of Asia's Miracle." Foreign Affairs. v. 73 no. 6. December 1994.
Kurtenbach, Elaine. "Paulson Pushes China on Trade Barriers." AP. 8 March 2007.
"Asian Squirrels." The Economist. 15 December 2005.
DeLong, Brad "Divergent Views on the Coming Dollar Crisis." The Economists' Voice. Vol. 2, Issue 5, 2005.
Shanley, Mia. "Asia's Economic Sleuths Hunt for Clues in Odd Places." Reuters. 2 April 2007.
Editorial. "Ten Years Later,
East Asia is Back."
"China Editorial Says IMF "meddling" in Yuan Issue." Reuters. 17 April 2007.
"India and China: Rivals or Fellow 'Tigers'?." CNN. 15 September 2005.
Basu, Kaushik. "Phenomenal Rise of India's Savings." BBC. 17 April 2007.
Delong, Brad. "Theories of Economic Growth." Draft Manuscript. 1999.
"Global Envision - Latin America's Next Growth Challenge." Project Syndicate. 5 February 2007.
Varner, Lynne. "Africa
Sheds Its Grim Image."
"African Growth Steady But Frail." BBC. 3 April 2007.
"Japan Rate Hike Seen on
Hold after CPI, Output Fall." Reuters. 27 April 2007.
Astier, Henri. "French Voters Split on Working Week." BBC. 4 May 2007.
Dempsy, Judy. "Europe
Voices Hope, Caution on Sarkozy."
Bennhold, Katrin. "Sarkozy Pledges Quick Action on French Economy." International Herald Tribune. 7 May 2007.
Economic Historians:
Here are some economic historians (who I have worked with).