Teaching - Suggested readings
Articles from online journals
May 26, 2012 IMF: The Quest for Lasting Stability Economist Daily chart: China in your hand Special report: China's economy -- Pedalling prosperity Europe's biggest fear: A run they cannot stop May 20, 2012 Economist Confidence Game: The pain at JPMorgan and in Spain Greece and the Euro: Exodus, Chapter 1 Daily Chart: The German Motor May 11, 2012 Economist Hope springs a trap Europe's Achilles Heel The Plastic Ocean May 4, 2012 Economist America's Economy: The pace we've come to expect Global trade: Worlds apart The Euro-zone crisis: Going for growth, but how? Edward Munch's "The Scream": Iconic Angst The $cream: Most expensive artworks sold at auction April 27, 2012 Economist The euro zone's rescue funds: Funny money, fuzzy maths European economy guide: Interactive map of currency, debt, etc. China's current account surplus: Fair play or foul? April 22, 2012 《财经》 利率汇率改革再推进 April 21, 2012 Economist The science of civil war: What makes heroic strife -- Computer models that can predict the outbreak and spread of civil conflict are being developed 《财经》 张曙光：高利差乱收费是银行高利润两大来源 温州金改 张曙光：保护产权攸关生命 政府却一再失误 April 17, 2012 Lost time: How many years of economic output has the rich world lost? April 16, 2012 IMF: World Economic Outlook: April 2012 Economist Return of the euro crisis: After the sugar rush Social status and health: The misery index 《财经》 银行高利润背后阴影 April 7, 2012 Economist All clear? The risk in clearing houses Currency disunion: Why Europe's leaders should think the unthinkable? Shadow banking in China: The Wenzhou experiment April 1, 2012 Econbrowser Halbert L. White, Jr., 1950-2012 By James Hamilton April 2, 2012 Economist The global debt clock: An interactive overview of government debt across the planet The World Bank: Hats off to Ngozi (A golden opportunity for the rest of the world to show Barack Obama the meaning of meritocracy) March 30, 2012 Economist Downdraft: European house prices are finding it harder to defy gravity Pay, peers and pride: How older workers can find happiness Time to be honest: A simple experiment suggests a way to encourage truthfulness March 18, 2012 《财经》：审视资本账户开放 March 24, 2012 Economist: Rural poverty: Shifting the problem The largest migration in history (Feb. 22, 2012, with flash display) March 17, 2012 Economist: Body of Evidence: Is a concentration of wealth at the top to blame for financial crises? March 10, 2012 Economist: The National People's Congress: Satisfy the People Nov. 11, 2011 Economist: Keynes v Hayek in China Sept. 26, 2009 Economist: Much ado about multipliers July 20, 2009 Economist: What went wrong with economics May 20, 2009 BBC: Pound strengthens against dollar Bank of England Mar. 29, 2009 Economist articles: - The Dollar as a reserve currency: handle with care Mar. 14, 2009 Economist articles: - China's Stimulus, got a light? Jan. 30, 2009: Economist articles: - Rescue efforts: big government fights back - Monetary policy: trapped - (Nearly) nothing to fear but fear itself - Derivatives: drugstore cowboys Jan. 28, 2009: Economist articles: - China and America: war of words Jan. 22, 2009: From Visionary to Innovator - Paolo Mauro profiles Robert J. Shiller Finance and Development, December 2008, Volumn 45, Number 4. CESifo Internet lecture: "The Financial Crisis: Initial Conditions, Basic Mechanisms, and Appropriate Policies." (Link) By Olivier Blanchard, Economic Counsellor and Chief Economist of the IMF, MIT Department of Economics. Jan. 14, 2009: Hong Kong's exchange rate system and bond market (slides) Jan. 9, 2009: Economist articles: - Risk Aversion: the bonds of time (Financial decisions are heavily influenced by early experiences.) - Drastic time: gloom at the AEA meetings (Past crises inspire little confidence about the outcome of this one for America. ) - Yielding to none (The delimma facing investors in government bonds) Jan. 4, 2009: Economist articles: - The Euro at ten: testing times (see how spread between Italian government debt over german government debt widened recently.) Jan. 1, 2009: Economist articles: - Parfume Science -- the scent of a man - The Federal Reserve -- Ground Zero - China in 2009 -- year of the ox - Higher education: the future is another country - Emerging economists: International bright young things Dec.3, 2008: Financial literacy and education, some sources in the US: - http://www.mymoney.gov/ - U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission - U.S. Treasury - Office of Financial Eduation - Federal Reserve - Personal Financial Education - http://www.nefe.org/ - National Endowment for Financial Education Three Economist articles related to the Chinese real estate market and housing price: - Jun 20th 2008, Boom to bust -- China's property bubble is about to burst. - Oct 9th 2008, Domino or Dynamo? -- China is pretty well placed to cushion a global downturn. - Oct 23rd 2008, What goes up -- The housing market provides some nasty shocks to China's new middle classes. |
Some useful websites
http://www.economist.com
http://www.economist.com/topics/chinese-markets http://www.imf.org http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/fda.htm www.bloomberg.com www.federalreserve.gov www.ustreas.gov www.bankofengland.co.uk, Federal Reserve governors and monetary policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Federal_Reserve Paul Adolph Volcker (August 6, 1979 - August 11, 1987) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Volcker Alan Greenspan (August 11, 1987 - January 31, 2006) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan Benjamin S. Bernanke (February 1, 2006 - ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke US DebtNational Debt Clock
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Debt_Clock 2) http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1850269,00.html -1) April 19, 2008 -2) October 9, 2008 3) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/260939 (with YouTube video clip) Debt counter http://zfacts.com/p/461.html Historical and projected trend of US debt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt The Global DebtPopulation Pyramids |
