Week 13: Productivity and Growth II
Module 37 Long-run Economic Growth
Required Resources: Read Krugman and Wells Module 37
Required Readings: Chapter 5. Easterly, W. (2001).
The Elusive Quest for
Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the
Tropics: Cambridge and London: MIT Press. (Emailed)
Multimedia:
Robert Gordon
http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gordon_the_death_of_innovation_the_end_of_growth.html
Multimedia:
Erik Brynjolfsson
http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_brynjolfsson_the_key_to_growth_race_em_with_em_the_machines.html
The onstage debate not as good as the individual talks
Active Learning:
Book making experiment
Module 38 Productivity and Growth
Required Resources: Read Krugman and Wells Module 38
Recommended Reading:
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/docs/historical/frbsl_history/presidents/poole/20000407.pdf
Further Resources:
Mokyr, J. (1990). The Lever of Riches: Technological
Creativity and Economic Progress: Oxford; New York;
Toronto and Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Further Resources:
O’Rourke, P.J., Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics,
Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1998.
Chapter 1:
http://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm?page=title&titleID=215&view=excerpt,
Module 39 Growth Policy: Why Economic Growth Rates Differ
Required Resources: Read Krugman and Wells Module 39
Hans Rosling
Multimedia:http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html
Multimedia:
http://www.gapminder.org/
Required Readings:
Chapter 1 Landes, D. S. (1998). The Wealth and
Poverty of Nations: Why Some are so Rich and Some so Poor:
New York and London: Norton. (Emailed)
Module 40 Economic Growth in Macroeconomic Models
Required Resources: Read Krugman and Wells Module 40
Active Learning: Case Study: Debt forgiveness?
Assessment: Quiz #11 Due Sunday 4.29.2015 in D2L