14.02: PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

SPRING 2003

REQUIRED READINGS:

· Deflation: How big is the Danger?, from the Economist.com, Apr 21^st, 2003

· Fix or Float?, from the Economist.com, Jan 28^th, 1999

· The bigger Threat still lurking, from the Economist.com, Apr 10^th, 2003

· The Price of Profligacy, from the Economist.com, Jan 23^rd, 2003

· Global Economy: Searching for Good News, from the Economist.com, Apr 9^th, 2003

· America’s Economic Policy: Taxing Times, from the Economist.com, Mar 27^th, 2003

REVIEW ARTICLES:

· Greenspan’s Gloom, from the Economist, Apr 30^th, 2003

· Further o Fall?, from the Economist, Apr 28^th, 2003

ADDITIONAL READINGS:

· Managing the World Economy, by Kenneth Rogoff, Aug 3^rd, 2002

· America’s Economy: Their guess is as good as yours, from the Economist.com, Mar 18^th, 2003

· War and Iraq: Don’t look back, from the Economist.com, Mar 14^th, 2003

· A Fiscal Train Wreck, by Paul Krugman, the New York Times, Mar 11^th 2003

· Irking the right, from the Economist.com, Mar 6^th 2003

· War and Iraq: the Economic Risks, from the Economist, Feb 20^th, 2003

· More Discipline Needed, from the Economist.com, Feb 13^th 2003

· America’s Economy, from Economist.com, Feb 7^th 2003

· Iraq: The Economic Consequences of War, by William Nordhaus

· Is the Maestro a Hack?, by Paul Krugman, originally published in The New York Times, Feb 7 2003

· Deficits as far as the eye can see, Feb 4th 2003, from Economist.com, Feb 4^th 2003

· A temporary setback?, Jan 30th 2003, from Economist.com, Jan 30th 2003

· The challenge of uncertainty, Jan 21st 2003, from Economist.com, Jan 21st 2003

· Thinking about life after Greenspan, Dec 10th 2002, from Economist.com, Dec 10^th, 2002

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Updated May 5, 2003