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August 25, 2010
Articles for Section 3 Student Oral Presentations
Articles for section 3 presentations:
“That 1937 Feeling,” by Paul Krugman. New York Times, January 4, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/04/opinion/04krugman.html and “Fed Will Hold Down Rates, Citing Tenuous Recovery,” by Catherine Rampell. New York Times, December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/economy/17fed.html
“Four Ways Out," by Brad DeLong. The Economists' Voice, Vol. 6:2. (2009) http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol6/iss2/art4 pay attention to the comments from...
Articles for Section 2 Student Oral Presentations
Articles for section 2 presentations:
The Financial Times's "austerity debate" at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc3ac844-9010-11df-91b6-00144feab49a.html, which has the first paragraphs of contributions and links to the larger pieces;
The Economist's "Is inflation or deflation a greater threat?" at http://www.economist.com/economics/by-invitation/questions/inflation_or_deflation_greater_threat_world_economy;
The Economist's "Are current deficit reduction plans likely to boost growth?" at
A Forwarded Note from the Economics Department's GSI Coordinator
Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato wrote:
Dear Professors:
I'll keep it as brief as possible. I want to remind
you of two things:
Regarding enrollment inquiries. As the semester starts and students
finalize their course selection you get many inquiries concerning
enrollment. You can forward those questions to me, or head them off in
the first place, by announcing that all enrollment questions should be
sent to the department's Head GSI (me) at...
Notes on Course Materials for Econ 1
Three quick notes about the course materials for Econ 1:
Note that you do not need the latest (9th) edition of the recommended textbook, Principles of Economics by Case, Fair, and Oster. The 8th edition (or earlier editions) would be perfectly sufficient. Currently, used copies of the 8th edition are extremely cheap at Amazon.com and other places online. We will not be using the MyEconLab resources, so don't worry about paying any licencing fee for this service when buying a used...
Yep. Totally Hosed...
The current state of Berkeley's webservers:
No Response from Application Web Server
There was no response from the application web server for the page you requested.
Please notify the site's webmaster and try your request again later.
You know, the school year starts once a year, guys. It is something you can plan for--or outsource to an organization that understands traffic spikes.
Berkeley Computing Infrastructure
-- bSpace has hung today...
-- AirBears has hung today...
-- Now bearfacts is hanging...
Perfect score!!
Is There a Way to Email Students on the Course Waitlist Through bSpace?
Or is this, once again, a way in which bSpace is WROSE THAN HILTER!!1!1!
August 24, 2010
links for 2010-08-24
Rational Finite Bubbles
Franklin Allen and Gary Gorton: Rational Finite Bubbles: http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/3... #worthreading
The Real Tax Gap: Paying for Unfunded Benefits - TheFiscalTimes.com
Bruce Bartlett: The Health Care Reform Bill is the largest Medicare cut ever. But it's not...
No, I Don't Know Why Kevin Hassett Bothers. No, I Don't Know Why Bloomberg Prints Him
Kevin "Dow 36000" Hassett's
The biggest Keynesian stimulus in U.S. history was a bust.... [...:] A 2002 study by economists Richard Hemming, Selma Mahfouz and Axel Schimmelpfennig of recessions in 27 developed economies from 1971 to 1998 found that increased spending by government had, in almost all cases, a barely noticeable impact, and sometimes a negative one. Heavily indebted countries that spent more in recessions grew about 0.5 percent less, relative to trend, than countries that...
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