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September 23rd, 2010

Economics for Business Tutorial Sheets

Download the tutorial sheets for weeks 3 and 4 here.

September 23rd, 2010

European Economy Lecture 3

Lecture 3 is all about fiscal policy in EMU. We'll go through the benefits and costs of EMU, and discuss […]

September 22nd, 2010

Europe geographically stereotyped

Let's discuss these maps in tomorrow's lecture. "We tend to see the world in different ways, depending on what part […]

September 21st, 2010

Europe’s Debt Crisis and Implications for Policy

Lord Skidelsky on the EU Debt Crisis. European Economics students, take note. We'll discuss this in class. "But the Eurozone […]

September 20th, 2010

Economics for Business Lecture 5

We have seen textbook descriptions of choice amongst firms and amongst consumers. Let’s discuss choice in the presence of risk, […]

September 20th, 2010

How has the crisis changed the teaching of economics?

Some of the best known economists today debate whether the crisis has changed economics. Personally I prefer more real-world, grounded […]

September 20th, 2010

Apliaboo

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September 20th, 2010

Participate in an Economic Experiment

Fionnuala O'Reilly is running some experiments in our lab this week. If you'd like to participate, and get the chance […]

September 19th, 2010

Do We Need a New Economics 101?

A nice think piece on what we should be teaching in economics principles classes, by a past master of the […]

September 19th, 2010

Ireland and the World Economy Guest Lecture

Here's a guest lecture for the 4rth year module Ireland and the World Economy, and it is be all about […]

September 18th, 2010

Quotes from the Irish Property Bubble: Brendan Burgess, Founder, Ask About Money (askaboutmoney.com)

Via commenter Canny, here's a few choice quotes on the Irish property bubble, the language is instructive. Sunday Times Money […]

September 17th, 2010

You Are Not So Smart

Well worth a read through when considering economic modeling. Much of what we do as economists is to find various […]

September 17th, 2010

Economics for Business Lecture 4

In this lecture we will look at the pricing behaviour of firms online. In particular, we'll ask why Twitter is […]

September 16th, 2010

Economics for Business Week 2 Screencast

I go through/over some of yesterday's lecture material in this short screencast. Economics for Business Screencast Week 2 from Stephen […]

September 16th, 2010

Rational choice, and 'microfoundations'

This week in Economics for Business, we are looking at 'rational choice' amongst self-interested agents. Yesterday, it was people. Tomorrow, […]

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