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Notes to Self: Blanchard on the Future of Macroeconomics

Olivier Blanchard of MIT is one of the top macroeconomists in the world. When he write articles like this, it’s worth your time reading what he thinks.
Or, you could read what I think he thinks. Which may save time.
My summary. Macroeconomics is the study of fluctuations. Since the 1970’s there have been three approaches to [...]

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2008 09 11 Readings Comments (0)

Using Mathematica to Explore the Mathematics of Modern Growth Theory

Here’s a paper I’m presenting at a Mathematica symposium at Trinity College, Dublin on September 15. The notes are 43 pages long, and cover aspects of modern growth theory, the mathematical tools behind some canonical models, and show how to implement these growth models in Mathematica.
The paper covers Solow, Romer, Mankiw-Romer-Weil, as well as [...]

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2008 08 19 Conferences Comments (0)