Archive for November 2019
Online Course: MIT “Principles of Microeconomics”
This online course in the foundations of microeconomics from MIT Open courseware provides an online textbook and video lectures that cover the core concepts of basic microeconomics.
Read MoreBook: The Elusive Quest for Growth
In this 2002 book assigned as reading for a CDE course on growth and development, William Easterly picks apart many of the common arguments of “what causes growth?” He brings insightful, hard economics arguments and a careful reading of the research to a perspective that clearly has plenty on-the-ground nous, making for a quick and enjoyable read.
Read MorePodcast: “Global Value Chains and the WTO”
In this episode of “Dollar and Sense,” David Dollar of Brookings hosts Robert Koopman of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a discussion on global value chains.
Read MorePodcast: “China’s Belt and Road Stretches to Africa”
In this episode of the Brookings Institution’s trade podcast, Dollar and Sense, David Dollar hosts Deborah Brautigam of John Hopkins for a discussion of Africa in China’s most recent globaniliation push, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Read MoreFoundational Article: “Behavioral Design: A New Approach to Development Policy”
This article on behavioral design by Saugato Datta and Sendhil Mullainathan focuses on recent developments in incorporating human psychology into the design of policy interventions, and how small changes can have large impacts.
Read MorePodcast: Peace, Security, and the United Nations General Assembly
In this podcast from Brookings Cafeteria, Fred Dews interviews Brookings Foreign Policy Director Bruce Jones regarding how the state of security has changed over the past years and what the United Nations (UN) should be doing about it.
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