Contemporary Economic Issues

(Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye)

Welcome to Contemporary Economic Issues.

Instructor: Marcus Pivato (THEMA, CY Cergy Paris Université)

Here is the course outline.

Here is the final exam from 2020. Here are the solutions to the final exam.

Textbooks:

  • The Economy: Economics for a Changing World, by the CORE Team, Oxford University Press, 2017 (paperback). Available for about 50 € at Oxford University Press, FNAC, Amazon, or freely available online from CORE website.

  • International Economics: Theory and Policy, by Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc Melitz (9th edition or later, Pearson, 2012 or later). Available for 25€ at Amazon.

  • Economic Development, by Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith (12th edition, Pearson, 2015). Available for 25€ at Amazon.

I will also use materials from the CORE Economics website (from the same people who wrote the textbook). It is an excellent resource. You should create an account (free) on this website to access these materials (they are available in both English and French).

Also useful is the website for the Conférences de méthodes "Questions économiques contemporaines", which will be run in parallel with this course.

Lecture slides