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Understanding economic policymaking
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14 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 7 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in Spanish, Turkish, Arabic
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Syllabus
- Week 1 - Macroeconomy Overview
We are surrounded by news and commentary on the macroeconomy. To understand it, we need to grasp the meaning of GDP, inflation and unemployment and see what their “normal” levels are and how they relate to one another. Though these levels and relationships a... - Week 2 - The Fiscal Policy Tool
Welcome to Module 2! We will be going into fiscal policy, which is one of the key tools that authorities have to influence the economy and bring GDP closer to its ideal growth rate. It consists of changes in government spending and taxes. To try to gauge how ... - Week 3 - Deficits, Debts, Myths and Realities
Welcome to Module 3! Now we know how fiscal policy is supposed to work in the economy, to close recessionary or inflationary gaps. In this module we will get into the nuts and bolts of deficits and debts in the real world and I am sure we will have some inte... - Week 4 - Monetary Policy
Welcome to Module 4! This week we're tackling a fascinating issue, which is monetary policy, and I anticipate some very interesting debates. Monetary policy is the other main tool that governments can use to influence the economy. Monetary authorities work t... - Week 5 - Combining Policies and Other Policy Tools
Welcome, Courserians, to our fifth module in the Understanding Economic Policy course! We have so many tools in hand now that we can spend our last sessions putting the pieces together and tackling real-world policy questions. There is little that could be mor... - Week 6 - Policymaking in the Wake of the Financial Crisis
You are now in the last module of our Understanding Economic Policymaking course! Having reviewed the theory behind economic policymaking, we devote the last module to discovering what policymakers are actually doing in the leading developed countries of the ...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Gayle Allard
Professor
Economics
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IE Business School, whose full name is Instituto de Empresa Business School, is a Spanish business school based in Madrid.
It is regularly recognised by various rankings as one of the best business schools in Europe and the world, and one of the best in Spain, particularly for its MBA programme.
Founded in 1973 by Diego del Alcázar, the school offers a wide range of management programmes and degrees: MBA, Global MBA, Executive MBA, Master in Management (MIM), specialised masters including the Master in Finance (MiF), Doctorates (DBA and PhD), as well as Executive Education programmes for senior executives.
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