ECONOMICS 425 - Seminar:Public Macroeconomics

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Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

This course looks at the role government plays in stabilizing and destabilizing the macroeconomy by means of its expenditures and taxes, its monetary policy, and its exchange rate policy. The course focuses on the experience of Latin America, where mismanagement, heterodox policy, shock treatment, and the ''Chicago Boys'' have brought the consequences of government policy into sharp relief. Prerequisites: ECON 202 and ECON 300. (S. McKinn ey, offered alternate year

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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