Here's the first problem set, please take your time and work on this in groups, but submit alone. Instructions are […]

The ability of the State to continue funding itself ultimately depends on the size of these bad debts. If they […]

Friday's Last Word interview had me responding to this article by Brendan Keenan in the Independent about Ireland's recent deflation. […]

The very smart Mr Taft gives us the lowdown on FG's latest set of proposals. EC6012 students, in particular, should […]

Don't know how I missed this economics blog aggregator, but this site is fantastic---interested readers should take a look.

Here are today's Supply and Demand from a Physicist's Viewpoint - EC4024 Lecture 6 and EC4024_Limit_Order_Notes_L6.pdf. We'll be going over […]

Tim Geithner speaks, and this is how the markets react. For EC4024 students, when I say the market is turbulent, […]

Introduction The traditional analysis of price determination in competitive markets is done at a microeconomic level through the supply and […]

Dr Michael O'Sullivan will be visiting UL in a few weeks. Here he is in the SBP talking sense about […]

UCD's Geary institute, along with TCD and UL, are beginning a collaborative online forum to allow discussion of specific ideas […]

So says Nassim Taleb. It's dark, but the talk is witty, engaging, and quite possibly, right.

Prof. Robert Shiller on finance and financial markets, here is a version of a course he gives at Yale every […]

Economists have been coming up with business cycle models since the time of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx. Most modern economists […]

Crooked Timber's John Quiggin gives us a list of the economic doctrines he feels have been refuted given recent evidence. […]

IS LM and Beyond. This lecture will (re)introduce you to the IS-LM model, give it's historical antecedents, and set us […]