Nicholas Sowels, I mainly teach English for economics,
and the economics of English-speaking countries.
Please introduce yourselves.
First name, family
Your year of study – what you are studying – what you
studies before (at school or perhaps university).
I took a baccalaureate in sciences.
I am in my second year in economics
In your groups, introduce yourselves again. Say where
you come from. Discuss your outside interests, and
hobbies (stamp collecting). Also discuss what you
would like to do in this course in particular.
The economics or art
The economics and politics of Europe
The debt crisis in the Eurozone
Economic relations between the West and Russia since
the crisis in the Ukraine
The subprime crisis
The vicious and virtuous circle – snowball effect.
Economics and ecology
Stock markets and market failure
The economics of sport
Bitcoin and silk road
The Sharing economy
How technology like Apple and Google is changing our
lives
Economix
The music industry
Employment in the UK.
1/ Prepare a short text and presentation about your
subject on the following dates
2/ 27 Jan: Alexis and Geoffrey (the debt crisis in
Europe), Omar (stock market advantage and failure)
3/ 3 Feb: Stratis (the Greek elections – where I am now
investing my money); Adrien (the social economy on
the internet)
4/ 10 Feb: Theophile (the long tail in the musical
industry); Nicolas (trends in the currency markets, the
euro and dollar, the Swiss franc)
5/ 17 Feb: Raphael (the art business); Vassili (the law of
international commerce)
6/ 3 Mar: Francisco (something on sport); Aniko and
Evelyine (the question the Ukraine and oil prices)
7/ 10 Mar: Ralia and Pauline (economics of the music
business) ; Cléo (archaeology);
8/ 17 Mar: Cécil (something about ecology); Sydney
(trade in Asia)
9/ 24 Mar: Michel and Nicolas (high incomes, especially
in football – the star system – the star economy)
10/ 31 Mar
11/ 8 April:
OR What do you expect from the teaching of
economics? Tuesday 17 February
2/ Write about a subject which you feel strongly about.
OR What are the main challenges presently facing the
French economy, and what do you think the
government should do about them?
OR Write a review of an economics book or article you
have read recently. Provide an introduction, a
summary, a commentary and a conclusion. Tuesday 17
March
Are there any other types of activities you would like to
do?
Debates, games (quiz games).
I had found a flaw (une faille)
The man they called the maestro was freely admitting
that the world economy was in meltdown.
Go into the library and do your problem sets.
Don’t be distracted by the real world.
Food banks
The lecture theatres seem to be totally disconnected
from social reality.
We were part and parcel of what was happening.
Completely redundant economics models that don’t
explain anything (redundant means no longer useful >
to be redundant > to unemployed; redundancies > job
cuts)
Manchester’s Post-Crash Economics Society (society >
community or an association, not a company)
Nobel Laureates were slugging it out about the effects
of austerity.
What is the size of world GDP? My answer was $75
trillion.
It would be a stab in the dark
$80 trillion to $87 trillion
The Bank of England was nationalized in 1946: i.e. it
became publicly owned. But it was given “operational
independence” to set monetary policy in 1997.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04svjbj
I was very surprised when I heard this report, that
there is so little diversity in teaching in British
universities.
And, the way established economics departments are
protecting their discipline is a textbook example of how
paradigms are defended.