Overview
Saturdays, October 17 - November 21,
10am-12pm ET
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This class will cover the following:
Inflation, unemployment, debt, deficits, recessions, booms, international trade, sanctions, trade and commerce restrictions, shipping, supply chains, chokepoints, the economics of energy and natural resources, and the economics of growth and development (the trade v. aid arguments are examples).
Historical examples from deep and recent history will be used. Case studies will be from North America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Arctic, Oceania, and other regions.
We will examine how economies function as tools of national power and shape national and regional strategies. We will also explore how financial markets—such as stocks and bonds—connect to the real economy, including investment, growth, and employment.
We will address how politics is part of an economy. We will investigate how war and conflict affect everyday economics, and how they cost economies.
International organizations such as the World Bank and the IMF play their part in all this, as do national and subnational governments, NGOs, and more.
COURSE FORMAT
This is an interactive online seminar course that meets weekly over 6 weeks. Live online sessions will use the zoom platform. Weekly reading or other forms of materials may be assigned. Weekly sessions will be recorded and available for registered participants to access throughout the course.
There are no papers or grades. This course does not offer any credits or certificates. This course is intended for learning for the love of learning.
COURSE MATERIALS
All materials will be supplied by the instructor with online links, and they will all be voluntary.
Registrants will receive access to the course website and the zoom links about two weeks before the course starts.
COURSE CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrants can cancel and receive a full refund up to September 30. After September 30, there will be no refunds issued. Yale Alumni College courses are subject to schedule changes as well as cancellations. If Yale Alumni College must cancel any course prior to its start due to low enrollment, you will be notified of this by the cancellation date. Upon cancellation of a course, registrants may transfer their registration to another available course or have the registration fee fully refunded.
In the event of a disruption to the original course schedule, including but not limited to; Professor absence, hazardous weather conditions, or local travel restrictions, Yale Alumni College will do its best to reschedule the missed class for the week immediately following the original end date at the same course time and day.