1. Current Topics in Economics
FH Düsseldorf Pablo Agnese
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2. Outline Lectures: discussions of current economic topics
Examples: democracy and economics, the sustainability of the welfare state, the debt and the deficit, the current crisis and the depression of 1929, the healthcare and educational systems, minimum wage, inflation and gold, immigration, discrimination, privatizations, etc.
References: articles, newspapers, blogs, comments, etc.
Interaction, participation, debate

3. Goals Get a glimpse of the most important economic issues
While avoiding much of the technical stuff 
And producing some challenging discussions 

4. Literature
Articles in the international press (the Economist, FT, Wall Street Journal, etc.)
Blogs by prominent economists
Ludwig von Mises Institute site
Other…
The material will be uploaded on my personal webpage

5. Grading Essay (50%) Presentation (40%) Participation (10%)
Monitoring: exchange and/or tutorials