P. Wachtel and N. Roubini
After Spring break, Robert Solow, Institute Professor at MIT, Nobel laureate in Economics and the father of growth-theory, will be visiting Professor Roubini’s and Wachtel’s Macro classes. On Monday March 23rd, Professor Solw will be lecturing on the above topics and on subsequent days he will be leading discussion groups with individual classes. You should be prepared to participate actively in the discussion with Professors Solow, Roubini and Wachtel.
In order to prepare for the Solow’s lecture and the discussions, some background readings are enclosed:
Lysko, Wolodar. "Manufacturing Multifactor Productivity in Three Countries," Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Pritchett, Lant. "Divergence, Big Time." Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume 11, Number 3, Summer 1997.
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/PRODUCTI.HTM
Nouriel Roubini’s resource site on the Asian Economic Miracle: Input Growth or Productivity Growth for the debate on economic growth in the Asian tigers – was it due to the growth of resource availability or the growth of total factor productivity?
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/AsiaHomepage.html#asianmiracle
ON MONDAY MARCH 23RD ONLY ALL CLASSES WILL MEET IN MEC 1-70
Monday, March 23rd
8:30 and 10:00 -- Solow lectures in MEC 1-70
Wenesday, March 25th
8:30 Wachtel’s class – discussion session with Solow
Roubini’s class – regular session
10:00 Wachtel’s class – regular session
Roubini’s class – discussion session with Solow
Monday, March 30th
8:30 Wachtel’s class – regular session
Roubini’s class – discussion session with Solow
10:00 Wachtel’s class – discusion session with Solow
Roubini’s class – regular session
Wednesday, April 1st
Core classes cancelled for MET
Monday, April
Return to normal schedule