Courses
Autumn 2023
This course comprises 4 lectures: Fundamentals of cryptography, Fundamentals of blockchain, Tokens and tokenization and Blockchain pros, cons and tradeoffs. It is relatively non-technical and is designed to be a self-contained guide to the basics of the blockchain and digital asset world in the early 2020s. It is liberally sprinkled with hyperlinks and references to resources I have found useful and which should be accessible to undergraduates with some intellectual maturity. The slides have been presented in various forms to various groups. They soon will be complemented with more applied materials on smart contracts and analyzing blockchain data.
Michaelmas 2019, MFE, Said Business School, Oxford
Introductory GE building up to the NK economy via endowment and RBC production economies. No dynamic programming or solution methods. Final classes apply this knowledge to recent debates over conventional and unconventional monetary policy and over the causes of and responses to the financial crisis.
Trinity 2019, MFE, Said Business School, Oxford
This relatively non-technical course develops frameworks useful in understanding current issues of macro performance and capital flows in the international economy. The emphasis is on the interdependent nature of these issues in a globalized world. Topics covered include: currency regimes and crises, globalization and growth, capital flows and financial stability, sovereign debt and resource wealth.
Spring 2019, MFE, Warwick Business School
Half-term course on the basic New Keynesian model. No dynamic programming / solution methods, but focusing on the core of the intuition of the basic NK framework.
