Topics in Economics

Deadline to return the group work: April 22th.

By March 17th, fill the google sheet indicating what topic you work on and listing the emails of the team members.

The project must contain:

  • a 5 min video
  • a written transcript of the video
  • if GPT (or equivalent) was used, include the transcript of all interactions with it

Preferably: uploaded the project as one zip file to the drive folder

Example from 2023. Example from 2024.

Rules:

  • no document
  • mcq on the course (2pt)
  • mcq on the documents (2pt)
  • essay on the documents
    • respect the space limit (less than 2 pages)
    • focus on clarity
    • all information to answer is contained in the documents
    • but some general understanding can help
  • Evaluation
    • group work (40%)
      • record a 5 min video developing one particular point of the course
      • 4 students max per group
      • more detailed instructions upcoming
      • to be handled two weeks before the final exam
    • final exam (in-class) (60%)
      • very short essay based on documents
      • econ concepts
      • mcq on:
        • documents
        • groupwork
    • ongoing (up to 20% bonus/malus)
      • participation & behaviour
      • mini-tasks if any

Schedule

Date Title Author
Jan 12, 2026 The Rise of Artificial Intelligence Pablo Winant
Jan 19, 2026 Gen-AI and the Labour Market Pablo Winant
Jan 26, 2026 China’s Loans to Developing Countries (TBC, with Erica Perego) Pablo Winant
Feb 2, 2026 Inequalities: Should We tax the Super-Riches? Pablo Winant
Feb 9, 2026 TBC Pablo Winant
Feb 16, 2026 TBC Raphael Epperson
Mar 2, 2026 TBC Raphael Epperson
Mar 16, 2026 Final Exam ☠  
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