Growth

=Notes from Lectures= toc

Tues, Jan 25
One student's lecture notes:
 * In addition to figures from the textbook, we saw some figures from here: http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/category/country-growth-from-1500/
 * Growth Presentation
 * Link to Rule of 70 Spreadsheet

Thurs, Jan 27

 * Link to Solow Spreadsheet

Tues, Feb 1

 * Finishing Solow model
 * Wiki tips
 * Anatomy of a Wiki Page
 * Monitoring and Notifications
 * Overview of growth relative to the U.S.
 * [|Dollar Street] - for concretely visualizing differences in income.

Thurs, Feb 3

 * //Updated// Lecture slides available on SmartWork (We can't post them here because they're copyrighted.)

Tues, Feb 8

 * Lecture slides available on SmartWork
 * Examples of the economics of ideas from Seinfeld: [|The Muffin Tops], [|"The Beach" cologne] (Note: These are strange examples of when people make the mistake of giving away their idea. The broader point is that these kinds of potential problems likely lead people to devote less than the socially optimal amount of time developing new ideas.)

Thurs, Feb 10

 * Lecture slides available on SmartWork
 * Link to Combined Solow-Romer spreadsheet

=Questions for the Lecturer= //Have a question from the textbook (or any relevant question) you'd like the lecturer to address in class? Put it here in advance so he is sure to get to it (and has time to prepare for it).//

=Misc Links/Discussion= //This is for **highly optional** additional information and discussion.//

http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/category/country-growth-from-1500/

[|Gapminder: 200 Years that Changed the World]

http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.24.3.33

http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.24.3.45

[|Growth Theory through the Lens of Development Economics]

http://www.slate.com/id/2279858/entry/2279855/#return

 =Rule of 70 Spreadsheet= media type="custom" key="8181286" include component="page" page="SpreadsheetInfo"

 =Solow Spreadsheet= To experiment with the spreadsheet below, click the "click to edit" button in the upper right. Then try changing the parameters (in bold) and seeing how they affect capital and output in the model. (To learn more about spreadsheets, you can also try changing it in other ways - don't worry, none of your changes will be saved, but instead the spreadsheet will revert to the original the next time you visit the page.) media type="custom" key="8181090" include component="page" page="SpreadsheetInfo"

 =Solow-Romer Spreadsheet= To experiment with the spreadsheet below (which calculates the combined Solow-Romer model from Section 6.9), click the "click to edit" button in the upper right. Then try changing the parameters (in bold) and seeing how they affect how GDP per capita (y) changes over time. (To learn more about spreadsheets, you can also try changing it in other ways - don't worry, none of your changes will be saved, but instead the spreadsheet will revert to the original the next time you visit the page.) media type="custom" key="8357172" include component="page" page="SpreadsheetInfo"