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A Sampling of the Counterintuitive Conclusions of Advanced Macroeconomics

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Monday, June 8, 2009, In : Economics 

We covered a lot macroeconomics this semester: growth theory, consumption, investment, real business cycle, Keynesian theory of the business cycle, unemployment, fiscal policy, and monetary policy. The assumptions behind so many of the models were just so unrealistic; it seemed absurd to be solving problems to see the conclusions ourselves.  I thought I’d outline a couple of the more counterintuitive things we learned and the implausible conclusions that they implied.

Neo-classical Growth Th...

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MPAID - the best development program in the world?

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Sunday, April 26, 2009, In : Development Careers 

I'm just finishing up my first year of a two year master's degree in public administration and international development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.  Though it has its faults, I feel pretty strongly that it's one of, if not the best, programs in international development out there.

Caveat:  that statement only applies if you are a very quantitative and analytical person (I studied physics and engineering once upon a time).  If you don't like math, I promise you will hate th...
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