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Economic Development an Environmental DegradationBrief review of Korea’s economic growth and development experience. This module is a 4-chapter series overviewing Korea’s rapid economic development experiences through the simultaneous…
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Incomes Around the WorldThis lecture introduces the concepts of gross domestic product, gross domestic product per capita, and purchasing power parity. It also defines high, middle, and low income countries as well as…
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Growth TrapsIn this chapter, Professor Larraín talks about poverty traps, growth traps, middle income traps and their causes. Poverty traps are restrictions that make economic growth slower for poor…
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Labor and Saving, Part IIOur total gross domestic product is available either for consumption or for savings: savings are evaluated in more detail in this chapter through various perspectives. An economy allocates the output…
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The Full-Employment EconomyThe “trick” of macroeconomics is to get economy-wide measures that are meaningful and that tell how much production is taking place, what workers are earning, how many people are…
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Deriving GDP, Part IThis chapter discusses the concept of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the measure of the total amount of output within the geographic boundaries of an economy in a given period of time,…
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Deriving GDP, Part IIIn this chapter, GDP is further explored from the perspective of the United States of America. The macroeconomy is described, including the number of workers, businesses, GDP, etc. The economy is…
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GDP and Well-BeingIn this chapter, Professor Sachs talks about how gross domestic product (GDP) per person, as a rough measure of living standards and well-being, is increasingly being used to make comparisons of…
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Introduction to MacroeconomicsIn this chapter, Professor Jeffrey Sachs introduces the course on macroeconomics for a sustainable planet, as well as his co-professor, Felipe Larraín, Chile’s Finance Minister. Sachs…
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The Beginning of Divergence of the West and AsiaProfessor Sachs begins this chapter by explaining Angus Maddison's graphs of GDP per capita and population from the 1700s, in order to explain Europe’s rise to power during the fourth wave…
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The Three Pillars of DecarbonizationThe three pillars of Deep Decarbonization are: efficiency, decarbonisation of electricity, and the switching of end uses (such as cooking and driving) away from direct combustion of fossil fuels.…
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