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Grading is now in progress, and statements of achievement will follow. Now that you are done with the course, I thought you might enjoy seeing me without my formal lecture attire in a more light-hearted video. It was made by students at the Trento Festival of Economics last June (where I expect to be again next June).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7GCQLURkE&feature=youtube_gdata
For myself, I am doing a study of the course in order to improve it next time around. I will leave the existing course open until we open a second session, which I expect to be summer 2014, so you might notice changes happening from time to time if you check back.
Thanks again for a wonderful adventure, and for bearing with my learning curve.
Perry Mehrling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7GCQLURkE&feature=youtube_gdata
For myself, I am doing a study of the course in order to improve it next time around. I will leave the existing course open until we open a second session, which I expect to be summer 2014, so you might notice changes happening from time to time if you check back.
Thanks again for a wonderful adventure, and for bearing with my learning curve.
Perry Mehrling
Tue 10 Dec 2013 1:13 PM PST
Final Exam is now live
I know I promised it for yesterday, but after a nine hour flight from Germany I just couldn't do it. So here it is today, still due next Sunday. Have fun!
Mon 25 Nov 2013 10:13 AM PST
Supplementary materials now posted
Over the past few weeks we have been receiving requests, both by email and in the discussion forum, for additional materials from students who want to go the next step. Today, responding to those requests, we post the following: (1) A comprehensive reading list on the history of money and finance, (2) Four problem sets from the on-campus version of the course, (3) Powerpoint slides from my talk in Toronto a week ago, and from my talk in Chicago two days ago. All of these materials are posted under the tab Reading Assignments. Enjoy!
Sun 10 Nov 2013 1:12 PM PST
In Toronto
I'm in Toronto at a conference on Mathematics of New Economic Thinking. The proceedings are being livestreamed; if you have the interest, click on the link here: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca. My own presentation is live at 9am Friday morning.
Thu 31 Oct 2013 6:48 PM PDT
Week 1
After review of Part One last week, this week we begin to engage new material. Two new lectures are now live, along with the first quiz which is due next Sunday.
Take a moment to check out also the first weekly video discussion, which uses the concepts from this course to analyze the potential consequences of the so-called debt default that we just barely missed last week. You can find that discussion here: https://class.coursera.org/money2-001/lecture/215
For Part Two, we are implementing a new download feature, which you can see on the navigation bar to the left. Now you can download all the videos for a given week with one click of the mouse, rather than having to click on each segment separately. Several of you asked for this feature in Part One, but we did not manage to implement it in time. Thanks for your patience.
Those of you involved in the Discussion Forum will have noticed three new names among the Community TAs. Please welcome Dacre, Mayank, and Saad who we recruited on the basis of their positive contribution to the Discussion Forum in Part One. The energy in the Forum came as a surprise to us, and we are working to infuse the rest of the course with that energy.
Take a moment to check out also the first weekly video discussion, which uses the concepts from this course to analyze the potential consequences of the so-called debt default that we just barely missed last week. You can find that discussion here: https://class.coursera.org/money2-001/lecture/215
For Part Two, we are implementing a new download feature, which you can see on the navigation bar to the left. Now you can download all the videos for a given week with one click of the mouse, rather than having to click on each segment separately. Several of you asked for this feature in Part One, but we did not manage to implement it in time. Thanks for your patience.
Those of you involved in the Discussion Forum will have noticed three new names among the Community TAs. Please welcome Dacre, Mayank, and Saad who we recruited on the basis of their positive contribution to the Discussion Forum in Part One. The energy in the Forum came as a surprise to us, and we are working to infuse the rest of the course with that energy.
Sun 20 Oct 2013 2:04 PM PDT
Welcome to "Economics of Money and Banking, Part Two"
The class is now live and you can get started right away!
I recommend that you start by checking out the syllabus. Every week there are two lectures, one reading with associated guide questions, and one quiz that assesses your understanding of the material for that week. The first week however there is no quiz, in order to allow you some time to get acclimated. The first week reviews Part One, but if you want a deeper review feel free to poke around in the material posted on the Part One site at https://class.coursera.org/money-001.
Every Sunday from now on (at noon New York time), two more lectures and a quiz will be released, and every Sunday (at midnight New York time) the quiz from the previous week will be due. Students who complete all quizzes and the final with an average of greater than 60% will get a Certificate of Completion.
Also on Sunday, starting next week, I will be producing and posting a new video targeted for this session of the class. Always I will talk about some recent article in the Financial Times and relate it to the current lecture material. I will also use those weekly videos to respond to issues that arise in the discussion forums. The forums are also now live and waiting for you, so if you already have questions or comments just go over there and post them.
Again, welcome. I, and my teaching staff, look forward to engaging with you in the weeks to come.
Perry Mehrling
I recommend that you start by checking out the syllabus. Every week there are two lectures, one reading with associated guide questions, and one quiz that assesses your understanding of the material for that week. The first week however there is no quiz, in order to allow you some time to get acclimated. The first week reviews Part One, but if you want a deeper review feel free to poke around in the material posted on the Part One site at https://class.coursera.org/money-001.
Every Sunday from now on (at noon New York time), two more lectures and a quiz will be released, and every Sunday (at midnight New York time) the quiz from the previous week will be due. Students who complete all quizzes and the final with an average of greater than 60% will get a Certificate of Completion.
Also on Sunday, starting next week, I will be producing and posting a new video targeted for this session of the class. Always I will talk about some recent article in the Financial Times and relate it to the current lecture material. I will also use those weekly videos to respond to issues that arise in the discussion forums. The forums are also now live and waiting for you, so if you already have questions or comments just go over there and post them.
Again, welcome. I, and my teaching staff, look forward to engaging with you in the weeks to come.
Perry Mehrling
Sun 13 Oct 2013 9:03 AM PDT