PUBPOL 750.003: Topics: From the Great Depression to the Great Recession | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
PUBPOL 750.003

PUBPOL 750.003: Topics: From the Great Depression to the Great Recession

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Level
Graduate
Term
Winter 2020
Course Section
003
U-M Course Number
28707
Credit Hours
1

Since the 2008 financial crisis, developed countries have suffered high unemployment and slow growth. What are options for policymakers in this environment? This course will analyze central issues in macroeconomic policymaking through the lens of history. Students will apply analytical tools to understand the consequences of monetary, fiscal and financial market policy in the Great Depression, in Japan after 1990, and in the current Great Recession.

Josh Hausman

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Joshua Hausman

Associate Professor of Public Policy; Associate Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
Hausman’s research interests are in economic history and macroeconomics with a focus on the U.S. economy in the 1930s and the Japanese economy today. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.