Ed Dolan's Econ Blog Slideshow Annex: December 2010

About My Slideshows

This annex is intended as a convenient interface for access to the slide shows that are a key feature of my blog. If you have landed in the annex by accident, click here to return to the main blog.

I originally intended the slide shows mainly for classroom use. If you teach economics at any level, I invite you to cut and paste them into your live lectures, incorporate them into your on-line courses, assign them to your students as readings, or use them in any way that works for you. If you like the slides, I invite you also to consider adopting my own textbook from BVT Publishing.

For general readers of my blog, the slide shows offer a way to explore a topic in greater depth than is possible in the basic post, through added data, graphs, pictures, and background theory and concepts. I hope all readers enjoy them.

The slide shows are published under Creative Commons license Attribution--Share Alike 3.0. That means you can share, transmit, distribute, or adapt the slides for any purpose, provided you cite Ed Dolan's Econ Blog as the source, and your resulting publication is not more restrictively licensed than the original.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Slideshow: US Ethanol Subsidies: A Bad Policy that Refuses to Die

This slideshow discusses the recent renewal of U.S ethanol policy, based on subsidies and tariffs. It argues that ethanol policy fails to have its intended effects of improving the environment and enhancing national security.

Keywords: Ethanol, subsidies, tax credits, trade, environment, comparative advantage, pollution, social cost, externalities.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sideshow: Does Argentina's "Nike Effect" Hold Lessons for Europe?

This slide show examines Argentina's rapid recovery from its 2001-2002 devaluation/default crisis and discusses possible lessons for Europe.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Slideshow: Latest Progress on Korea-US Trade Offers Contrast with Talk of Protectionism

This slide show reviews the basic economic theory and political economy of free trade. The Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), recently renegotiated and soon to be presented for ratification, is used to illustrate the relevant principles.

As background, readers planning to use the slideshow in a classroom context may want to direct their students to this short tutorial on consumer and producer surplus.

Keywords: Free trade, KORUS FTA, Korea, political economy.