This is a syllabus
from one of my recent International trade courses taught at the
George Washington University. Econ 283 is a Master's level course
taken by many International Affairs and Business students. Included
are the list of readings for each session, links to external reading
sources and problems sets. Answer keys to the problem sets are for
sale in PDF form at the Download Center.
About the Site
This site was designed to make information about international
economics accessible for all who are interested. I believe that
economic principles and ideas can be easily understood by most people.
However, effective teaching of these principles does not require
thowing away the difficult economic models or theories. Instead
it is important to understand the reasons why economists use the
tools that they do (models, graphs, equations etc.) and be forthright
about their limitations. I have tried to do this for my students,
with some success. This site contains many of these lessons. I hope
you will find them useful and effective.
