EconomicsWithAneesh

  Prosperity through growth: A brilliant talk. Absolutely amazing. Having never really seen much of a pro-free market perspective of macroeconomics at school, this was a refreshing lovely new perspective. Undoubtly Dr Laffer is an amazing speaker, but there were also moments that I simply also didnt agree with. For instance, his view that central banks should not be operationally independent didnt really make sense. IMO central banks should be operationally independent so that they can make MP decisions based on economic conditions rather than political pressures. Independence then helps maintain price stability, credibility, and long-term economic stability...  His ideas about how amazing trump really is were also prone to scepticism. Often saying his policy's are prone to data and "numbers" which didnt really coincide with what I thought about his tariff calculation a couple months ago. However, nonetheless it was a really good talk and below are my notes. Primary focus...

US-Iran relations under Trump 2.0: prospects and challenges: - Department of International Relations: Chair: Prf Peter Trubowitz Dr Dana H Allin Dr Anahita Motazed Rad Dr Sanam Vakil Current sate of US-Iran relations: Conflicts are often connected, many are often seen as independent silos.  Pre and Post Oct 7th Iran and US have had an adverse relationship for at least 4 decades. Many countries wanted a bridge with. JCPOA- deal to bring peace, If you havn't spoken to a country in 4 decades, and trying to understand them through 3rd parties, you have not UNDERSTOOD them. Its irrational to try and understand them through spies, which has led to Iranian challenges 2 main policies. Policy of engagement- US determine to manage Iran's nucleur plain. And also "containment policies". These policies have not really had an effect. JCPOA- Forced Iran to rollback of nucleur programme in order to reduce santions. Was this really a sucess? Trying to find a resolution for Iran, is a ...

To what extent has globalisation been of benefit to the UK's macroeconomic performance - A 23/25 essay I enjoyed writing this essay: it was nice to put some of the theory that we've been learning through the last few weeks at school into practice. Overall although rusty when it came to essay writing, I felt like I was effective. In terms of what to improve on for next time. First introduction paragraph, needs to really answer the question. I should have also used a phrase from the extract which I know many people like to do. I defo need to be more concise and get to the point faster. Whether its been a while since I have revised economics or just havnt got back into the writing groove, I felt like I was rambling at points (mid para 2).  I also completely forgot to use words from the question at the end of each paragraph.  Here is my (rough) plan: The winners of globalisation: • Economies with lower labour costs and infrastructure to export -> factor endowments (labour eco...