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Summer 2006 Teacher Workshop

Globalization and International Economics

July 5-7, 2006
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Economic Education Laboratory
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210

The Opportunity

  • To be informed by experts from the Boston, Dallas, and New York Federal Reserve Banks.
  • To learn about new and emerging approaches for teaching this subject matter.
  • To engage in a Model UN-like simulation.

Agenda

Wednesday, July 5, 2006 (Day One)

8:00 - Registration

9:00 - Introductions/ Workshop Overview

9:30 - Day One Agenda:  Tasks/Expectations/Assignments/Process

10:00 - Session One-Defining and Researching

Noon - Lunch Presentation: The Economics of Immigration
Chris Foote
Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

1:00 - Resource Review

2:00 - Group Sessions

3:00 - The Culture of Trade
Rebecca Weiner
Project Associate
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

4:30 - Debrief/ Preparation

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 (Day Two)

8:30 - Registration

9:00 - Reconvene

9:30 - China and Global Imbalances pdf
Jane Little
Vice President and Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
See also: Papers and presentations from Global Imbalances - As Giants Evolve

10:30 - Quo vadis, Latin America?
Carlos Zarazaga
Executive Director of Center for Latin American Economics and Senior Economist Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

11:30 - Debrief

12:00 - Lunch

1:30 - The European Union
Amy Medearis
Senior Economist
Delegation of the European Commission to the United States

2:00 - Research

3:30 - System Resources

4:00 - Position Papers

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Friday, July 7, 2006 (Day Three)

8:30 - Registration

9:00 - Assignments

10:30 - Presentations

Noon - Lunch

1:00 - Committee Work for Synthesis

2:30 - Report Out/ Vote

3:30 - Process Review

4:00 - Workshop Evaluation

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