Why are some countries rich while others are poor? How much will a dollar cost in a year and when will we have a new crisis? How can one manage private finances and can we buy happiness? How long can a state live beyond its means? What questions can answer modern economic science?

Everything you wanted to learn about modern economics but didn’t know who to ask – at the public lectures of the New Economic School at the Polytechnic Museum every Wednesday from November 10th, at 7 pm (access is free, please get registered following the link in the end of the letter and come not later than 6.45)

The lectures include two series:

• “Economics: Easy versus Difficult supported by BP” – a course of 20 lectures by the NES professors  and
• “NES Guest Lectures supported by Ernst & Young” – 5 lectures by recognized scientists and economists: Alberto Alesina, Willem Buiter, Jonathan Gruber, and others. 

You can watch the lectures online at  Infox.ru >>>. The videos can later be found at the NES channel on YouTube, presentations - on SlideShare.

November 10 “Modern Economic Science”
Lecturer: Sergei Guriev, professor, Rector, New Economic School

November 17 “Macroeconomics: Overview”
Lecturer: Oleg Zamulin, professor, Director of the “MA in Economics” programme

December 8 “Economics of the Resource Curse” 
Lecturer: Konstantin Sonin, professor, acting Vice-Rector of the NES Undergraduate programme

December 22 “Behavioral Economics”
Lecturer: Anton Suvorov, professor

February 9 "Long-term Economic Growth"
Professor Oleg Zamulin, Director of Master of Arts in Economics program

February 16 "Auctions"
Professor Konstantin Sonin, NES Vice-Rector

March 2 "Financial Markets"
Professor Alexei Goryaev, Director of Master of Finance program

March 9 "Economics of globalization and protectionism"
Professor Natalia Volchkova

March 16 "Economics of mass media"
Professor Maria Petrova

March 23 "Mechanism design"
Professor Sergei Izmalkov

March 30 "Economic development"
Professor Sergei Guriev, NES Rector

April 20 "Politics and Finance"
Professor Ruben Enikolopov

April 27 "Economic History"
Professor Andrei Markevich

May 11 "Business cycle and monetary policy"
Professor Oleg Zamulin, Director of Master of Arts in Economics program 

May 25 "Economic geography"
Lector: professor Tatiana Mikhailova 

June 1 "Prediction Markets"
Lector: Konstantin Sonin, professor, acting Vice-Rector

“NES Guest Lectures supported by Ernst & Young” (read in English, simultaneous translation is provided)

November 25 “Global Risks and Perspectives: What to Expect from Currency Wars?
Lecturer: Willem Buiter, Chief Economist, Citi

December 1 “China's Economic Development”
Lecturer: Yingyi Qian, professor, Tsinghua University

December 15 “Liberalism”
Lecturer: Alberto Alesina, professor, Harvard University

April 6 "How to Restructure Natural Monopolies. Especially Railways"

All over the world, policy makers are attempting to improve the performance of “natural monopoly” sectors like electricity, telecommunications, and railways.  Policy options chosen include privatization, restructuring, improving regulation, replacing regulation with competition – and many combinations of these.  Different solutions may be appropriate in different sectors and at different times.  For example, the Russian Federation:

• has sought to create competition in electricity by completely separating RAO UES into distinct generation (competitive) and long distance transmission and local distribution (monopoly) enterprises, but
• has sought to create competition in freight railways without separating RZhD into distinct train operating (competitive) and track operating (monopoly) enterprises.

This lecture will focus on the thinking behind such different strategies, considering the 10 year experience with restructuring RZhD as a specific example.
Lecturer: NES Visiting professor Russel Pittman, Director of Economic Research Economic Analysis Group Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

May 18 "Restructuring of Korean Economics in the 90s"
Lector: Jong Nam Oh, professor, Seoul University

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