马歇尔经济论文学术活动题目

1、Donald Trump recently said “interest rates should be at least two to three points lower.” Should the monetary policy mandate be given to the government?

唐纳德·特朗普最近表示“利率应该至少低两个到三个百分点”。货币政策的制定权是否应该交给政府？

2、Why could no economist predict Argentina’s miraculous economic comeback?

为什么经济学家未能预测到阿根廷经济奇迹般的复苏？

3、Is corruption always economically harmful? Discuss with reference to both theory and empirical evidence.

腐败现象总是对经济有害吗？结合理论和实证证据进行讨论。

4、Margaret Thatcher questioned whether trade unions achieved their purpose “to improve living standards, prospects, security and general well-being of working people”. To what extent do trade unions today serve the well-being of workers and promote the overall health of the labour market?

玛格丽特·撒切尔质疑工会是否实现了其“提高工人生活水平、前景、安全性和整体福祉”的目标。当今工会在多大程度上服务于工人的福祉并促进劳动力市场的整体健康？

5、To what extent can mathematical modelling capture the complexity of human behaviour?

数学建模能在多大程度上捕捉人类行为的复杂性？

6、How has the democratisation of finance (i.e., higher participation from ‘retail’ investors post pandemic) affected US equity markets?

金融民主化（即疫情后“散户”投资者参与度提高）如何影响了美国股票市场？

7、Milton Friedman argued that competition in markets is generally welfare enhancing. Do you think this is always true?

米尔顿·弗里德曼认为，市场的竞争通常能增进福利。你认为这是始终正确的吗？

8、How can the UK government address the housing crises? Are current policies doing enough?

英国政府如何解决住房危机？当前政策是否足够？

9、Evaluate the effectiveness of British fiscal and monetary policy in responding to the economic crisis in the first half of the 20th century.
评估英国20世纪上半叶财政和货币政策应对经济危机的有效性。

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