Introduction to Making
Economic Policy in Washington
The State of the U.S. Economy
Making Fiscal Policy
Energy Policy
Making Monetary Policy
The Securities and Exchange Commission
Making Labor Policy
Education Policy
The State of the Global Economy
Making Trade Policy
Making Exchange Rate Policy
The International monetary Fund and Crises
The World Bank and Economic Development
Economic Reforms in China and India
Economic Development in Africa
Chinese Economic Reforms
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Each week your
schedule will be different. Following is an example
of what a week in the Economic Policy Program might
look like:
Monday 9:00am
Interactive
lecture with the Professor “Supervision and regulation
of US financial markets”
Monday 1:00pm
Site visit to
the Securities and Exchange Commission, Briefing by
Senior Economist
Tuesday 10:30am
Site visit to
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Briefing
by Chief Economist
Tuesday 3:00pm
Guest speaker:
Michael Stein, Executive Director of Government Relations
for Morgan Stanley
Wednesday
8:30am
Class attends a hearing on Capital Hill of
the Senate Judiciary Committee on Insider Trading.
Wednesday 5:30pm
Elective on
main campus: International Economics with professor
who does consulting at the Inter-American Development
Bank.
Thursday
Internship at
the President’s Council of Economic Advisors
Friday
Internship at the President’s Council of Economic
Advisors
* You may choose
an elective class from any AU course offering that
fits into your schedule or you may elect to conduct
a research project.
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The Board of Governors of the
Federal
Reserve System
Bureau of Economic Analysis (measures the GDP)
Congressional Budget Office
Bureau of Labor Statistics
AFL-CIO
US Chamber of Commerce
The US Trade Representative’s Office
The International Monetary Fund
The World Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank
Barry Bosworth, Senior Economist,
Brookings Institution
Kevin Hassett, Director
of Economic Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Keith Hall, Chief Economist,
Council of Economic Advisors
Stephen Moore, Editorial
Board of the Wall Street Journal
Jim Overdahl, Chief
Economist, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Jonathan Sokobin, Financial
Economist, Securities and Exchange Commission
Michael J. Stein, Executive
Director, Morgan Stanley
Wu Jiansheng, Economist,
Embassy of China in Washington
Jesus Giacoman, Economic
Counselor,
Embassy of Mexico in Washington
Johnston Adasi, Economic
Counselor, Embassy of Ghana in Washington
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Off-Campus
Seminar Locations