15.223  Global Markets, National Policies, and the Competitive Advantages of Firms (H2)

Some of you expressed interest in my draft book in the US financial system.  It is attached at the end of Materials.
Chapter 2 is longer run background on US financial history; and Chapter 3 reviews related experiences in emerging markets; Chapters 4 through 6 are developments in the US since roughly 1980; Chapter 7 is about the crisis and how it was handled; and Chapter 8 is about attempted reform and the likely future.
All comments would be most welcome.  Please do not share in electronic form or hard copy with anyone outside of the Sloan Fellows progream, unless you ask me first.
It was a great pleasure working with you all this semester.
Thanks very much.
Simon

Some of you have requested to bring your laptop to the final exam instead of writing your answers on paper.

This is fine.Please let your respective TA know you are doing so at the beginning of the exam. Please also remember to email your respective TA your answer at the end of the exam. Submissions cannot be done through Stellar; only by email.

Thank you, and best of luck.

Please note that the 2008 final exam has been posted on Stellar under "Materials" (scroll to the bottom of the page).

The questions on this year's exam will reflect topics that Simon has stressed in the class, but the posted exam should give you a sense of the exam structure.

The second class summary  has been added on Stellar under November 30.

Thank you.

Please be reminded that we will discuss both the material from Monday 30 November and Wednesday 25 November (which was cancelled) during class on Monday 30 November. The discussion will spill over to Wednesday's class.

Thank you.