Since I think this podcast about inflation in Brazil is more likely to make an impression on you than my lectures I am assigning it as a required text. There will be a question on the midterm.
I am a Senior Economist at the New York City Independent Budget Office.
My academic research looks at the effect of fiscal and monetary policy. In particular, I focus on the effects of the fiscal/monetary policy shock of WWII on the US economy.
Before starting at the NYC IBO I taught for over 15 years at various universities around New York City. I taught a wide variety of classes, but my specializations were Macroeconomics, US Economic History and Econometrics.
andrewbossie.com for more info.