London School of Economics

This course seeks to introduce microeconomic analysis as a way of understanding the world. Students are exposed to important topics like consumer choice theory, the theory of production and costs, the economics of time, and the impact of market failure and government intervention. Students are exposed to standard microeconomic theory to develop their economic intuition, while also gaining economic tools that support this intuition along the way.

This course provides an introduction to the quantitative analysis of data, blending classical statistical methods with recent advances in computational, and machine learning. Students cover key topics such as the challenges of analyzing big data using statistical methods, and how machine learning and data science can aid in knowledge generation and improve decision-making. Students also explore quantitative methods of text analysis, including mining social media and other online resources.

The course teaches risk management practices for students aiming to advance their careers in the competitive world of global finance, in fields such as asset management, hedge funds, investment analysis, or risk management.

This course is suitable for professionals and activists working in journalism or media-related fields as well as students from all backgrounds. It is a unique opportunity to benefit from the LSE’s outstanding research into modern journalism combined with talks by pioneering media professionals. Daily lectures and guest talks give students insights into contemporary cutting edge news media. Seminars encourage students to think and act like journalists facing all the dramatic ethical and technological challenges of reporting the complex and dangerous world we live in. Participants in this course emerge with a better understanding of the shifts taking place in the practices, forms, and processes within the news media and their consequences for the role of journalism in contemporary society.

The course introduces students to the role of property concepts in legal and social thought. Particular attention is paid to the context, development, and function of property forms in contemporary legal systems. The course encompasses a broad range of established and emergent property forms, ranging from questions of copyright and share ownership to aspects of real property. Extensive use is made of historical and other general commentaries on the question of property.

The course combines both analytical and computer-based (data) material to enable students to gain practical experience in analyzing a wide variety of econometric problems. It also discusses how modern data science approaches can be used to answer important economic questions. Students are reading various applied economic papers which apply the techniques being taught. Applications considered include labor, development, industrial organization, and finance. 

This course brings students up to date with modern theories of money and banking and recent developments in the analysis of monetary policy. What are the causes of inflation and deflation? What tools do central banks have, and how does monetary policy affect the economy? How do financial markets work, and why are financial intermediaries needed? In order to answer these and related questions, this course provides a set of tools to analyze monetary policy and the financial sector. The course combines a study of the relevant theory with applications to recent events and policy debates.