Trumponomics - an ongoing analysis
What you'll learn
- How to evaluate economic policies
- The impact of Trumponomics on world economies
- The impact of import tariffs
- The impact of tax cuts
Requirements
- A willingness to keep up to date with economics
- A desire to learn through discussion
Description
Any video, any course about the economic policies of Donald Trump is going to be out of date as soon as it is published. There will be new data on growth, taxes, imports etc. But the analysis of using import tariffs, going for growth, cutting/raising taxes as a policy instrument, will not date.
That is what this course does : analysis.
In addition to analysing these economic policy instruments we look at the various policy announcements - and appointments - made before Donald Trump came into office - and then produce updates as the policies are implemented. The course equips you with the economics knowledge necessary to analyse and evaluate the policies and encourages you to comment by asking a series of provocative questions. These questions will date BUT the answers and ensuing discussions keep the topic alive.
There is a section on the course called Trump Day/Night. Here we - you and the Instructor(s) - consider policy questions asked and then we discuss further in the Q/A. The course also includes numerous Case Studies and 'Trump Factsheets'.
So this course is a stepping stone. A vehicle for understanding. The Q/A a venue for discussion.
In addition, if you fully participate - Case Studies, discussions - you will achieve the Oxford Diploma. Not a Masters Degree. Not a degree. But a Diploma of Achievement because to be awarded such you will have honed your analytical skills through monitoring, discussing and evaluating Trumponomics in real time.
This is a course for students eager to learn - and develop.
Recent Additions June 2025
The break-up
Narrative fallacy
WYSIATI
Tariffs
Civil Unrest in Los Angeles
Recent additions: APRIL 2025
NATO's expansionism
Advocacy for Dialogue
Blame the West?
Criticism of Western media?
Who this course is for:
- Economics teachers
- Politics students
- Economics students worldwide
- All Americans
- Anyone and everyone likely to be affected by USA economic policies
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 10,475 Reviews
- 252,390 Students
- 144 Courses
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
· Founder: Almost Random Theatre
I have experience in four main areas:
a. Teaching (40+ years of face-to-face experience)
b. Running businesses and conferences
c. Acting in films and theatre
d. Volunteering for a number of charities
Teaching/Instructor experience
Face-to-face: MBA students on a 1-1 basis; at University; Grammar, Comprehensive and F.E. College. This has included being Principal, Director of Studies; Head of Business and Head of Economics at various times in the past 40 years!
I have taught: Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics, English Literature and Psychology.
I have also run seminars for Teachers of |Psychology, Sociology, Businessman Economics.
I have run Therapeutic Art groups at Care Homes.
The success of my Business and Economics students has been featured in several newspapers plus I have appeared on BBC.
Running businesses and conferences.
I started Oxford School of Learning in the 1980s. From the college came Marketing Education Services, OSL Training and Saturday tutors.
In 201 I started Almost Random Theatre and have taken actors to Poland and the Czech Republic as well as running Drama days at schools.
Writing: my plays are sold to schools; I have 100+ books on Amazon; I used to write a regular column for The Guardian and BBC Bitesize.
Acting in films and theatre
My plays are sold to schools. I have performed at Oxford and Brighton Fringes as well as appearing in 100+ films, national TV advertising campaigns and role-played a hospital patient for Buckingham University’s medical degree students.
Volunteering
I have worked/am still working for Care Homes, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Dystonia Society, Stroke Association, Stroke Club, Talkback, Oxford Recovery College, Tandem, Age UK and Sport in Mind. I’ve given my tutorial fees to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Dystonia Society. I currently have a GoFundMe page to help lonely elderly people.
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 7,674 Reviews
- 183,218 Students
- 52 Courses
Oxford School of Learning was set up in 1986. It became a limited company which was then closed down around 2018 as there was no need to keep it going. The School kept going though, writing/providing books, online courses and issuing the Oxford School of Learning Diploma to those who met difficult criteria.
As the name suggests, Oxford School of Learning is based in Oxford, UK. The original Principal was Chris Sivewright who now delivers various Economics and Business courses for us.