Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. He works in the areas of macroeconomic policy, both in the U.S. and in low-income countries. Recent work has included studies of the economies of Portuguese-speaking African countries, the outlook for the U.S. economy, and issues in the management of transition economies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Professor Kyle currently teaches two courses, Introduction to Economics of Development (2350) and Hot Economic Topics in the News Today (2800). This last course is currently being expanded to become one of the new Grand Challenge writing courses. Over the past 6 to 7 years Kyle has developed and taught at least 6 new courses. At one point he was averaging one new course every year.