Macroeconomics
Introduction
1. Introduction to the Course
On this course, and economics…
Introduction
2. Economic Thinking
On homo economicus and homo sapiens
Macroeconomic Data
3. National Income
Measuring the annual produce of a nation
Macroeconomic Data
4. The Cost of Living
How to see through the money illusion
The Long Run
5. Production and Growth
The causes of the wealth of nations, revisited
The Long Run
6. The Financial System
First look at macroeconomic plumbing
The Long Run
7. Unemployment
When the most important resource sits idle
The Long Run
8. The Monetary System
Making money
The Long Run
9. Money and Inflation
When the printing press gets hot
Open-Economy Macroeconomics
10. The Open Economy
When a nation is not an island
Open-Economy Macroeconomics
11. Modelling the Open Economy
Making sense of a complicated world
The Short Run
12. Aggregating Demand and Supply
A bird’s view of demand and supply
The Short Run
13. Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Managing the aggregate demand
The Short Run
14. Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off
Choose your poison
Conclusion
15. Big Macroeconomic Debates
Out of conflict comes clarity