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Macroeconomics College Course Syllabus and Study Guide

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Introduction to Economics

  • Guided course
    Defining Economic Terms: Scarcity, Trade-offs, and Opportunity Costs
    04:30
  • Guided course
    Definition of Economics: Micro vs. Macro
    02:04
  • Guided course
    Economic Systems
    01:42

Positive and Normative Statements

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    Identifying Statements
    02:48
  • Guided course
    Positive Statements vs. Normative Statements
    04:35

Introduction to Supply and Demand

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    Perfect Competition
    03:23

The Basics of Demand

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    The Basics of Demand
    06:02

Shifting Demand

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    Substitute and Complementary Goods
    01:27
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    Shifting Demand
    03:59
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    Consumer Preferences
    01:44

The Basics of Supply

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    The Basics of Supply
    02:43

Shifting Supply

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    Shifting Supply
    01:56
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    Nature
    01:00
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    Technology
    01:39

Supply and Demand Together: Equilibrium, Shortage, and Surplus

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    Equilibrium
    02:41
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    Law of Supply and Demand
    02:43
  • Surplus and Shortage
    02:56

Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP

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    Calculating GDP Using the Expenditure Approach
    02:31

Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income

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    Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income
    05:10

Calculating GDP Using the Income Approach

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    Comparison of U.S. GDP Calculation
    03:07
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    Calculating GDP Using the Income Approach
    07:44

Detailed Explanation of GDP Components

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    Government Purchases and Net Exports
    02:12
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    Consumption
    02:38
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    Investment
    02:01

Nominal GDP and Real GDP

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    Nominal GDP and Real GDP
    09:15
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    Inflation and the GDP Deflator
    03:04

Labor Force and Unemployment

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    Problems with Measuring Unemployment
    04:35
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    Labor Force and Unemployment
    05:58

Who is Affected by Inflation?

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    Who is Affected by Inflation?
    05:58

The Consumption Function

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    1 = MPC + MPS
    02:45
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    Equation of the Consumption Function
    02:49
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    Marginal Propensity to Consume and Save
    04:20

The Saving Function

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    Saving Function (Saving Schedule)
    06:14

Determinants of Consumption and Saving

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    Determinants of Consumption and Saving
    05:13

Aggregate Expenditures Model and Macroeconomic Equilibrium

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    Aggregate Expenditures Model and Macroeconomic Equilibrium
    07:08
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    Numerical Aggregate Expenditures
    10:19

AE Model: Graphing Macroeconomic Equilibrium

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    Graphing Macroeconomic Equilibrium
    13:28

AE Model and the Multiplier

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    AE Model and the Multiplier
    11:37

Government Purchases and the Multiplier Effect

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    Government Purchases GDP Multiplier
    08:02

Taxes, the Multiplier Effect, and Automatic Stabilizers

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    Taxes as an Automatic Stabilizer
    03:50
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    Taxes and the GDP Multiplier
    05:11

Long Run Effects of Fiscal Policy

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    Persistent Budget Deficit
    03:39
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    Long Run Tax Policy
    02:40

The Functions of Money; The Kinds of Money

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    Kinds of Money
    01:33
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    Functions of Money
    04:06
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    Definition of Money; Barter Economy; Double Coincidence of Wants
    02:30

Introduction to the Federal Reserve

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    Organization of the Federal Reserve
    05:05
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    Role of the Federal Reserve
    03:11

The Demand for Money

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    Money Demand
    01:51
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    Shifting Money Demand
    02:17

Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand

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    Price Levels and the Money Market
    06:24
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    Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand
    04:53
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    Interest Rates and Aggregate Demand
    06:42

Short Run Aggregate Supply

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    Short Run Aggregate Supply Slopes Upwards
    04:16
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    Short Run Aggregate Supply
    02:52

Shifting Short Run Aggregate Supply

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    Shifting Short Run Aggregate Supply
    03:03
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    Factors Leading to Shifting Short Run Aggregate Supply
    05:32

Aggregate Demand

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    AD-AS Model: Aggregate Demand
    02:56
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    Interest Rate Effect
    05:48
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    Wealth Effect
    02:47

Shifting Aggregate Demand

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    Shifting Aggregate Demand
    04:27

AD-AS Model: Equilibrium in the Short Run and Long Run

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    Long Run Equilibrium in the AD-AS Model
    02:28
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    Short Run Equilibrium in the AD-AS Model
    02:35

AD-AS Model: Shifts in Aggregate Demand

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    Equilibrium After a Decrease in Aggregate Demand
    08:15
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    Equilibrium After an Increase in Aggregate Demand
    06:03

Long Run Aggregate Supply

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    Long Run Aggregate Supply
    04:36
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    Shifting Long Run Aggregate Supply
    04:35

Demand-Pull and Cost-Push Inflation

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    Demand-Pull Inflation
    03:53
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    Cost-Push Inflation
    02:22

Types of Unemployment

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    Frictional, Structural, and Cyclical Unemployment
    05:44
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    Definition of Full Employment
    02:44

Short Run Phillips Curve

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    Short Run Phillips Curve
    09:33

Long Run Phillips Curve

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    Long Run Phillips Curve
    06:07