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Macroeconomics Course Syllabus and Topic Overview

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Introduction to Economics

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

The Basics of Demand

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    The Basics of Demand
    06:02

The Basics of Supply

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    The Basics of Supply
    02:43

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

Labor Force and Unemployment

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

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

Introduction to Fiscal Policy

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    Introduction; Discretionary Policy and Automatic Stabilizers
    09:33

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

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

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

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

Types of Unemployment

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

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