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Macroeconomics Study Guide: Key Concepts for Midterm

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Introduction to Economics

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    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

Three Key Economic Ideas

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    Marginal Analysis
    09:36
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    People Are Rational
    02:02
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    Economic Incentives
    01:40

Productive and Allocative Efficiency

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    Equity and Fairness
    04:14
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    Productive Efficiency and Allocative Efficiency
    03:26

Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) - Introduction and Productive Efficiency

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    Understanding the PPF
    06:23
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    PPF - Attainable and Efficient
    04:48

PPF - Increasing Marginal Opportunity Costs and Allocative Efficiency

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    PPF - Graphing Increasing Marginal Opportunity Costs
    03:33
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    PPF - The Law of Increasing Opportunity Costs
    05:04

PPF - Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage

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    Opportunity Costs and Comparative Advantage
    04:36
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    Different PPFs and Absolute Advantage
    02:03

PPF - Comparative Advantage and Trade

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    Comparative Advantage and Specialization in Trade
    05:30

Circular Flow Diagram

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    Households and Firms
    01:32
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    The Circular Flow Diagram
    04:20

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

Overview of Supply and Demand Shifts

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    Overview of Supply and Demand Shifts
    04:05

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

Supply and Demand Together: Both Shift

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    Results of Both Shifting
    06:34
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    Shift in Both Supply and Demand
    07:32

Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP

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    Calculating GDP Using the Expenditure Approach
    02:31

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

Circular Flow Diagram

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    Households and Firms
    01:32
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    The Circular Flow Diagram
    04:20

Business Cycles and Their Characteristics

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    Business Cycle Characteristics
    01:46
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    Causes of Business Cycles
    04:18
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    Key Ideas of the Business Cycle
    02:33

Labor Force and Unemployment

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

Types of Unemployment

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

Inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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    Calculating CPI and Inflation Rate
    08:35
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    Consumer Price Index (CPI)
    04:40
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    Inflation
    03:34

Problems with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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    Problems with CPI
    05:24

Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation

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    Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation
    04:34
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    Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation
    02:49

Nominal Interest, Real Interest, and the Fisher Equation

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    Nominal Interest, Real Interest, and the Fisher Equation
    05:05

Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds

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    Mutual Fund Definitions
    02:47
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    Bond Definitions
    02:11
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    Stock Definitions
    02:52

Calculating Bond and Stock Prices

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    Calculating Stock and Bond Price
    05:16