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Principles of Macroeconomics: Course Syllabus and Structure

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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 - 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

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

Individual Demand and Market Demand

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    Individual and Market Demand
    03:59

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

Individual Supply and Market Supply

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    Individual Supply and Market Supply
    06:04

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

Labor Force and Unemployment

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

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

Investment, Savings, and the Financial System

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    Investment and Savings
    02:01
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    The Financial System
    02:10

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

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

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

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

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

Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2

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    Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2
    02:14

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 Federal Reserve and the Money Supply

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    Money Supply:Discount Policy and Required Reserves
    05:42
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    Money Supply:Open Market Operations
    06:01

Monetary vs Fiscal Policy

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    Monetary vs Fiscal Policy
    03:13

Goals of Monetary Policy

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    Goals of Monetary Policy
    03:28

Expansionary and Contractionary Monetary Policy

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    Expansionary Monetary Policy
    07:42
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    Contractionary Monetary Policy
    08:07

Introduction to Fiscal Policy

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    Introduction; Discretionary Policy and Automatic Stabilizers
    09:33

Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy

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    Contractionary Fiscal Policy
    03:48
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    Expansionary Fiscal Policy
    05:24

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

Government Purchases and the Multiplier Effect

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    Government Purchases GDP Multiplier
    08:02

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