MACRO CLASS SCHEDULE 

 

 

Aug.                25        INTRODUCTION

 

                        27        Chapter 1: The Nature of Economics

 

Sept.                01        Chapter 2: Scarcity and the World of Trade-Offs                 

 

                        03        Chapter 3: Demand and Supply

 

                        08        Chapter 4: Extensions of Demand and Supply Analysis       

 

                        10        Chapter 5: Public Spending and Public Choice

 

                        15        Chapter 6: Funding the Public Sector

 

                        17        Chapter 7: The Macroeconomy: Unemployment and Inflation                     

                        22        Chapter 8: Measuring the Economy’s Performance

 

24        Chapter 9: Global Economic Growth and Development       

 

                        29        Chapter 10: Real GDP and the Price Level in the Long Run            

Oct.

01        Chapter 11: Classical and Keynesian Macro Analyses          

 

06        REVIEW FOR EXAM 1      

                       

08        EXAM 1

 

13        Chapter 12: Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier

 

15        Chapter 13: Fiscal Policy       

 

                        20        Chapter 14: Deficit Spending and the Public Debt     

 

22        Chapter 15. Money, Banking, and Central Banking 

 

27        Chapter 15: Money, Banking, and Central Banking  

 

29        Chapter 16: Money Creation, the Demand for Money, and Monetary Policy

             

Nov.    03        Chapter 16: Money Creation, the Demand for Money, and Monetary Policy

 

05        Chapter 17: Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy

 

10        Chapter 17: Domestic and International Dimensions of Monetary Policy    

 

                        12        Chapter 18: Stabilization in an Integrated World Economy 

 

17        Chapter 19: Policies and Prospects for Global Economic Growth    

 

19        Chapter 33: Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy

 

24        Chapter 34: Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments  

 

26        THANKSGIVING: NO CLASS      

 

.                       01        REVIEW FOR EXAM 2      

Dec

                        03        EXAM 2

 

                        08        OPTIONAL FINAL

 

10        FINAL DAY