Weekly Schedule
Material is taken from https://users.etown.edu/p/pauls/ec101/index.html. You can supplement this with suitable readings from the textbook.
Week 1 (June 29)
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Graphs
Lecture 3: Opportunity cost
Lecture 4: Markets and government
Lecture 5: Supply and demand
Exercise Set 1: Graphs
Exercise Set 2: Opportunity Cost
Exercise Set 3: Demand
Exercise Set 4: Supply
Exercise Set 5: Equilibrium
Exercise Set 6: Excess Supply
Assignments 1 - 2
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Week 2 (July 6)
Lecture 6: GDP and Business Cycles
Lecture 7: Unemployment
Exercise Set 6.7: Business Cycles
Exercise Set 8.1: Unemployment
Assignments 3 - 4
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Week 3 (July 13)
Lecture 7.5: Inflation
Lecture 8: National Income Accounts
Exercise Set 8: Inflation
Exercise Set 7: National Income Accounts
Assignments 5 - 6
Midterm: Fri, July 17
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Week 4 (July 20)
Lecture 9: Consumption Function
Lecture 10: Income-Expenditure Diagram
Exercise Set 11: Consumption function
Exercise Set 11.1: Computing GDP
Assignments 7 - 8
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Week 5 (July 27)
Lecture 11: Multiplier
Lecture 12: Aggregate Demand
Lecture 13: Aggregate Supply
Lecture 14: Eqbm GDP and Price Level
Exercise Set 11.2: Multiplier
Exercise Set 12: Eqbm GDP and Price Level
Assignments 9 - 10
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Week 6 (Aug 3)
Lecture 15: Fiscal Policy
Lecture 16: Supply-side Policies
Exercise Set 11.2: Multiplier
Exercise Set 12: Eqbm GDP and Price Level
Assignments 11 - 12
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Week 7 (Aug 10)
Lecture 17: Money
Lecture 18: The Banking System
Lecture 19: Money Supply and the Central Bank
Lecture 20: The Money Market
Lecture 21: Interest Rates and Exchange Rates
Lecture 22: The Complete Model
Lecture 23: Budget Deficits
Exercise Set 13: Banks and Money Creation
Exercise Set 14: Money, Interest Rates and Exchange Rates
Exercise Set 15: The Complete Model
Assignments 13 - 14
Final exam: Fri, Aug 14
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