Syllabus
Lectures
Chapter 1 A Tour of the World (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 2 A Tour of the Book (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 3 The Goods Market (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 4 Financial Markets (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 5 Goods and Financial Markets: The IS-LM Model (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 6 The Labor Market (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 7 The AS-AD Model (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 8 The Phillips Curve, The Natural Rate of Unemployment and Inflation new PPT
Chapter 14 Expectations: The Basic Tools (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 18 Openness in Goods and Financial Markets (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 19 The Goods Market in an Open Economy (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 20 Output, the Interest Rate, and the Exchange Rate (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Homework
Homework 1 (Due on September 5）(Solution)
Homework 2 (Due on September 12) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due on October 3) (solution)
Homework 4 (Due on October 8) (solution)
Homework 5 (Due on November 5) (solution)
Presentation Schedule and Topics
List of suggested topics
November 7 (session 1):Group 8 (Allie Mikle, Stephen Moughon, and Jackson Barth): (To be discussed by: Group 2)
Topic: income inequality
Group 12 (Sara Snider and Anne Davis): (To be discussed by: Group 6)
Topic: could a better monetary policy have prevented the financial crisis
Group 15 (Guy Evans and Alan Hebert): (To be discussed by: Group 7)
Topic: cause of the trade deficit
November 12 (session 2):Group 2 (Erin Adams and David Roberts): (To be discussed by: Group 1)
Topic: Primary causes of the financial crisis and the subprime mortgage collapse
Group 6 (Connor Ciment and Tony Barletta): (To be discussed by: Group 3)
Topic: Do you think austerity is the correct policy in current economic situation?
Group 7 (Sam Scheidler and Austin Hoyt): (To be discussed by: Group 4)
Topic: level of success (or lack thereof) of fiscal policy since the recession
November 14 (session 3):Group 1 (Hannah Hart and Mary Clare Pugh): (To be discussed by: Group 5)
Topic: What are likely impact of the Euro crisis on European economy and US economy?
Group 3 (Leslie Bacon and Elizabeth Wilson): (To be discussed by: Group 9)
Topic: Whether increase in government spending or tax deductions would be better
Group 4 (Elizabeth Michaels and Jessica Atkinson): (To be discussed by: Group 11)
Topic: how universal health care effects GDP
November 19 (session 4):Group 5 (David Hudson and Martin Toole): (To be discussed by: Group 10)
Topic: minimum wage rate
Group 9 (Kristen Lee and Katherine Duffey): (To be discussed by: Group 13)
Topic: Causes of the Euro crisis
Group 11 (Sarah Salava, Shannon McDonough and JB Sumner): (To be discussed by: Group 14)
Topic: minimum wage rate
December 3 (session 5):Group 10 (Aidan Hathaway and John Moore): (To be discussed by: Group 8)
Topic: contrasting macroeconomic impacts of demographic changes
Group 13 (John Burke): (To be discussed by: Group 12)
Topic: Japanese Prime Minster Abe's "3 Arrows Policy," and the affect of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the Japanese economy
Group 14 (Edward Lovelace and Mike Alden): (To be discussed by: Group 15)
Topic: Why the economic crisis spread so substantially and what are the long-term effects
Announcements
Test 1 is scheduled on September 19 (firm)
Review Problem Set 1
Test 2 is scheduled on October 17 (firm)
Review Problem Set 2
Final test is scheduled on December 12 (firm)
Review Problem Set 3
Lectures
Chapter 1 A Tour of the World (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 2 A Tour of the Book (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 3 The Goods Market (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 4 Financial Markets (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 5 Goods and Financial Markets: The IS-LM Model (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 6 The Labor Market (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 7 The AS-AD Model (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 8 The Phillips Curve, The Natural Rate of Unemployment and Inflation new PPT
Chapter 14 Expectations: The Basic Tools (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 18 Openness in Goods and Financial Markets (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 19 The Goods Market in an Open Economy (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Chapter 20 Output, the Interest Rate, and the Exchange Rate (PPT, PDF) new PPT
Homework
Homework 1 (Due on September 5）(Solution)
Homework 2 (Due on September 12) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due on October 3) (solution)
Homework 4 (Due on October 8) (solution)
Homework 5 (Due on November 5) (solution)
Presentation Schedule and Topics
List of suggested topics
November 7 (session 1):Group 8 (Allie Mikle, Stephen Moughon, and Jackson Barth): (To be discussed by: Group 2)
Topic: income inequality
Group 12 (Sara Snider and Anne Davis): (To be discussed by: Group 6)
Topic: could a better monetary policy have prevented the financial crisis
Group 15 (Guy Evans and Alan Hebert): (To be discussed by: Group 7)
Topic: cause of the trade deficit
November 12 (session 2):Group 2 (Erin Adams and David Roberts): (To be discussed by: Group 1)
Topic: Primary causes of the financial crisis and the subprime mortgage collapse
Group 6 (Connor Ciment and Tony Barletta): (To be discussed by: Group 3)
Topic: Do you think austerity is the correct policy in current economic situation?
Group 7 (Sam Scheidler and Austin Hoyt): (To be discussed by: Group 4)
Topic: level of success (or lack thereof) of fiscal policy since the recession
November 14 (session 3):Group 1 (Hannah Hart and Mary Clare Pugh): (To be discussed by: Group 5)
Topic: What are likely impact of the Euro crisis on European economy and US economy?
Group 3 (Leslie Bacon and Elizabeth Wilson): (To be discussed by: Group 9)
Topic: Whether increase in government spending or tax deductions would be better
Group 4 (Elizabeth Michaels and Jessica Atkinson): (To be discussed by: Group 11)
Topic: how universal health care effects GDP
November 19 (session 4):Group 5 (David Hudson and Martin Toole): (To be discussed by: Group 10)
Topic: minimum wage rate
Group 9 (Kristen Lee and Katherine Duffey): (To be discussed by: Group 13)
Topic: Causes of the Euro crisis
Group 11 (Sarah Salava, Shannon McDonough and JB Sumner): (To be discussed by: Group 14)
Topic: minimum wage rate
December 3 (session 5):Group 10 (Aidan Hathaway and John Moore): (To be discussed by: Group 8)
Topic: contrasting macroeconomic impacts of demographic changes
Group 13 (John Burke): (To be discussed by: Group 12)
Topic: Japanese Prime Minster Abe's "3 Arrows Policy," and the affect of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on the Japanese economy
Group 14 (Edward Lovelace and Mike Alden): (To be discussed by: Group 15)
Topic: Why the economic crisis spread so substantially and what are the long-term effects
Announcements
Test 1 is scheduled on September 19 (firm)
Review Problem Set 1
Test 2 is scheduled on October 17 (firm)
Review Problem Set 2
Final test is scheduled on December 12 (firm)
Review Problem Set 3
