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Course Topics
A 5-Credit Online Course
Economics 200
- Introductory Material: Economics; economic reasoning; the economic organization of society; economic organizations and institutions (Chapters 1-3 of Colander); Why Economists Disagree; is there a new economy and, if so, does it call for a new economics?
- Basics of Supply and Demand (Chapters 4 & 5 of Colander).
- Business Cycles; Macroeconomic Measurement (unemployment rates, inflation rates, GDP)(Chapters 6 & 7).
- Productivity and Economic Growth (Chapter 8 of Colander).
- The Macroeconomic Demand Model (Chapters 9 & 10 of Colander); The Keynesian Revolution .
- Macroeconomic Policy, including policy debates, monetary policy, and the relationship of inflation to unemployment and economic growth (Chapters 11 & 12 of Colander).
- Money and Monetary Policy(Chapters 13 & 14 of Colander).
- Macroeconomics in a global economy; exchange rates -- why they change and how they affect economies (Chapters 16 & 17 of Colander).
- Current Macroeconomic policy issues; supply-side policies; deficits and debt (Chapters 15 & 18 of Colander).
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