Course Schedule & Links to Take-Home
Lectures
Principles of Macroeconomics
"Economics Today" by Miller Textbook version for Fall Semester
2009
Click on the underlined unit numbers for
detailed unit outlines & take home lecture presentations.
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UNIT
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CHAPTERS
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TOPICS | ACTIVITIES & DEADLINES: |
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1 & 2
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Economic
Goals, Questions, and Systems Scarcity, Choices, Trade-Offs, and Economic Models |
Discussion
Board (DB): Introductions |
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3
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Demand & Supply |
Demand Quiz open thru September 6 |
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4
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Shifts in Demand & Supply, Market Interventions |
Market Quiz open thru September 13 |
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5
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Externalities & Public Choice Theory |
Externalities Quiz open thru September 20 |
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6
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Funding the Public Sector | Tax & Tax Structures Quiz open thru Sept. 27 | |
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1-6
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EXAM
1
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Exam 1 Available:
Monday, Sept. 28 thru Sunday, October 4 |
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| six | 7 | Unemployment, Inflation, and Business Fluctuations | Fluctuations Quiz open thru Sunday, October 4 |
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8
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Macroeconomic Measures of Performance & the Circular Flows of Economic Activity |
Macromeasures
Quiz open thru Oct. 11 DB: QOL posting by end of October 11 |
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eight
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9
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Global Economic Growth & Development |
Growth & Rates Quiz open thru Oct. 18 |
| nine | 12 | Consumption, Real GDP, and the Multiplier | MacroFlows Quiz open thru Nov. 1 |
| ten | 10 & 11 | Long-Run Output & Price
Level Classical versus Keynesian Theories |
Macrotheories Quiz open thru Nov. 8th |
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7-12
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EXAM 2 | Exam 2 Available: Monday, November 9th thru Sunday, Nov. 15th |
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13
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Fiscal Policy | Fiscal Policy Quiz open thru Nov. 15 | |
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14
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Deficit Spending & the Public Debt | Deficit
& Debt Quiz open thru Nov. 22 |
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15
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Money & Banking |
Money
& Banking Quiz open thru Nov. 29 |
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16
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Monetary Policy | Monetary
Policy Quiz open thru Dec. 6th |
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19
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Global Economic Growth CANCELLED | Global Growth Quiz open thru Dec. 6th |
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EXAM 3
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13-15 | EXAM 3 | Exam III Available: Dec. 8 (Tuesday) thru Dec. 14th (Monday) |