Week 1: September 1, 3
Chapter 1 Ten Principles of Economics
Chapter 2 Thinking Like an Economist
Chapter 3 Interdependence and the Gains from Trade
Week 2: September 8, 10
Chapter 4 The Market Forces of Supply and Demand
Chapter 5 Measuring a Nation's Income
Week 3: September 15, 17
Chapter 6 Measuring the Cost of Living
Week 4: September 22, 24, 25
Chapter 7 Production and Growth
Chapter 8 Saving, Investment, and the Financial System
Week 5: September 29, October 1
Chapter 8: (cont.)
Exam 1: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Thursday, October 1st
Week 6: October 6, 8
Chapter 9 The Basic Tools of Finance
Week 7: October 13, 15
Chapters 8 and 9 continued
Chapter 10: Employment
Week 8: October 20, 22
Chapter 11 The Monetary System
Chapter 12 Money, Growth and Inflation
Week 9: October 27, 29
Chapter 12 (cont.)
Chapter 13 Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
Week 10: November 3, 5
Chapter 14 A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy
Week 11: November 10, 12
Exam 2: Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Tuesday, November 10th
Chapter 16 Aggregate Demand and Supply
Week 12: November 17, 19
Project due and short quiz at beginning of class Thursday, November 19th
Chapter 16 (cont.)
Chapter 17 The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand
Do a preliminary reading of Chapters 19 and 20.
Week 13: November 24
Chapter 19 The Financial Crisis
Week 14: December 1, 3
Chapter 20 Common Currency Areas and Monetary Union
The Chinese Economy: Economic Issues for the Global Economy
Week 15: See University Schedule for date and time of the final exam which is comprehensive