Week 1: August 30, September 1
Chapter 1 Ten Principles of Economics
Chapter 2 Thinking Like an Economist
Chapter 3 Interdependence and the Gains from Trade
Week 2: September 6, 8
Chapter 4 The Market Forces of Supply and Demand
Chapter 5 Measuring a Nation's Income
Week 3: September 13, 15
Chapter 6 Measuring the Cost of Living
Week 4:
September 20, 22, 23
Chapter 7 Production and Growth
Chapter 8: Savings, Investment and the Financial System
Week 5: September 27, 29
Exam 1: Tuesday September 27 Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Chapter 8: (Cont)
Week 6: October 4, 6
Chapter 9 The Basic Tools of Finance
Week 7: October 11, 13
Chapter 10: Employment
Chapter 11: The Monetary System
Week 8: October 18, 20
Chapter 12 Money, Growth and Inflation
Chapter 13: Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic Concepts
Week 9:
October 25, 27, 28
Tuesday, October 25: Exam 2 Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Chapter 14: A Macroeconomic Theory of the Open Economy - (China, globalization, capital flight)
Week 10: November 3
Chapter 16: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Week 11: November 8, 10
Chapter 17: The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand
Week 12: November 15, 17
Chapter 17 (Cont.)
Chapter 15: Keynes and IS-LM Analysis
Do a preliminary reading of Chapters 19 and 20.
Week 13: November 22
Tuesday Project due.
Chapter 19 Financial Crises
Week 14:
November 29, December 1
Chapter 20 Common Currency Areas and Monetary Union
Week 15: See University Schedule for date and time of the final exam which is comprehensive