Macroeconomics

Fall 2008

Week

Topic

#1 - August 25 Economic Issues
Krugman Chapter 1 : Economics
#2 - September 1 Krugman Chapter 2: The Production Possibilities Frontier                                                                  
#3 - September 8 Krugman Chapter 2: Comparative Advantage and Trade                                                          
#4 - September 15 Krugman Chapter 6: Macroeconomics: The Big Picture, Chapter 7: Tracking the Macroeconomy
#5 - September 22 Krugman Chapter 8: Long-run Economic Growth 
#6 - September 29 Krugman Chapter 8: Long-run Economic Growth                                                      Sample Test 1
#7 - October 6 Krugman Chapter 10: Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
#8 - October 13 Krugman Chapter 11: Income and Expenditures
The US Financial Outlook 
Krugman Chapter 12: Fiscal Policy                              
#9 - October 20 Krugman Chapter 13: Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve System
#10 - October 27 Krugman Chapter 14: Monetary Policy
#11 - November 3 Krugman Chapter 15: Labor Markets, Unemployment, and Inflation                         Sample Test 2                          
#12 - November 10 Krugman Chapter 16: Inflation and GDP

#13 - November 17

Krugman Chapter 17: International Trade

November 24

Thanksgiving Week

#14 - December 1 Krugman Chapter 18: Macroeconomic Policy in Open Economies
#15 - December 8 Krugman Chapter 19: Currencies and Crises                                                          Sample Test 3