Introduction to Macroeconomics
Material to the recitation "Introduction to Macroeconomics" (ECON 0100) in form of slides, practices, quizzes, etc. will be uploaded on this page every weekend.

Office hours for ECON 0100: Tuesdays, 12.15-1.15pm, room 4520 at Posvar Hall (econ department)
Apart from exam times, I am also available by appointment throughout the week. During exam times, I may extend office hours if there is demand for it. Appointments can be either before/after class or through email. I will be also responding to questions by email in a timely manner.
       
Session Topic No Topic Download
01 00 Recitation Syllabus Slides
01 00 Organizational Issues Slides
  01 Motivating Macro Slides
02 02 Some Macroeconomic Basics Slides
  03 Economic Systems Slides
    Take Home Quiz 1 (Basics + Economic Systems) Quiz
03 04 Production Possibility Frontier and Opportunity Costs Slides
    EXTENDED: Take Home Quiz 2 (Basics + Econ.Systems + OC + PPF) Exercises
    Opportunity Costs and Cost-Benefit Principle
(Extracts from Robert Frank, The Economic Naturalist)		  
03+04 05 International Trade and Comparative Advantage Slides
  06 Finance Slides
04 07 Measuring GDP Slides
    Take Home Quiz 3: Present Value, Measuring GDP and Taxation Slides
06 Midterm 1 Preparations (in class) Exercises
07 08 (Un)Employment Slides
  09 Inflation Slides
08 10 Consumption Function Slides
08 11 Aggregate Demand, Equilibrium and the Multiplier Slides
    Take Home Quiz 4: GDP, (Un)Employment, Inflation and the Multiplier Exercises
09 13 Fiscal Policy Slides
10 Midterm 2 Preparations (in class) Exercises
11 14 Money and the Banking System Slides
    Take Home Quiz 5 Exercises
12   Mock Final Exam + Q&A (in class)
[Mock final] [Solutions]		 Exercises
     
Bonus Stuff:
  NPR-Podcast explaining Keynesianism Economics
(This IS course-relevant for the 2nd midterm and final; Source: NPR-Planet Money)		 Podcast/MP3
  NPR-Podcast explaining Monetary Policy (FED fund rate, ...)
(This IS course-relevant for the 2nd midterm and final; Source: NPR-Planet Money)		 Podcast/MP3
  NPR Podcast on Current Employment Figures
(This is not necessarily course-relevant; Source: NPR-Planet Money)		 Podcast/MP3
  NPR Podcast on an FDIC bank takeover
(This is not necessarily course-relevant; Source: NPR-Planet Money)		 Podcast/Stream
  NY Times Op-ed by Paul Krugman: The Falling Wage Syndrome
(This IS course-relevant; Source: NY Times)		 Article (PDF)
  NY Times Article on Discouraged Workers
(This IS course-relevant (chapter 8); Source: NY Times)		 Article (PDF)
  An explanation on the origins of the financial crisis in cartoon form.
(Recommended by Prof. Kenkel.)		 Movie
 
 
  Intro to Different Schools of Thoughts in Macroeconomics
(NOT course-relevant)		 Slides
  The Financial Mess - Act 1
(NOT course-relevant)		 Slides
 
 
  Thanks to Sean Osterman (Thursday recitation) for pointing out this
really important resource that i missed to refer you to!
(ultra course-relevant *irony alert*)		 Movie
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