Intro to Macroeconomics
This course will provide an introduction to macroeconomics. Early chapters will review the basics of supply and demand and introduce the major factors of the macro economy. Later chapters will introduce the roles of Fiscal and Monetary policy and how each can be used to influence the economy to achieve equilibrium output levels with steady growth, stable pricing and low unemployment.
Table of Contents 
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Chapter 1. Basic Economic Principles (~62 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Introduction to Economics (~7 Minutes)
- 2. Micro vs Macro (~7 Minutes)
- 3. Intro to Supply and Demand (~7 Minutes)
- 4. The Determinants of Demand (~7 Minutes)
- 5. Shifting the Demand Curve (~7 Minutes)
- 6. The Supply Curve and Determinants of Supply (~7 Minutes)
- 7. Changes in Supply and Shifts in the Supply Curve (~7 Minutes)
- 8. Reaching Market Equilibrium (~7 Minutes)
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Chapter 2. GDP and the Macro Economy (~25 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. GDP: Measuring the Amount of Stuff (~7 Minutes)
- 2. Nominal vs Real GDP (~7 Minutes)
- 3. GDP Deflator (~7 Minutes)
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Chapter 3. Macroeconomic Problems (~40 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. The Consumer Price Index (~7 Minutes)
- 2. Inflation (~7 Minutes)
- 3. One Measure of Inflation: Comparing GDP Deflators (~7 Minutes)
- 4. Understanding the Labor Force (~7 Minutes)
- 5. Different Types of Unemployment (~7 Minutes)
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Chapter 4. Aggregate Expenditure and Equilibrium Output (~47 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Understanding Aggregate Demand (~7 Minutes)
- 2. Shifting the Aggregate Demand Curve (~7 Minutes)
- 3. Aggregate Supply (~7 Minutes)
- 4. Equilibrium at Last: Putting AS & AD together (Part 1) (~7 Minutes)
- 5. Equilibrium at Last: Putting AS & AD together (Part 2) (~7 Minutes)
- 6. Long Run Aggregate Supply (~7 Minutes)
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Chapter 5. Government and Fiscal Policy (~32 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Intro to Fiscal Policy (~7 Minutes)
- 2. The Multiplier Effect (~7 Minutes)
- 3. Calculating the Government Spending Multiplier (~7 Minutes)
- 4. The Impact of Taxes (~7 Minutes)
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Chapter 6. Money Money Money (~47 Minutes)
Concepts:- 1. Defining Money (~7 Minutes)
- 2. The Quantity Theory of Money (~7 Minutes)
- 3. Creating Money (~7 Minutes)
- 4. Money Supply (~7 Minutes)
- 5. Inflation & Money Supply (~7 Minutes)
- 6. The Fisher Effect (~7 Minutes)