Econ 295 Lectures






Introduction

Lecture One: Introductions and Evolution of Macroeconomic Thought
Lecture Two: Macroeconomic Variables


Part I: Classical Model & Keynes
Lecture Three: Output and Employment in Classical Macroeconomics
Lecture Four: Output and Employment Equilibrium in Classical Macroeconomics
Lecture Five: The Classical Money Market and Aggregate Demand in the Classical Money Market
Lecture Six: Classical System Review and Policy Concerns
Lecture Seven: Keynes's View of Employment
Lecture Eight: Building Blocks of Keynes' Aggregate Demand View
Lecture Nine: Demand-Side Equilibrium in the Simple Keynesian Model


Lecture Ten: Keynes' Theory of Money and Interest
Note: Lecture Ten will be covered on Midterm II


Part II: Neo-Keynesian Macroeconomics
Lecture Eleven: Neo-Keynesian Money Market Equilibrium: The LM Curve
Lecture Twelve: Neo-Keynesian Product Market Equilibrium: The IS Curve
Lecture Thirteen: Neo-Keynesian Demand-Side Equilibrium: The IS-LM Model
Lecture Fourteen: Policy Effectiveness in the IS-LM Model

Lecture Fifteen: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply in the Neoclassical Synthesis
Note: Lecture Fifteen pertaining to the Neo-Keynesian Aggregate Demand Curve will be covered on Midterm II; the rest of Lecture Fifteen will not.
Lecture Sixteen: General Equilibrium Dynamics in the Neoclassical Synthesis
Note: Lecture Sixteen was not covered on Midterm II; comparative statics of the Neo-Keynesian AD-AS model will be covered on Midterm III.


Part III: Employment & Inflation: Alternative Views

Lecture Seventeen: The Monetarist Model
Lecture Eighteen: Monetarist, Adaptive Expectations, and Employment
Lecture Nineteen: Inflation and Unemployment in the Neo-Keynesian Model
Lecture Twenty: Rational Expectations, New Classical Economics, and Unemployment
Lecture Twenty-One: Real Business Cylce Models
Lecture Twenty-Two: New Keynesian Economics, and Unemployment



Part IV: Growth, Exchange Rates, & Policy

Lecture Twenty-Six: Long Run Growth and Technological Change
Lecture Twenty-Seven: Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates Determination
Lecture Twenty-Eight: International Monetary Systems
Lecture Thirty-One: Money Supply and the Federal Reserve System