Econ 201:  Lecture Slides

• Introduction to Microeconomics, by Timothy Taylor and Steven Greenlaw (OpenStax, free online)

• Notes on Buchholz

Introduction:  Economic Thinking

Microeconomics

1. Adam Smith

   1. Opportunity Costs and Production Possibility Frontiers (PPFs)

2. Supply and Demand

3. Elasticity, Market Structure, & Institutionalists

4. Market Failure

5. Taxation

Macroeconomics

1. Introduction to Macroeconomics

2. Inflation

3. Unemployment

4. Economic Growth

5. Savings, Investment, & the Financial System

6. Karl Marx

7. Keynesian Economics:  Income & Expenditure  

• • Simple example of changing macroeconomic equilibrium

    • Spreadsheet that will hopefully help (You would need to download it or save it as your own Google spreadsheet so you can try putting different values.)

  • Answer key

8. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

9. Government Debt and Deficits

10. Money

• • Radford's POW Camp and the Sweeney's Babysitting Co-op

    • TA section handout

11. Banking

12. Monetary Policy

13. Macroeconomics:  Milton Friedman and the strong tendency toward potential GDP

14. Inflation, Disinflation, and Deflation

15. International Finance: Exchange Rates and Capital Flows

16. International Trade

17. Conclusion