ECN207-2015fa
Intermediate Macroeconomics (3h)
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On successful completion of Econ 207: Intermediate Macroeconomics, students should understand and/or be able to apply the following concepts and tools to examine these macroeconomic problems:
The measurement of GDP, aggregate prices, and unemployment, and the distinction between the short-run and long-run
The circular flow of income and expenditure
Nominal wage and price rigidities
Equilibrium in the goods and services market and the market for loanable funds
The quantity theory of money and what determines the demand for money
The relationship between money and inflation, and the social costs of inflation
The labor market and theoretical explanations of unemployment
The relationship between capital accumulation, population growth, technology and long-run economic growth using aggregate production functions
Aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and the business cycle
The IS-LM model and its predictions for fiscal and monetary policy
Application of macroeconomic theory to the short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment
Debt and government budget dynamics
The evolution of financial systems
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Development of macroeconomic concepts of national income, circular flow, income determination, causes of unemployment, IS-LM analysis, inflation and growth. Emphasizes contributions of Keynes and the Keynesian tradition. P–ECN 150 and MTH 111 or 112.
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Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition
Roger Farmer, South
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 2 edition (July 31, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0324069715
ISBN-13: 978-0324069716
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HB172.5
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run—or Ruin—an Economy
Tim Harford
http://www.amazon.com/Undercover-Economist-Strikes-Run---Ruin--/dp/159463291X/
amazon paperback $10.64
kindle $7.99
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Books; Reprint edition (January 6, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159463291X
ISBN-13: 978-1594632914
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The Big Short
Michael Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Short
Kindle $9.25
Paperback $9.75
Paperback: 291 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011)
ISBN-10: 0393338827
ISBN-13: 978-0393338829
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Short-Inside-Doomsday-Machine/dp/0393338827/
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Michael Lewis
Kindle $9.04
Paperback $9.52
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (September 4, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0393343448
ISBN-13: 978-0393343441
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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Russ Roberts
Paperback $9.61
Kindle $14.99
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Portfolio; First Edition edition (October 9, 2014)
ISBN-10: 1591846846
ISBN-13: 978-1591846840
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On The Wealth of Nations
P. J. O'Rourke
http://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Nations-Books-Changed-World/dp/0871139499
Series: Books That Changed the World
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press; First Edition edition (December 4, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0871139499
ISBN-13: 978-0871139498
R.A. Radford The Economic Organization of a P.O.W. Camp
Economica
New Series, Vol. 12, No. 48 (Nov., 1945), pp. 189-201
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Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics
by Nicholas Wapshott
http://www.amazon.com/Keynes-Hayek-Defined-Modern-Economics/dp/0393343634
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (September 10, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0393343634
ISBN-13: 978-0393343632
Paperback $13.55
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Capitalism and Freedom
Milton Friedman
http://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Freedom-Fortieth-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0226264211
kindle $9.99
Paperback: 230 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 40 Anv edition (November 15, 2002)
ISBN-10: 0226264211
ISBN-13: 978-0226264219
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
Milton Friedman, Anna Jacobson Schwartz
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Kindle $39.99
Paperback $59.52
Paperback: 888 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; 10.2.1971 edition (November 1, 1971)
ISBN-10: 0691003548
ISBN-13: 978-0691003542
The Affluent Society
John Kenneth Galbraith
http://www.amazon.com/Affluent-Society-John-Kenneth-Galbraith/dp/0395925002/
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; 40 Anv Sub edition (October 15, 1998)
ISBN-10: 0395925002
ISBN-13: 978-0395925003
Paperback $8.63
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Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery
David Warsh
Paperback $13.26
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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (May 17, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0393329887
ISBN-13: 978-0393329889
Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307719227?keywords=why%20nations%20fail&qid=1446821987
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Crown Business; Reprint edition (September 17, 2013)
ISBN-10: 0307719227
ISBN-13: 978-0307719225
paperback $9.80
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This Time is Different
Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
http://www.amazon.com/This-Time-Different-Centuries-Financial-ebook/dp/B004EYT932/
Kindle $9.99
Paperback $12.01
Print Length: 512 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (September 11, 2009)
Publication Date: September 11, 2009
ISBN-10: 0691152640
ISBN-13: 978-0691152646
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
http://www.amazon.com/The-Bottom-Billion-Poorest-Countries/dp/0195373383
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (August 22, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0195373383
ISBN-13: 978-0195373387
Kindle $7.14
Paperback $12.93