Schedule520
Special dates¶
- Feb-15 (Mon): Wellness day
- Mar-10 (Wed): Midterm: Material covered: TBA
- Apr-05 (Mon): Wellness day
Economic Growth¶
- Jan-20 (Wed): Growth facts, In case you need a refresher: Growth rates and logarithms, PP (practice problems; previous exams are at the bottom of the page)
- Jan-25 (Mon): Methods for identifying causes and effects
- Jan-27 (Wed): The Role of Capital, PP
- Feb-01 (Mon): The Role of Capital, part 2
- Feb-03 (Wed): Solow model
- Feb-08 (Mon): Solow diagram, PP
- Feb-10 (Wed): Solow Applications, Applications, part 2
- Feb-17 (Wed): Discussion: How to prevent the end of economic growth
- Feb-22 (Mon): Institutions, PP
- Feb-24 (Wed): Growth and ideas
- Mar-01 (Mon): Romer model, PP
Inequality¶
- Mar-03 (Wed): Inequality facts
- Mar-08 (Mon): The top 1 percent
Short Run¶
- Mar-15 (Mon): IS-LM model
- Mar-17 (Wed): Equilibrium, PP
Medium Run¶
- Mar-22 (Mon): Labor market, PP
- Mar-24 (Wed): AS-AD model, PP (covers Phillips Curve)
- Mar-29 (Mon): Inflation and unemployment
- Mar-31 (Wed): Inflation expectations and monetary policy, PP
Open Economy¶
- Apr-07 (Wed): Trade deficits, PP
- Apr-12 (Mon): Trade deficits (continued)
- Apr-14 (Wed): IS-LM model, PP
- Apr-19 (Mon): IS-LM floating exchange rate
- Apr-21 (Wed): IS-LM fixed exchange rate
- Apr-26 (Mon): AS-AD model, Policy analysis, PP
- Apr-28 (Wed): Costs and benefits of international trade
Expectations¶
- May-03 (Mon): Asset prices, PP
- May-05 (Wed): Expectations and policy, PP
- May-05 (Wed): Model synthesis: SL
- May-05 (Wed): Last class