Textbooks
The text for the course is:
Abel, Andrew B., Ben S. Bernanke, and Dean Croushore. Macroeconomics. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 9780321415547.
Readings by Session
IS-LM = Investment Saving-Liquidity preference Money supply
AS-AD = Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand
Course readings.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
| L1 | Introduction to macroeconomics | Chapter 1 |
| L2 | Measuring macroeconomic variables | Chapter 2 |
| L3 | Production | Chapter 3 |
| L4 | Labor market | Chapter 3 (cont.) |
| L5-L6 | Consumption | Chapter 4 |
| L7 | Investment | Chapter 4 (cont.) |
| L8-L9 | Growth | Chapter 6 |
| L10 | Money | Chapter 7 |
| L11-L12 | IS-LM model | Chapter 9 |
| L13 | AS-AD model | Chapter 9 (cont.) |
| L14 | Classical business cycle | Chapter 10 |
| L15 | Price and wage rigidity | Chapter 11 |
| L16-L17 | Monetary policy | Chapter 14 |
| L18-L19 | Fiscal policy | Chapter 15 |
| L20 | Current crisis | |
| L21 | Current policy debates | |
| L22 | Open economy | Chapter 5 |
| L23 | Policy in an open economy | Chapter 13 |
| L24 | Global imbalances | |
