Course Name
ECC logo Econ 1: Principles of Macroeconomics

 

The Hall / Lieberman  Website

Data

Why Study Economics?

Prof. Roubini's Global Macro and Financial Policy Site (NYU)

Resources for Economists on the Internet

An online introduction to the use of graphs

A Guide to Research in Economics

A Guide to Research in Economics

 

Welcome to Principles of Macroeconomics (Fall  2005)
The discipline of economics is divided into two broad fields:  microeconomics and macroeconomics.  Macroeconomics focuses primarily on the economy as a whole.  Macroeconomics studies such topics as the analysis of national income determination, GDP, inflation, economic growth, unemployment, recession, banking and monetary policy.
Course Materials
Syllabus .doc format
 
Homework Assignment 1 due September 22, 2005, Thursday .doc format
 
Lecture Notes (Ch.1 - 4) .doc format
 
Chapter Outlines (Ch.1 - 4) .doc format
 
Practice Quiz 1 .doc format
 
Power Point Lecture Slides
Chapter 1: What is Economics?
 
Chapter 2: Scarcity, Choice, and Economic Systems
 
Chapter 3: Supply and Demand
 
Chapter 4: What Macroeconomics Tries to Explain?