-- written by Daurie Augostine

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Videos for the Macro class .....

For more information on the following economic concepts, click on the links below.

    Scarcity, Choice, Rational Self-Interest, etc.

    Macroeconomics vs. Microeconomics 

    Positive vs. Normative Economics

    Graphs

    Individual PPF

    Opportunity Cost
Just a short note about the definition of "full cost" shown in the Opportunity Cost video.  It should read:  Opportunity Cost = Direct (or Explicit) Cost + Indirect (or Implicit) Cost

    Law of Demand 

    Demand vs. Quantity Demanded

    Law of Supply

    Market Equilibrium

    Price Floors & Price Ceilings

 Refer to chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 for more information about the topics below.

    GDP

    Real GDP

    Economic Growth

    Business Cycles  

    Inflation and Price Indexes 

    Real Income

    Unemployment

    Types of Unemployment

Refer to chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 for more information about the topics below.

    Krugman regarding John Maynard Keynes

    Krugman's advice to Econ Students

    AD & AS

    Macroeconomic Viewpoints 

    Fiscal Policy

The next two videos are a bit technical .....

    Should we use Fiscal Policy? --- Crowding Out & Lags

    Taxes & Budget 

Refer to chapters 14 and 15 for more information about the topics below.

  What is Money?

  Creating Money 

  The Fed

  Monetary Policy 

                                                                                Source: YouTube