Contents:

Introduction
Scarcity and Choice

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 1

* Lecture 1: (1/9/06) - Using Graphs in Economics
* Lecture 2: (1/11/06) - Scarcity and Choice
* Lecture 3: (1/13/06) - Production Possibilities Frontier
* Lecture 4: (1/18/06) - Gains from Trade
* Lecture 5: (1/20/06) - Markets and Prices

Supply and Demand

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 2

* Lecture 6: (1/23/06) - Supply and Demand, Part 1
* Lecture 7: (1/25/06) - Supply and Demand, Part 2
* Lecture 8: (1/27/06) - Supply and Demand. Part 3
* Lecture 9: (1/30/06) - Government Price Controls

Elasticity

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 3

* Lecture 10: (2/3/06) - Price Elasticity of Demand
* Lecture 11: (2/6/06) - Applications of Elasticity

Macroeconomic Basics
The Circular Flow

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 5

* Lecture 12: (2/8/06) - Circular Flow of the Economy: Households and Firms
* Lecture 13: (2/10/06) - Circular Flow of the Economy: Financial Markets
* Lecture 14: (2/13/06) - Circular Flow of the Economy: The Government and the Foreign Sectors

National Income Accounting

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 6

* Lecture 15: (2/15/06) - National Income Accounting, Part I
* Lecture 16: (2/17/06) - National Income Accounting, Part II
* Lecture 17: (2/20/06) - National Income Accounting, Part III
* Lecture 18: (2/22/06) - National Income Accounting, Part IV

Business Cycles

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 4

* Lecture 19: (2/24/06) - Unemployment and Inflation

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 7

* Lecture 20: (3/1/06) - Aggregate Demand
* Lecture 21: (3/3/06) - Aggregate Supply
* Lecture 22: (3/13/06) - Macroeconomic Equilibrium

Macroeconomic Policy
Monetary Policy

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapters 10, 11, 12, and 13

* Lecture 23: (3/15/06) - What is Money?
* Lecture 24: (3/17/06) - More About Money
* Lecture 25: (3/20/06) - Banking and the Federal Reserve
* Lecture 26: (3/22/06) - Banks and the Creation of money
* Lecture 27: (3/24/06) - Tools of Monetary Policy
* Lecture 28: (3/27/06) - Supply and Demand for Money
* Lecture 29: (3/29/06) - How Does Monetary Policy Affect the Economy?
* Lecture 30: (3/31/06) - Budget Deficits and the Trade Deficit

Fiscal Policy

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 9

* Lecture 31: (4/5/06) - Fiscal Policy Tools
* Lecture 32: (4/7/06) - Budget Deficits and the Federal Debt

Social Security

* Lecture 33: (4/10/06) - Social Security

Policies for Price Stability

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 14

* Lecture 34: (4/12/06) - Phillips Curve, Part 1
* Lecture 35: (4/14/06) - Phillips Curve, Part 2
* Lecture 36: (4/17/06) - Strategies for Price Stability

The Economy in the Long Run
Cross-Country Living Standards

* Lecture 37: (4/19/06) - Why Are Some Countries So Rich and Others So Poor?

Economic Growth

Dolan and Lindsey, Chapter 15

* Lecture 38: (4/24/06) - Productivity and Growth
* Lecture 39: (4/26/06) - Policies to Promote Economic Growth

Review

* Lecture 40: (4/28/06) - Review for Final Exam