Catalog Description: Three Semester Hours. Measurement and determination of national economic activity including production, income, employment, prices; role of government policy in U.S. macroeconomy.

Prerequisite: Two years of college preparatory mathematics or equivalent.

Special Notes: Satisfies requirements for Introductory Social Sciences course (except for Economics majors).

Web resources:

• R.W. Hafer's web page

Course materials (Word):

• Fall 2007 Syllabus

Course materials (Power Point):

• Chapter 1: What Is Economics About?
• Chapter 3: Demand and Supply: An Economic Model
• Chapter 17: Macroeconomics: The Big Picture
• Chapter 18: Measuring Production, Income and Spending of Nations
• Chpater 21: Productivity and Economic Growth
• Chapter 22: Money and Inflation
• Chapter 23: Economic Fluctuations
  
• Chapter 24: Economic Fluctuations Model
  
• Chapter 25: Using the Economic Fluctuations Model
• Chapter 26: Fiscal Policy
• Chapter 27: Monetary Policy
• Generating the Aggregate Demand Curve
• Inflation Expectations

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