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READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS Acrobat
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Week 1
January
4, 6
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Macroeconomics:
The Big Picture
GDP and the CPI: Tracking the Macroeconomy
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Text: Chapters 6 and
7
Chapter 6 Lecture – Macroeconomics: The Big Picture (PPT)
Chapter
7 Lecture - GDP AND THE CPI: TRACKING
THE MACROECONOMY
(PPT)
LinkS: Bureau of
Economic Analysis Qatar National Planning
Council
Videos: Classical versus
Keynesian Economics Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics The Business Cycle
Problem Set 1 – Due January 21 (Available
in Canvas under Assignments)
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Week 2
January
11, 13
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GDP and the CPI: Tracking the Macroeconomy cont'd
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Text: Chapter 7
Chapter
7 Lecture - GDP AND THE CPI: TRACKING
THE MACROECONOMY
(PPT) GDP
Deflator CPI Example
Reading: Quality of
Government and Living Standards: Adjusting for the Efficiency of Public
Spending
LinkS: BEA GDP Data
GDP Per
Capita Data
Videos: Real and Nominal GDP Limitations of GDP What is GDP?
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Week 3
January
18, 20
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Unemployment and Inflation
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Text: Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Lecture –uNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION
(PPT) Nominal vs. Real interest
Rates
LinkS: Bureau
of Labor Statistics CPI Inflation
Calculator Inflation
Rates Around the World Labor Force
Characteristics Qatar
Unemployment Rate State
Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
Videos: How to Calculate the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Rate Understanding Unemployment
Living With Nearly 100%
Inflation
Problem Set 2 – Due
February 3 in class (Available in Canvas under Assignments)
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Week 4
January
25, 27
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Long-run Economic Growth
Study
Guide Exam 1 (PDF)
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Text:
Chapter 9
Chapter
9 Lecture –LONG-RUn ECONOMIC GROWTH (PPT)
Reading: Income
Inequality
in Burma
LinkS: Real
GDP Growth Global
Stars: The Most Innovative Countries, Ranked by Income Group
Videos: Benefits and
Costs of Economic Growth Economic Growth and
Development - A Comparison
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Week 5
February
1,
3
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Long-run Economic Growth cont'd
CATCHING-UP TIME AND REVIEW FOR EXAM
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Text:
Chapter 9
Chapter
9 Lecture –LONG-RUn ECONOMIC GROWTH (PPT)
Development as
Freedom
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Exam 1 (Thursday,
February 5, from 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM)
(Covers Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9)
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Week 6
February
8, 12
Feb. 10 (no class)
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Feb.
12 (Tuesday schedule)
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Savings, Investment Spending, and the
Financial System
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Text:
Chapter 10
Chapter
10 Lecture - Savings, Investment Spending, and the
Financial System
(PPT)
Videos: How the Stock Market Works
in 5 Minutes Loanable
Funds Overview of Financial
System
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Week 7
February
15, 17
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Savings, Investment Spending, and the Financial System cont'd
Income and Expenditure
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Text:
Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter
10 Lecture - Savings, Investment Spending, and the
Financial System
(PPT)
Chapter 11 Lecture - Income and Expenditure (PPT) Understanding
the Multiplier
Problem Set 3 Due
March 8 (Available in Canvas under Assignments)
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Week 8, Sunday, February 22, 2026 – Thursday, February 26, 2026
Spring
Break, No Classes
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Week 9
March
1, 3
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Income and Expenditure Cont’d
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply (Practice Graphs)
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Text:
Chapters 11 and 12
Chapter 11 Lecture - Income and Expenditure (PPT) Understanding
the Multiplier
Chapter
12 Lecture - Aggregate Demand and
Aggregate Supply (PPT)
Videos: Aggregate
Demand Aggregate
Supply Shifts
in Aggregate Supply and Demand
Problem Set 4
– Due March 25 (Available
in Canvas under Assignments)
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Week 10
March
8, 10
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Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply cont'd
Fiscal
Policy
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Text:
Chapters 12 and 13
Chapter
12 Lecture - Aggregate Demand and
Aggregate Supply (PPT)
Chapter 13 Lecture - Fiscal Policy (PPT)
Video: Fiscal
Policy
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WEEK 11
March
15, 17
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Fiscal
Policy cont'd
Money,
Banking, and the Federal Reserve System
Study
Guide Exam 2 (PDF)
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Text: Chapters 13 and 14
Chapter 13 Lecture - Fiscal Policy (PPT)
Chapter
14 Lecture- Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve
System (PPT) Money
Supply Money Creation Handout
Videos: Functions of Money M1 & M2 Money Supply Banks
and the Banking System Money
Creation in a Fractional Reserve System
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Sunday,
March 22 - Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Eid
Al fitr break – no classes
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WEEK 12
March
25
(Sunday
Schedule)
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Money, Banking,
and the Federal Reserve System
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Text: Chapter 14
Chapter
14 Lecture- Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve
System (PPT) Money
Supply Money Creation Handout
Videos: Functions of Money M1 & M2 Money Supply Banks
and the Banking System Money
Creation in a Fractional Reserve System
Tools
of Monetary Policy (Video at bottom of page)
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WEEK 13
March
29, 31
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Money,
Banking, and the Federal Reserve System continued
CATCHING-UP TIME AND REVIEW FOR EXAM
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Text: Chapter 14
Chapter
14 Lecture- Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve
System (PPT)
Videos: Tools
of Monetary Policy (Video at bottom of page)
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Exam 2 (Thursday, April 2, from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM)
(Covers Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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WEEK 14
April
7
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Monetary
Policy
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Text: Chapters 15 and 16
Chapter 15 Lecture - Monetary Policy (PPT)
Videos: Opportunity
Cost of Money Money
Market and FED Tools (Monetary Policy)
Monetary
Policy Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Additional Videos: Credit Crisis Explained Quantitative Easing
Explained Fear the Boom
and Bust
Problem Set 5
– Due April 15 (Available in Canvas under Assignments)
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April 9 - Last Day to Withdraw from Courses with grade of W
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WEEK 15
April
12,
14
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Inflation, Disinflation, and
Deflation
Macroeconomics: Events and Ideas
Study Guide 3 (PDF)
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Chapter
16 Lecture – Inflation, Disinflation,
and Deflation (PPT)
Chapter 17 Lecture
– Macroeconomics: Events and Ideas (PPT)
Article: How Inflation Benefits the Wealthy And Harms the Working Class
Videos: Videos: Long
run and Short run Phillips curves
Why Don’t We
Print More Money Macroeconomic
Schools
Problem Set 6
– Due April 21 (Available
in Canvas under Assignments) – Not to
be handed in. We will go over in class
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WEEK
16
April
19, 21
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Catching-up Time and Review
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Exam Day
TBD
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Final
Exam
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Final Exam Schedule
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