Principles of Macroeconomics Workbook introduces students of economics and business to understanding and solving fundamental macroeconomic models via basic mathematics. It covers principle macroeconomic topics and can be paired with various textbooks, including the Macroeconomics by Krugman and Wells. The topics covered in the workbook include:
• math refresher
• supply and demand
• GDP and the price index
• unemployment
• economic growth
• savings, investment, and the loanable funds market
• keynesian cross (income-expenditure model)
• AD-AS model
• fiscal policy
• money and monetary policy
• phillips curve
Section 1: Review of Math and Microeconomics
SECTION 1-1 Math Refresher
SECTION 1-2 Supply and Demand
Section 2: Short- and Long-Run Views of the Macroeconomy
SECTION 2-1 GDP and the Price Index
SECTION 2-2 Unemployment
SECTION 2-3 Economic Growth
Section 3: Analysis of Business Cycle Fluctuations
SECTION 3-1 Savings, Investment Spending, and the Loanable Funds Market
SECTION 3-2 Income and Expenditure: The Keynesian Cross
SECTION 3-3 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Section 4: Taming the Business Cycle through Policies
SECTION 4-1 Fiscal Policy
SECTION 4-2 Money, Banking, and the Role of the Federal Reserve
SECTION 4-3 Monetary Policy
SECTION 4-4 Phillips Curve
Yurim
Lee
Yurim Lee is an assistant professor in Economics at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. She received her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research and expertise are in applied macroeconomic theory, with a focus on the effects of self-employment and relevant reforms on business cycles and welfare costs.