Macroeconomics
Growth, inflation, unemployment, and the monetary and fiscal levers governments pull to manage them — read the way our own macro team reads a central bank statement.
Syllabus
What the four units cover
Adapted from MIT OpenCourseWare's 14.02 Principles of Macroeconomics.
01
Measurement & Short-Run Fluctuations
Economic measurement; goods and financial markets; short-run fluctuations and the IS-LM model; labor markets.
02
Inflation & the Open Economy
The Phillips curve, aggregate supply, and aggregate demand; exchange rates and the open economy.
03
Growth & Expectations
Theory of economic growth; expectations and interest rates; term structure and the stock market.
04
Policy in Practice
Consumption and investment; expectations and policy; fiscal policy.
Who this is for
Everyone — from complete beginners to those looking to deepen existing knowledge. The only prerequisite is an interest in economics.