Three Key Economic Ideas
Positive and Normative Statements
Circular Flow Diagram
Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) - Introduction and Productive Efficiency
PPF - Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage
PPF - Comparative Advantage and Trade
Introduction to Supply and Demand
The Basics of Demand
Shifting Demand
The Basics of Supply
Shifting Supply
Supply and Demand Together: Equilibrium, Shortage, and Surplus
Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP
Shortcomings of GDP
Nominal GDP and Real GDP
Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income
Labor Force and Unemployment
Types of Unemployment
Inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation
Problems with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Nominal Income and Real Income
Long-Run Economic Growth
Growth Rates and the Rule of 70
Institutions that Promote Economic Growth
Investment, Savings, and the Financial System
Savings Equal Investment
Market for Loanable Funds
Aggregate Demand
Shifting Aggregate Demand
Short Run Aggregate Supply
Long Run Aggregate Supply
AD-AS Model: Equilibrium in the Short Run and Long Run
The Functions of Money; The Kinds of Money
Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2
Required Reserves and the Deposit Multiplier
Introduction to the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply
Quantity Theory of Money
Goals of Monetary Policy
The Demand for Money
Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand
Expansionary and Contractionary Monetary Policy
Introduction to Fiscal Policy
Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy
Government Purchases and the Multiplier Effect
Taxes, the Multiplier Effect, and Automatic Stabilizers
Long Run Effects of Fiscal Policy
Short Run Phillips Curve
Long Run Phillips Curve
Phillips Curve and Expected Inflation
Phillips Curve and Supply Shocks