Course Information
Instructor:
James Murray, Ph.D.
Office: 403T Wimberly Hall
Office hours: 2:30pm-3:30pm Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30am-10:30am Tuesday and Thursday
Phone: 608-406-4068
E-mail: jmurray@uwlax.edu
Syllabus (PDF)
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Practice Exams
Practice Exam 1
Practice Exam 2
Unit 7: Short-run Model Aggregate Supply / Demand
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise
Pencasts on Expenditure Multiplier
Pencasts on Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
Unit 6: Economic Growth
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise
Unit 5: Markets for Factors of Production
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise on Labor Markets
In-class Exercise on Loanable Funds
Pencasts on Loanable Funds Market
Unit 4: Measuring the Aggregate Economy
Class notes on Real GDP and Prices: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Class notes on Unemployment and Prices: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise on Measuring Production and Prices
In-class Exercise on Employment Situation in the United States
Pencasts on Measuring the Macroeconomy
Unit 3: Exchange Rates
Reading: Module 42
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise
Pencasts on Markets for Currency
Unit 2: Supply and demand
Reading: - Demand: Module 5
- Supply: Module 6
- Equilibrium: Module 7
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise
Pencasts on Supply and Demand
Unit 1: Introduction to Economics and Production Possibilities
Reading: - Intro to economics: Module 1
- Production Possibilities: Module 3
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Example problem: Production Possibilities
Reading: WSJ: Makeshift Cuisinart Makes a Lot Possible in Impoverished Mali
In-class Exercise
Pencasts on Production Possibilities and Computing Opportunity Costs
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