Week #

Topic

Assignments and Tests

Week 1

Introduction

Read Chapter 1,
Assignment #1

Week 2

Production Possibilities and Opportunity Costs, Graphing

Read Chapter 2,
Assignment #2

Week 3

Demand and Supply, and Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

Read Chapter 3 & 4.
Test Chapter 3 & 4.

Week 4

Gross Domestic Product Accounting

Read Chapter 5,
Test Chapter 5.

Week 5

Consumption and Investment

Read Chapter 6,
Test Chapter 6.

Week 6

Equilibrium National Income

Read Chapter 7,
Test Chapter 7.

Week 7

Fiscal Policy: Coping with Inflation and Unemployment

ROUGH DRAFT REPORTS DUE

Read Chapter 8,
Test Chapter 8.

Mid-Semester Course Feedback

Week 8

Long-Run Economic Growth and Business Cycles

Read Chapter 9,
Test Chapter 9.

Week 9

Money, and Money Creation and the Banking System

Read Chapter 10 & 11,
Test Chapter 10 & 11.

Week 10

The Federal Reserve System and Monetary

Read Chapter 12,
Test Chapter 12.

Week 11

Can Government Really Stabilize the Economy?, and Government Spending

Read Chapter 13 & 14,
Test Chapter 13 & 14.

Week 12

Financing Government: Taxes and Debt

Read Chapter 15,
Test Chapter 15.

Week 13

International Trade, and Exchange Rates, Balance of Payments, and International Debt

Read Chapter 16 &17,
Test Chapter 16 & 17.

Week 14

The Economic Problems of Less-Developed Economies

COMPLETED REPORTS DUE

Read Chapter 18,
Test Chapter 18.

Week 15

Review For Final Exam

FINAL EXAM

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