课程的目的是通过教学使学生掌握西方经济学基本知识和分析方法，对当代经济学的基本内容有全面、系统的了解，并能结合实际分析与应用，为以后其他课程的学习和工作奠定坚实的基础。
Overview
Syllabus
- Chapter 1: GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income
- 1.1 GDP and GNP
- 1.2 Components of GDP
- 1.3 Problems of GDP
- 1.4 Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income
- Chapter 2: Unemployment and Inflation
- 2.1 Measuring the Unemployment Rate
- 2.2 Types of Unemployment
- 2.3 Explaining Unemployment
- 2.4 Consumer Price Index
- 2.5 Is CPI Accurate?
- Chapter 3: Long-Run Economic Growth and Business Cycle
- 3.1 Long-Run Growth
- 3.2 The Financial System
- 3.3 The Business Cycle
- Chapter 4: The Aggregate Expenditure Model
- 4.1 The Determinant of Aggregate Expenditure
- 4.2 The Consumption Function and the AE Model
- 4.3 The Application of the AE Model
- Chapter 5: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
- 5.1 The Shape of the AD and AS
- 5.2 Recession, Expansion and Supply Shocks
- 5.3 A Dynamic AD-AS Model
- Chapter 6: Monetary Policy
- 6.1 How Banks Create Money
- 6.2 The Demand and Supply of Money
- 6.3 Monetary Policy and Economic Activity
- Chapter 7: Fiscal Policy
- 7.1 The Tools of Fiscal Policy
- 7.2 The Limits of Fiscal Policy
Taught by
Xinhong Wang
