A Course in Modern Macroeconomics

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I GDP and Living Standards GDP GDP Accounting Making Comparisons Beyond GDP The Human Development Index Beyond GDP II Economic Growth Basic Facts about Economic Growth The Very Long Run The Kaldor Facts Growth Across Countries The Solow Growth Model Ingredients of the Model Mechanics The Golden Rule Markets Technological Progress Theory and Evidence The Kaldor Facts Again Putting Numbers on the Model The Capital Accumulation Hypothesis Growth Accounting TFP Differences III Microeconomic Foundations Consumption and Saving Keynesian Two Period Model Many periods Behavioral Theories Labor and Leisure Measuring the Labor Market Static Model Evidence A Dynamic Model Equilibrium in the Labor Market Investment Present Values Risk MPK and Investment General Equilibrium Two-Period Economy First Welfare Theorem Infinite-Period Economy IV Money and Inflation Money What is Money? The Supply of Money Changing the Supply of Money The Demand for Money The Price Level and Inflation Measurement Equilibrium Seignorage The Cost of Inflation V Business Cycles Business Cycle Facts What are Business Cycles? Patterns Who cares? The RBC Model A Two-Period Model Markets Productivity Shocks Other Shocks Assessment The New Keynesian Model A Historical and Methodological Note Monopoly Power Sticky Prices IS-LM Shocks Simplified Partially Sticky Prices Fiscal and Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy Monetary Policy Monetary Policy Regimes The Liquidity Trap