180.101 -- Elements of Macroeconomics:

This course introduces students to macroeconomics and its applications. There are two fifty minute lectures each week. In addition, students meet once a week in small sections led by teaching assistants. The sections mainly review lectures and problems, but new material is presented occasionally. There are two mid-terms, a final exam, and problem sets roughly every two weeks.

Time/Location: Monday & Wednesday 9am-10am, Hodson 110
Instructor: Louis Maccini
Office: Mergenthaler 439
Office Hours: Mon 2-3 pm, Wed 1-2 pm or by appointment
E-mail: maccini@jhu.edu
Phone: 410-516-7607

Course Documents:
Syllabus for Fall 2012
Section Meeting Time/Place and TA Assignments
Map to Greenhouse (where some TAs have office hours)
Information on Tutoring Programs
Instructions for the first term exam (which was on October 10th at 7PM)
Instructions for the second term exam (which was on November 14th at 7PM)
Instructions for the final exam (which was on December 18th at 9AM)

Problem Sets, Exams, and Solutions:
Problem Set #1 - Due in section Thursday 9/20 or Friday 9/21; Answer Key
Problem Set #2 (Practice) - Practice problem set; Answer Key
Additional practice questions for the first exam; Answer Key
First Term Exam Answer Key
Problem Set #3 - Due in section Thursday, 10/25 or Friday, 10/26; Answer Key
Problem Set #4 (Practice) - Practice problem set; Answer Key
Additional practice questions for the second exam; Answer Key
Problem Set #5 (Practice) - Practice problem set; Answer Key
Second Term Exam Answer Key
Additional practice questions for the final exam; Answer Key
Final Exam Answer Key


Announcements:
08/27: Website cleared of old material.
09/04: Syllabus and Lecture #1 added.
09/08: Lecture #2 added.
09/10: Lecture #3 added.
09/13: Problem Set #1 added. It will be graded and is due in section on either Thursday 9/20 or Friday 9/21.
09/14: Lecture #4 added. Also added is a document detailing the tutoring programs available (See the Course Documents section above).
09/21: Lecture #5 added.
09/24: Lecture #6 added.
09/30: Lecture #7 and instructions for the first term exam added.
10/01: Lecture #8 added.
10/03: Problem Set #2 (Practice) added.
10/05: Answers to the problem sets were added, along with a new set of review questions for the first term exam. Also, Lecture #9 was added.
10/09: Lecture #10 added.
10/14: Lecture #11 added.
10/16: Lecture #12 added.
10/19: Problem Set #3 and Exam Answer Key added. The Problem Set will be graded and is due in section next week.
10/22: Lecture #13 and five recommended readings related to this week's lectures were added.
10/25: Problem Set #4 (Practice) added.
10/27: Lecture #14 added.
11/01: Lecture #15 added.
11/04: Lecture #16 and Problem Set #3 Answer Key added.
11/07: Lecture #17, Additional practice problems for the second term exam, and instructions for the second term exam added.
11/11: Lecture #18 and Practice Problem Set #4 Answer Key added.
11/12: Lecture #19 added.
11/18: Lecture #20 added.
11/25: Lectures #21 and #22 added.
11/26: Lecture #23 and Practice Problem Set #5 added.
12/02: Lectures #24 and #25 added, as well as instructions for the final exam.
12/05: Revised Lecture #26 and Summary of required readings for the course added.
12/07: Practice Problem Set #5 Answer Key added.
12/10: Additional practice problems for the final exam added.
01/25: Final exam answer key added. Remember to pick up your final exam from your TA during the first week of the semester if you'd like it back. Also, remember that the usual 1-week re-grade request deadline still applies.

Lecture Slides:
Important advice: We highly recommend that you print the slides for each lecture before the lecture itself. This will facilitate note-taking. You should print multiple slides per page (probably four), else you will find yourself wasting a lot of paper.

Lecture Slides #1 - for Wednesday, September 5th
Lecture Slides #2 - for Monday, September 10th
Lecture Slides #3 - for Wednesday, September 12th, carrying over to Monday, September 17th
Lecture Slides #4 - for Monday, September 17th and Wednesday, September 19th
Lecture Slides #5 - for Monday, September 24th
Lecture Slides #6 - for Wednesday, September 26th
Lecture Slides #7 - for Monday, October 1st
Lecture Slides #8 - for Wednesday, October 3rd
Lecture Slides #9 - for Monday, October 8th
Lecture Slides #10 - for Wednesday, October 10th
Lecture Slides #11 - for Tuesday, October 16th and Wednesday, October 17th
Lecture Slides #12 - for Wednesday, October 17th and Monday, October 22nd
Lecture Slides #13 - for Wednesday October 24th
Lecture Slides #14 - for Wednesday, October 31st
Lecture Slides #15 - for Monday, November 5th
Lecture Slides #16 - for Monday, November 5th and Wednesday, November 7th
Lecture Slides #17 - for Wednesday, November 7th and Monday, November 12th
Lecture Slides #18 - for Monday, November 12th and Wednesday, November 14th
Lecture Slides #19 - for Wednesday, November 14th and Monday, November 19th
Lecture Slides #20 - for Monday, November 19th
Lecture Slides #21 - for Monday, November 26th
Lecture Slides #22 - for Monday, November 26th
Lecture Slides #23 - for Wednesday, November 28th
Lecture Slides #24 - for Monday, December 3rd
Lecture Slides #25 - for Monday, December 3rd
Lecture Slides #26 - for Wednesday, December 5th
Summary of all required readings for the course

Recommended Readings:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (from Wikipedia)
CEA's Final Report on impact of ARRA
Estimated Impact of ARRA (from the CBO)
Happy First Birthday ARRA! (from the CRFB)
Happy Second Birthday ARRA! (from the CRFB)