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 2011
Section Information
Map to Office Hours Location
Exam Grade Correspondence - updated 12/16
Tutoring Information
Info for Financial Enthusiasts
Information About the Final Exam
Problem Sets, Exams, and Solutions:
Problem Set #1 - due in section 09/15 or 09/16 - Solutions
Problem Set #2 - to be discussed in section 9/29 or 9/30 - Solutions
Problem Set #3 - due in section 10/20 or 10/21 - Solutions
Problem Set #4 - due in section 10/27 or 10/28 - Solutions
Problem Set #5 - to be discussed in section 12/1 or 12/2 - Solutions
First Term Exam Practice Problems - to help you for the first exam - Solutions
Second Term Exam Practice Problems - to help you for the second exam - Solutions
Final Exam Practice Problems - to help you for the final exam - Solutions
First Term Exam Solutions
Second Term Exam Solutions
Final Exam Solutions
Announcements:
12/16: Course grades have been posted to Isis. Solutions for the final exam have been posted, and the grade correspondence has been updated.
12/10: Solutions to the final exam practice problems have been posted.
12/05: Practice problems for the final exam have been posted above.
12/04: Solutions for the fifth problem set have been posted.
11/28: The twenty-third set of lecture slides has been posted below, along with four recommended readings. Information about the final exam has been posted above, under Course Documents.
11/26: The twenty-second set of lecture slides has been posted below.
11/18: The twenty-first set of lecture slides has been posted below. Eight recommended readings have been posted. Solutions to the second term exam have been posted, and the grade correspondence has been updated. The fifth problem set has been posted above; it will not be turned in or graded, but will be discussed in section on 12/1 or 12/2.
11/14: The twentieth set of lecture slides has been posted below.
11/11: The nineteenth set of lecture slides has been posted below.
11/06: Solutions for the practice problems have been posted, along with the eighteenth set of lecture slides.
11/04: Information about the second term exam has been posted above. These slides were also presented in lecture.
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 Monday, August 29
Lecture Slides #2 - for Wednesday, August 31
Lecture Slides #3 - for Wednesday, September 7
Lecture Slides #4 - for Monday, September 12
Lecture #4 Extra - slides added for Monday, September 12
Lecture Slides #5 - for Monday, September 19
Lecture Slides #6 - for Wednesday, September 21
Lecture #6 Extra - slides added for Wednesday, September 21
Lecture Slides #7 - for Monday, September 26
Lecture Slides #8 - for Wednesday, September 28
Lecture Slides #9 - for Monday, October 3
Lecture Slides #10 - for Wednesday, October 5
Lecture Slides #11 - for Tuesday, October 11
Lecture Slides #12 - for Monday, October 17
Lecture Slides #13 - for Wednesday, October 19
Lecture Slides #14 - for Monday, October 24
Lecture Slides #15 - for Wednesday, October 26
Lecture Slides #16 - for Monday, October 31
Lecture #16 Extra - slide added for Monday, October 31
Lecture Slides #17 - for Monday, November 7
Lecture Slides #18 - for Wednesday, November 9
Lecture Slides #19 - for Monday, November 14
Lecture Slides #20 - for Wednesday, November 16
Lecture Slides #21 - for Monday, November 21
Lecture Slides #22 - for Monday, November 28
Lecture Slides #23 - for Wednesday, November 30
Recommended Readings:
CEA Report on the Stimulus Bill - posted 10/18
CBO Report on the Stimulus Bill - posted 10/18
CRFB: Happy Birthday, ARRA! - posted 10/18
CRFB: Happy (Second) Birthday, ARRA! - posted 10/18
Wikipedia article on the stimulus bill - posted 10/18
International Aspects of Financial Market Imperfections - posted 11/18
The Second Great Contraction - posted 11/18
Time For Your Volcker Moment - posted 11/18
Strengthening Our Monetary Policy Framework - posted 11/18
Looking Back at Four Years of Fed Actions - posted 11/18
Monetary Policy in a Time of Crises - posted 11/18
Near- and Longer-Term Prospects for the Economy - posted 11/18
Effects of the Great Recession on Central Bank Doctrine - posted 11/18
Restoring America's Future - posted 11/28
The Moment of Truth - posted 11/28
Debt Reduction Done Right - posted 11/28
The Eurozone Debt Web - posted 11/28
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