Course: PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
Course Provider:
Harvard University
Course Duration:
"10 weeks 5–10 hours per week"
Course Instructors:
"John Taylor
George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University"
Description:
"The Basic Core
Getting Started
Observing and Explaining the Economy
The Supply and Demand Model
Using the Supply and Demand Model
The Competitive Equilibrium Model
Deriving Demand
Deriving Supply
Market Equilibrium and Efficiency
Firms and Industries Changing Over Time
Cost and Changes at Firms Over Time
The Rise and Fall of Industries
Deviations from Competition
Monopoly and Market Power
Between Monopoly and Competition
Antitrust Policy and Regulation
Labor Markets
The Labor Supply and Demand Model
Labor Model Cont. – Min. Wage and Discrimination
Key Economic Policy Issues
Taxes, Transfers, and Income Distribution
Public Goods and Externalities
Government Failure and Success
Financial and Capital Markets
Markets for Physical Capital
Financial Markets: Risk and Return
Macro Facts and Measures
Getting Started with Macroeconomic Ideas
Measuring Production, Income, and Spending of Nations
Long Run Macro
Determining Consumption, Investment and Govt. Shares
Employment and Unemployment
Productivity, Economic Growth, and Determining Factors
A Look at Money, Inflation, and the Fed
Short Run Macro
Introduction to Economic Fluctuations
Economic Fluctuations Model
Using the ADIA Model
Macro-Policy Issues
Intro to Macroeconomic Policy
Fiscal Policy
Monetary Policy
Monetary Policy Analysis
International Economic Issues
Gains from Trade
International Trade Policy – Tariffs and Quotas"
Additional Data:
Associated skills: Monetary Policies, Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics
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