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MDU Macroeconomics Course Outline

MG 4014

Stephen Kinsella

Department of Economics

Unversity of Limerick, Ireland

http://www.stephenkinsella.net

Overview

Macroeconomics is the study of how the decisions of individuals, families, firms and governments produce outcomes, such as economic progress or stagnation, inflation or unemployment, for the economy as a whole. This course is about understanding macroeconomics in the context of the questions the discipline asks itself: how can we understand inequality in society? What does it mean for an economy to 'grow'? Is such growth sustainable? This course will equip students with a framework for asking these questions.

1.1  Lecturer Details

I'm in AM068a, my number is 061 233611. Office hours are 12-1 Tuesdays or by appointment. Email me at stephen.kinsella@ul.ie if you wish to make an appointment.

Lecture Outline & Course Textbook

Lectures run from 21 Feb to 2 May. All lectures will be in room S116 in the Schumann building. They are 2 hours long and participatory. Slides used during the lectures and links mentioned will be provided during the lectures and online at http://www.stephenkinsella.net. All readings will be taken from Samuel Bowles, Richard Edwards, and Frank Roosevelt, Understanding Capitalism: Command, Competition, and Change, Oxford University Press, 2005. Here is a link to the OUP site for the book: http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780195138658.

The plan for the course is as follows:
Week  12/2/07          7/3/07                      21/3/07 

Topic  Inequality      Progress & Poverty    Unemployment

Reading 1, 14              15                              16       

Week    4/4/07          18/4/07                    2/05/07 

Topic    Macro Policies  Inflation & Growth    Government

Reading 17                  18                            19           

Assessment

There will be an end of term exam worth 100% of the grade.

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