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Econ 101b: Fall 1999 J. Bradford DeLong; Jean-Philippe Stijns delong@econ.berkeley.edu FINAL EXAM THURSDAY DECEMBER 9: 12:30-3:30 PM: 110 BARROWS Lecture: TuTh 2-3:30; Cory 241 Sections: MW 4-5, Wheeler 210; MW 5-6, Evans 47 Brad DeLong's Office Hours: Tuesday 11-2, Evans 601 Section Page Syllabus Logistics Page--Course Procedures and Requirements Syllabus Tues. Aug. 24 What Macroeconomics Is Thur. Aug. 26, Tues. Aug. 31 Introduction and Course Logistics Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 1: Introduction Thur. Sep. 2: NO LECTURE Problem Set 1 out (on internet, and at Evans 602) Tues. Sep. 7 How Economists Think Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 3: Thinking Like an Economist To Be Covered in Section The National Income and Product Accounts--and Other Sources of Data Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 2: Measuring the Economy Thur. Sep. 9 The Theory of Economic Growth I Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 4: The Theory of Economic Growth Problem Set 1 (Data) due. Tues. Sep. 14 The Theory of Economic Growth II Problem Set 2 out. Thur. Sep. 16 The Growth and Development of the American Economy Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 5 Tues. Sep. 21 The World Distribution of Income and Wealth Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 6 Problem Set 2 (Growth Theory) due. Problem Set 3 out. Thur. Sep. 23 The Likely Future of Economic Growth Tues. Sep. 28 The Full Employment Economy: Production, Consumption, and Investment Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 7 Problem Set 3 (Pace of Long Run Growth) due. Problem Set 4 out. Thur. Sep. 30 The Full Employment Economy: Government Purchases and Trade Problem Set 5 out. Tues. Oct. 5 The Full Employment Economy: Equilibrium and Responses to Shocks Mock Midterm Exam distributed. Problem Set 4 (Growth II) due. Thur. Oct. 7 The Full Employment Economy: Money, Prices, and Inflation Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 8 Tues. Oct. 12 Pre-Midterm Review Problem Set 5 (Full-Employment Aggregate Demand) due. Thur. Oct. 14: IN CLASS MIDTERM EXAM Tues. Oct. 19: NO CLASS Thur. Oct. 21 The Unemployment Economy: Introduction Tues. Oct. 26 The Unemployment Economy: The Keynesian Cross Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 9 Thur. Oct. 28 The Unemployment Economy: The IS Curve Problem Set 6 out. Tues. Nov. 2 The Unemployment Economy: Demand for Money and the LM Curve Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 10, 11 Thur. Nov. 4 The Unemployment Economy: Aggregate Demand, Production, and Unemployment Problem Set 6 (IS) due.   Tues. Nov. 9 Price Adjustment: The Phillips Curve Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 12 Problem Set 7 out. Thur. Nov. 11 Supply. Shocks. Policy: Understanding Recent Events: Demand, Unemployment, and Inflation   Tues. Nov. 16 Policy: Monetary and Fiscal Policy I Thur. Nov. 18 Policy: Monetary and Fiscal Policy II Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 13 Problem Set 7 (Phillips Curve and Expectations) due. Tues. Nov. 23 Policy: Debt and Deficits Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 14 Problem Set 8 out. Mock Final Exam distributed Thur. Nov. 25: NO CLASS Tues. Nov. 30 Policy: International Exchange Rate Regimes Reading: Textbook Draft, ch. 15 Thur. Dec. 2: Final Review Problem Set 8 (Monetary and Fiscal Policy) due Tues. Dec. 7: NO CLASS Thur. Dec. 9: FINAL EXAM 12:30-3:30 PM: 110 BARROWS

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