第二次世界大战的战争公债海报,海报上写的是“地球上最伟大的投资!为了你的国家……你自己……你的家人、国争公债、薪偿储蓄计划!”。(照片由Daniel Bersak所拍摄。)(图片提供:美国国史文件纪录管理局,http://www.nara.gov。) A War Bonds Poster from WWII. (Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, http://www.nara.gov.)
All problem sets for this course are provided in the assignments section. The midterm and final, complete with solutions, are also available in the exams section.
This course is a survey of modern macroeconomics at a fairly advanced level. Topics include neoclassical and new growth theory, consumption and saving behavior, investment, and unemployment. It also includes use of the dynamic programming techniques. Assignments include problem sets and written discussions of macroeconomic events. This course is recommended for students planning to apply to graduate school in economics.