Margulis, Catalina and Arthur Rossi. (2021). “Legally Speaking, is Digital Money Really Money?” International Monetary Fund (IMF) blog. 14 January. https://blogs.imf.org/2021/01/14/legally-speaking-is-digital-money-really-money/
Category Archives: Course Materials
Read – Irungu (2020)
Irungu, Irene. (2020). “The Drivers of Inflation During the COVID-18 Pandemic.” The Elephant. 9 October. https://www.theelephant.info/data-stories/2020/10/09/the-drivers-of-inflation-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Watch (16:55) – Darity (2019)
Darity, William. (2019). “How do we span the racial wealth gap?” TedXDurham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwlLE1FebE
Read – Moore (2020)
Moore, Kyle. (2020). “The Economics of Race.” Phenomenal World. 27 February https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/stratification-economics
Watch (6:39) – Khan (2014)
Khan, Sal. (2014). “Consumption Function Basics.” Khan Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/macroeconomics/income-and-expenditure-topic/macroeconomics-the-consumption-function/v/consumption-function-basics
(Optional) Read – Chappelow (2020)
Chappelow (2020) “What is the Marginal Propensity to Consume?” Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marginalpropensitytoconsume.asp
Read (instagram slides) – @comradecloset (2019)
@comradecloset, @subversive.thread, and @abolish_time. (2019). “Why We Say #Abolish Work” 25 June. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzJObj4Av4f/
Read – Amadeo (2020)
Amadeo, Kimberly. (2020). “Supply Side Economics with Examples: Does It Work?” The Balance. 27 September. https://www.thebalance.com/supply-side-economics-does-it-work-3305786
Read – Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics
“Try It” boxes and additional videos embedded in this text are for your benefit unless otherwise specified. Use them if they are useful to you but you may skip them if they are not.
Week 4 – from Module 6: “What is Gross Domestic Product?” and “Calculating GDP“
Week 7 – from Module 15: “Absolute and Comparative Advantage” and “Comparative Advantage and the Gains from Trade” OPTIONAL: “Learning by Doing: Comparative Advantage and the Gains from Trade“
Week 8 – from Module 16: “Strengthening and Weakening Currency” *this is the only reading for this week so I encourage you to do the exercises and watch the videos in this chapter if this is an unfamiliar concept.
Week 11 – from Module 11: “Automatic Stabilizers” and “Neoclassical Fiscal Policy and Supply-Side Economics“
Week 12 – from Module 13: “Monetary Policy” and “Monetary Policy and Open Market Operations“
Week 13 – from Module 11: “Government Spending” “Taxation” and “The Question of a Balanced Budget“
Listen (21:48) or Read – Cassidy (2020)
Cassidy, John. (2020). “Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?” The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/10/can-we-have-prosperity-without-growth