{"id":158,"date":"2021-01-21T14:07:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T19:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eco-201-0903-s21\/?p=158"},"modified":"2021-01-28T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T18:58:58","slug":"read-lumen-learning-macroeconomics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/eco-201-1404-spring-2021\/2021\/01\/21\/read-lumen-learning-macroeconomics\/","title":{"rendered":"Read &#8211; Lumen Learning: Macroeconomics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Try It&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 4 &#8211; from Module 6: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/what-is-gross-domestic-product\/\" target=\"_blank\">What is Gross Domestic Product?<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/calculating-gdp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calculating GDP<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 7 &#8211; from Module 15: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/absolute-and-comparative-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Absolute and Comparative Advantage<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/reading-absolute-advantage-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comparative Advantage and the Gains from Trade<\/a>&#8221;  OPTIONAL: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/learn-by-doing-absolute-and-comparative-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learning by Doing: Comparative Advantage and the Gains from Trade<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 8 &#8211; from Module 16: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/strengthening-and-weakening-currency\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strengthening and Weakening Currency<\/a>&#8221; *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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 11 &#8211; from Module 11: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/counterbalancing-recession-and-boom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Automatic Stabilizers<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/supply-side-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neoclassical Fiscal Policy and Supply-Side Economics<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 12 &#8211; from Module 13: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/tools-of-monetary-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monetary Policy<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/monetary-policy-and-open-market-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monetary Policy and Open Market Operations<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Week 13 &#8211; from Module 11: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/government-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\">Government Spending<\/a>&#8221; &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/reading-taxation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taxation<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-macroeconomics\/chapter\/the-question-of-a-balanced-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Question of a Balanced Budget<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Try It&#8221; boxes and additional videos embedded in this text are for your benefit unless otherwise specified. 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