Course Description

Formerly ECON C180. This course examines and analyzes the economic problem of productivity, recession, unemployment, and inflation. The focus of this investigation centers on business cycles, the measurement of output and income in the economy, the determination of the equilibrium level of national income in the economy, money creation and the banking system, monetary and fiscal policy options, international trade and finance, and the effects of the public debt. The particular interactions of the domestic and international economies are studied throughout the course. C-ID: ECON 202.