Midterm 1 material

• Economic Systems:
  Index of Economic Freedom
  Index of Economic Freedom vs. Per Capita Income graph

• Production Possibilities:
  1.1a. Production Possibilities Curves
  1.1b Comparative Advantage (note italized change in this handout)

• Demand and Supply:
  1.2a. Demand and Supply Curves
  1.2b. Shifts in Demand and Supply
  1.2c. Price Controls

• Macroeconomic Variables:
  1.3a. Understanding the CPI
  
  1.3a-pt1. CPI for Urban Consumers (August 1999)
  1.3b. Summary on Price Indexes
  1.3c. Relationship of GDP to DI
  1.3d. Labor Force Statistics (1994-2004)
  

Midterm 2 material

• The Aggregate Expenditure Model:
  2.1a. Solving for Equilibrium Income
  2.1b. Important equations within Aggregate Demand
  2.1c. Summary of Multipliers
  
  2.1c-pt1. Deriving an Expenditure Multiplier
  
  2.1c-pt2. Deriving a Tax Multiplier
  2.2a. The Aggregate Expenditure Model
  2.2b. Is There an Output Gap?
  
  2.2b-pt1. Using Fiscal Policy to Close an Output Gap

Post Midterm 2 material

• Money
      Rai Stones

• The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
  3. Federal Reserve Bank Handouts on Monetary Policy
  
  3-pt1. The Structure of the Fed
  
  3-pt2. The Goals of Monetary Policy
  
  3-pt3. The Monetary Policy Tools of the Fed
  
  3-pt4. How Does Monetary Policy Affect the Economy?

• Macroeconomic Schools of Thought
  3.1a. Summary of Macroeconomic Policymaking Approaches
  

Some other interesting stuff

1. Federal Reserve Bank Addresses (for free publications)
   
2. An online textbook (by Roger McCain)
   
3. Argument against the Balanced Budget Amendment (by John S. Irons)
   
4. Money - Past, Present and Future (by Roy Davies)
   
5. Purposes and Functions of the Federal Reserve Banking System (several pdf files)