PART 1

handout01: Macroeconomic variables and facts

handout02: The Short-Run: the goods market

handout03: The Short-Run: the financial markets

handout04: The IS-LM model

handout05: The labour market: facts

handout06: The labour market: theories

PART 2

handout07: The AS-AD model

From the short to the medium run: a summary

handout08: The Phillips curve

handout09: Money growth

handout10: The facts of growth

handout11: The Solow model (I)

handout12: The Solow model (II)

handout13: International macroeconomics: The basic tools

handout14: International macroeconomics: The IS-LM model in open economy

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Course readings

Grossly distorted picture, The Economist (13/03/08)

A stimulating notion, The Economist (14/02/2008)

Temporary full state ownership is only solution, P. De Grauwe (Financial Times, 9/10/2008)

A working model, The Economist (11/08/2005)

Reforming employment protection, O. Blanchard (2003)

Curve ball, The Economist (28/09/2006)

Determination of the December 2007 Peak in Economic Activity, NBER (01/12/2008)

Opening the floodgates,The Economist (07/05/2009)