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MACROECONOMICS
dr hab. Marek Szczepański
Plan of the course
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Introduction - the economic problem
Tools of economic analysis, main indicators
Demand, supply and the market
Output and aggregate demand
Unemployment and inflation
Factor market and income distribution
Long-run economic growth
Short-time economic growth
Business cycles
Stabilization policy (fiscal and monetary policy)
Open- economy macroeconomics
Money and banking
Interantional trade, european integration and globalization
The main macroeconomic theories and current discussions
Exercises
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Indicators of economic growth
(GDP, other indicators – comparison of different
countries)
2. Inflation
(how to measure inflation? Interntional comparison)
3. Unemployment
(how to measure inflation? Interntional comparison)
4. International trade
(foreign trade ballance, main export and import partners of
of Poland, interntional trade in EU and worldwide)
5. Globalisation
(nature of the process, implications – positive and negative)
6. Global financial and economic crisis 2008-2009 – causes, implications
for world economy, EU and Poland
Literature
1. P. Krugman, R. Wells, Macroeconomics, Second
Edition, Worth Publishers, New York 2009.
2. D. Begg, S. Fisher, R. Dornbusch, Economics, 8th
Edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, London, New York
2008.
3. http://www.mcgrawhill.co.uk/textbooks/begg
4. E.Skawińska, K.Sobiech, K.Nawrot, Makroekonomia,
PWE, Warszawa 2008.