Università di Bologna · Prof. Barone · Mankiw, Macroeconomics

Macroeconomic Policy

8 interactive lessons + a full mock examexam: 16 multiple-choice · 40 min · pass at 9/16
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Is this course hard? See for yourself

Start here

  1. Macro-00 · You Can Do This: the course & exam, decodedstart What the exam really asks, the 5 question patterns, the scoring game, and the (short) list of math you need.

First midterm territory

  1. Macro-01 · GDP, Prices & Inflation What macro measures and how: GDP three ways, real vs nominal, the deflator trainer, CPI, unemployment rates.
  2. Macro-02 · The Long Run: One Pie, Three Eaters The fixed pie, the three eaters, and the pantry of savings where the interest rate is born. Crowding out, live.
  3. Macro-03 · Money & Inflation: the Arcade Rule What money is, why printing tokens moves prices, the Fisher effect, and what inflation really costs.
  4. Macro-04 · Unemployment: the Bathtub The natural rate as a bathtub: separations pour in, job-finding drains out, one small formula gives the level.

Second midterm territory

  1. Macro-05 · IS-LM Without Fear The course's most feared topic, tamed: Keynesian cross, the multiplier, and a full IS-LM cockpit you fly yourself.
  2. Macro-06 · AD-AS: the Mattress Shock the economy, then let prices adjust and watch it spring back. Money neutrality happening in slow motion.
  3. Macro-07 · The Phillips Curve: the Escalator Expected inflation as an escalator, the disinflation game, and the sacrifice-ratio recipe worth two exam points.

When you feel ready

  1. The Exam Roomfinal test Sixteen fresh questions across the whole course, 40 minutes on the clock, real scoring. See for yourself.