Macroeconomics Content

1.0 Introduction to Macroeconomics
 (13 videos in this chapter)

1.1 The Basics of Economics

1.2 Circular Flow of Income (2 videos)

RWE Video Macro 1.1 Circular Flow of Income - 4 min 25 s

Key Concept Macro 1.1 Four-Sector Model - Key Resources and Markets - 50 s

Key Concept Macro 1.2 Four-Sector Model - Productive Saving  - 40 s

Key Concept Macro 1.3 Four-Sector Model - Government Spending - 47 s

Key Concept Macro 1.4 Four-Sector Model - International Trade - 30 s

Key Concept Macro 1.5 Four-Sector Model - Productive Use of Outflows - 32 s

1.3 Opportunity Cost and Choice 

RWE Video Macro 1.2 Opportunity Cost and Choice - 2 min 37 s

Key Concept Macro 1.6 Definition of Economics and Opportunity Cost  - 39 s

Key Concept Macro 1.7 Corporate Spending Choices - 23 s

Key Concept Macro 1.8 Government Spending Choices - 47 s

1.4 Selfish vs. Self-Interest 

RWE Video Macro 1.3 Selfish vs. Self Interest - 3 min 3 s

Key Concept Macro 1.9 Characteristics of Proposals- 1 m 2 s

1.5 Compound Interest Exercise 

RWE Video Macro 1.4 Compound Interest Exercise 3 min 40 s

2.0 Measuring Aggregate Output
(21 videos in this chapter)

2.1 Calculating Macro GDP

RWE Video Macro 2.1 Calculating GDP - 5 min 4 s

Key Concept Macro 2.1 Size of U.S. GDP - 21 s

Key Concept Macro 2.2 Two Methods of Calculating GDP - 48 s

Key Concept Macro 2.3 GDP Formula Y = C + I + G + Nx - 1 min 23 s

Key Concept Macro 2.4 Calculating GDP - Value Added Method - 1 min 14 s

Key Concept Macro 2.5 How Housing Contributes to GDP - 26 s

2.2 GDP vs. GNP

RWE Video Macro 2.2 GDP vs. GNP - 3 min 33 s

Key Concept Macro 2.6 Unreported Activity and GDP - 34 s

Key Concept Macro 2.7 Benefits of Allowing Cross-border Trade - 1 min 02 s

2.3 Capital Stock and Flow Variables

RWE Video Macro 2.3 Capital Stock and Flow Variables - 3 min 33 s

Key Concept Macro 2.8 Capital and Physical Capital - 43 s

Key Concept Macro 2.9 Calculating Net Investment - 40 s

Key Concept Macro 2.10 Stock and Flow Variables -Bathtub Analogy - 45 s

Key Concept Macro 2.11 How Investment Increases GDP - 1 min 03 s

2.4 Saving and Investment

RWE Video Macro 2.4 Saving and Investment - 4 min 20 s

Key Concept Macro 2.12 Definition of Investment in Economics - 39 s

Key Concept Macro 2.13 How Investment and Saving Work - 1 min 23 s

Key Concept Macro 2.14 Connecting Saving and Investment - 1 min 52 s

2.5 Nominal vs. Real Quantities

RWE Video Macro 2.5 Nominal vs. Real Quantities - 4 min 10 s

Key Concept Macro 2.15 Comparing Years - 48 s

Key Concept Macro 2.16  Comparing Gone with the Wind and Avatar box office takes - 2 m 52 s

3.0 Unemployment and Inflation  
 (18 videos in this chapter)

3.1 GDP Deflator vs. CPI

RWE Video Macro 3.1 GDP Deflator vs. CPI 5 min 20 s

Key Concept Macro 3.1 GDP Deflator and the CPI - 17 s

Key Concept Macro 3.2 How to Calculate the CPI - 51 s

Key Concept Macro 3.3 Using CPI to Compare Prices - 44 s

Key Concept Macro 3.4 How to Calculate the GDP Deflator - 44 s

Key Concept Macro 3.5 Comparing GDP Deflator to CPI - 17 s

3.2 Present and Future Values of Money

RWE Video Macro 3.2 Present and Future Values of Money 5 min 20 s

Key Concept Macro 3.6 Calculating the Roof Costs in Nominal Dollars - 1 m 29 s

Key Concept Macro 3.7 Calculating the Roof Costs Using Present Values - 1 m 34 s

3.3 Population: Employment and Unemployment

RWE Video Macro 3.3 Population: Employment and Unemployment - 3 min 42 s

Key Concept Macro 3.8 Calculating the Size and Composition of the Civilian Labor Force - 43 s

Key Concept Macro 3.9 Calculating Labor Participation Rate - 41 s

Key Concept Macro 3.10 Calculating the Unemployment Rate - 31 s

Key Concept Macro 3.11 Real GDP and Unemployment - 1 min 11 s

3.4 Unemployment and the Recessionary Gap

RWE Video Macro 3.4 Unemployment and the Recessionary Gap 4 min 38 s

Key Concept Macro 3.12 Three Types of Unemployment - 43 s

Key Concept Macro 3.13 Unemployment Formula - 40 s

Key Concept Macro 3.14 Cyclical Unemployment in a Recessionary Gap - 45 s

4.0 Aggregate Demand and Supply
 (6 videos in this chapter)

4.1 Inflationary Gap without Government Intervention

RWE Video Macro 4.1 Inflationary Gap without Government Intervention - 2 min 43 s

Key Concept Macro 4.1 How an Inflationary Gap Develops - 1 min 03 s

4.2 Interest Rates vs. Bond Prices

RWE Video Macro 4.2 Interest Rates vs. Bond Prices - 3 min 22 s

Key Concept Macro 4.2 Three Motives for Holding Money - 57 s

Key Concept Macro 4.3 Opportunity Cost and Low Interest Rates - 22 s

Key Concept Macro 4.4 Why Interest Rates and Bond Prices Change - 34 s

5.0 Government and Fiscal Policy  
 (31 videos in this chapter)

5.1 Fiscal deficit vs. debt

RWE Video Macro 5.1 Fiscal deficit vs. debt - 5 min 31 s

Key Concept Macro 5.1 How a Fiscal Deficit or Surplus is Created - 33 s

Key Concept Macro 5.2 Definition of Fiscal Debt - 09 s

Key Concept Macro 5.3 How Fiscal Deficits Increase Fiscal Debt - 1 min 51 s

Key Concept Macro 5.4 How Much Government Debt Can We Afford? - 35 s

5.2 Spending Multiplier

RWE Video Macro 5.2 Spending Multiplier - 4 min 38 s

Key Concept Macro 5.5 Definition of Spending Multiplier - 8 s

Key Concept Macro 5.6 Calculate the Marginal Propensity to Consume - 11 s

Key Concept Macro 5.7 How $100 spent ripples through the economy (incl. assumptions) - 1 min 07 s

Key Concept Macro 5.8 Calculate the Spending Multiplier - 25 s

5.3 Fiscal Policy - Government Spending

RWE Video Macro 5.3 Fiscal Policy - 3 min 5 s

Key Concept Macro 5.9 Effect of Government Spending - 33 s

Key Concept Macro 5.10 Finding the Optimum Spending Level - 22 s

Key Concept Macro 5.11 How Wise Government Spending Helps - 28 s

5.4 Tax Multiplier

RWE Video Macro 5.4 Tax Multiplier - 3 min 56 s

Key Concept Macro 5.12 Tax Multiplier Example - 1 min 03 s

Key Concept Macro 5.13 Calculate the Tax Multiplier - 22 s

Key Concept Macro 5.14 Income Affects Tax Multiplier - 42 s

5.5 Fiscal Policy - Taxation

RWE Video Macro 5.5 Taxation - 4 min 58 s

Key Concept Macro 5.15 Reducing Government Spending to Reduce Inflation - 31 s

Key Concept Macro 5.16 Increasing Taxes to Reduce Inflation - 28 s

Key Concept Macro 5.17 Finding the Right Balance of Taxation - 20 s

Key Concept Macro 5.18 Effect of Reducing Taxes - 31 s

Key Concept Macro 5.19 Unintended Effect of Temporary Tax Relief - 30 s

5.6 Population Pyramids

RWE Video Macro 5.6 Population Pyramid - 3 min 35 s

Key Concept Macro 5.20 Building the Population Pyramid - 1 min 1 s

Key Concept Macro 5.21 Population Pyramid Changes - 1945 to 1965 - 30 s

Key Concept Macro 5.22 Population Pyramid Changes - 1965 to 2015 - 45 s

5.7 Solutions to the Population Pyramid

RWE Video Macro 5.7 Solutions to the Population Pyramid - 4 min 27 s

Key Concept Macro 5.23 Population Pyramid - 1945 - 2010  - 55 s

Key Concept Macro 5.24 Solutions to the Population Pyramid Problem - 30 s

 

6.0 The Money Supply and Monetary Policy 
 (27 videos in this chapter)

6.1 Money Demand

RWE Video Macro 6.1 Money Demand - 3 min 35 s

Key Concept Macro 6.1 What is Money Demand? - 17 s

Key Concept Macro 6.2 Two Types of Assets - 36 s

Key Concept Macro 6.3 Opportunity Cost of Holding Money - 52 s

Key Concept Macro 6.4 Shoe Leather Costs - 20 s

Key Concept Macro 6.5 Money Demand Curve Shifts- 40 s

Key Concept Macro 6.6 Money Demand Summary - 16 s

6.2 Money Supply

RWE Video Macro 6.2  Money Supply - 2 min 32 s

Key Concept Macro 6.7 Money Supply Definition- 25 s

Key Concept Macro 6.8 Open Market Operations - Increasing the Money Supply - 36 s

Key Concept Macro 6.9 Open Market Operations - Decreasing the Money Supply- 30 s

6.3 Fractional Reserve Banking

RWE Video  Macro 6.3 Fractional Reserve Banking - 3 min 20 s

Key Concept Macro 6.10 T-Accounts - 21 s

Key Concept Macro 6.11 Money Creation Through Fractional Reserve Banking - 2 min 24 s

6.4 Money Supply and the Money Multiplier

RWE Video Macro 6.4 Money Supply and the Money Multiplier - 4 min 17 s

Key Concept Macro 6.12 Assumptions Underlying the Example - 36 s

Key Concept Macro 6.13 How the System Creates Money - 1 min 04 s

Key Concept Macro 6.14 Simple Money Multiplier Definition - 25 s

Key Concept Macro 6.15 Recap of Assumptions - 17 s

Key Concept Macro 6.16 The U.S. Money Multiplier  2008 - 2011 - 47 s

6.5 Monetary Policy

RWE Video Macro 6.5 5 min 50 s

Key Concept Macro 6.17 Three Ways the Fed Controls Monetary Policy - 47 s

Key Concept Macro 6.18 How Quantitative Easing is Implemented - 54 s

Key Concept Macro 6.19 How Monetary Policy Affects the Economy - 1 min 07 s

Key Concept Macro 6.20 Effect of Lower Interest Rates - 21 s

Key Concept Macro 6.21 Interest Rates Affect International Money Flow- 56 s

Key Concept Macro 6.22 Lower Interest Rates Increase Asset Prices - 1 min 01 s

7.0 International Trade
 (11 videos in this chapter)

7.1 Comparative Advantage

RWE Video Macro 7.1 Comparative Advantage - 2 min 34 s

Key Concept Macro 7.1 Comparative Advantage - 40 s

7.2 Benefits of Trade

RWE Video Macro 7.2 Opportunity Cost in International Trade - 4 min 32 s

RWE Video Macro 7.3 Benefits of International Trade - 3 min 24 s

Key Concept Macro 7.2  How comparative advantage is calculated - U.S. and Canada -

Key Concept Macro 7.3 Autarky vs. Specialization -

7.3 Currency Exchange Rates

RWE Video Macro 7.4 Currency Exchange Rates - 3 min 8 s

Key Concept Macro 7.4 Equilibrium at Intersection of Supply and Demand- 40 s

Key Concept Macro 7.5 Effect of Interest Rates on Currency Exchange Rates - 45 s

Key Concept Macro 7.6 Government Spending Affects Exchange Rates - 28 s

Key Concept Macro 7.7 Fixed Exchange Rates - 38 s