European Macroeconomics - Learning and Teaching Package

Peter Bofinger
Exploring Economics, 2021
Level: advanced
Perspectives: Austrian Economics, Neoclassical Economics, Post-Keynesian Economics
Topic: (De-)growth, Crises, Labour & Care, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics & Markets, Money & Debt, Reflection of Economics
Format: Teaching Package

 

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Learning and Teaching Package for the Course "European Macroeconomics"

      Accompanying textbook: Fundamentals of Economics. Introduction into the Science of Markets (in German)

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  • A critical introduction for students of economics
  • A multiparadigmatic textbook, including neoclassical, Austrian and Keynesian economics
  • A focus on the roots of financial crises & the recent effects of digitization on the financial system

 

! The lecture is a new version of the content of this book, presenting economic theories & empirics through their specific understanding of the economy !

 

 

 Information on the course

This is a new online course at bachelor level. It presents an introduction into macroeconomics with a specific focus on the euro area. The theoretical part provides a critical presentation of the two key macroeconomic models: the (neo)classical approach and the Keynesian approach. This allows a comparative analysis of important macroeconomic topics:

  • unemployment
  • inflation
  • government debt and Modern Monetary Theory
  • banks and financial crises. 

The policy-oriented part discusses the monetary policy of the ECB and the specific challenges for fiscal policy in the euro area. The course also presents other euro area specific topics: Optimum currency area, euro crises, Next Generation EU and Green New Deal. 

 

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 Course structure

 

Unit 1 -  Introduction to the course

a) Targets of Macroeconomic Policy and the Performance of the Euro Area

b) The debate on the economic loss function

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Unit 2 -  The mechanics of the two core macroeconomic models

a) The (neo-)classical model

b) The Keynesian model

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Unit 3 - The financial system and banks in the two models

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Unit 4 - Unemployment and stabilization policies

a) unemployment

b) stabilization policies

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Unit 5 - Fiscal policy

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Unit 6 - Inflation

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Unit 7 - Monetary policy of the ECB - in theoretical perspective

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Unit 8 - Monetary policy of the ECB - in institutional perspective i.

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Unit 9 - Monetary policy of the ECB - in institutional perspective ii.

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Unit 10 - Fiscal policy in the Euro area: coordinating policies of 19 countries

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Unit 11 - The euro crisis - learnings from the different economic models

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Ce projet est le fruit du travail des membres du réseau international pour le pluralisme en économie, dans la sphère germanophone (Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V.) et dans la sphère francophone (Rethinking Economics Switzerland / Rethinking Economics Belgium / PEPS-Économie France). Nous sommes fortement attachés à notre indépendance et à notre diversité et vos dons permettent de le rester ! 

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