This course weds business strategy with the principles of macroeconomics. It offers valuable a powerful toolbox together with cases and lessons across all major functions of business, management, from finance, operations management, and marketing to human resource management, organizational behavior, statistics, and, of course, business strategy.
Offered By
University of California, Irvine
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
13 hours to complete
An Overview of Modern Macroeconomics
8 videos (Total 68 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
8 videos
Microeconomics vs. Macroeconomics5m
The Big Macroeconomic Issues, Part One10m
The Big Macroeconomic Issues, Part Two4m
The Major Macroeconomic Policy Tools12m
The Ups and Downs of the Business Cycle11m
2 readings
Syllabus10m
Weekly Topics1h
1 practice exercise
Lesson 115m
Week
22 hours to complete
The Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand Model
9 videos (Total 64 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
9 videos
Say's Law7m
The Quantity Theory of Money8m
The Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand Model3m
Why the Aggregate Demand Curve Slopes Down8m
Why the AD Curve Shifts11m
Shifts in the Aggregate Supply Curve11m
1 reading
Weekly Topics1h
1 practice exercise
Lesson 215m
Week
32 hours to complete
The Keynesian Model and Fiscal Policy
8 videos (Total 69 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
8 videos
Analysis of the Keynesian Model, Part Two13m
The Keynesian Expenditure Multiplier8m
Closing Recessionary and Inflationary Gaps5m
Closing An Inflationary Gap and Tax Cuts Versus Government Spending7m
The Keynesian Model Then and Now7m
1 reading
Weekly Topics1h
1 practice exercise
Lesson 315m
Week
42 hours to complete
Monetary Policy and Business Strategy
10 videos (Total 71 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
10 videos
Determinants of Money Demand5m
How Paper Money is Created and the Money Multiplier8m
The Money Supply Multiplier and Where Money Comes From6m
The Nuts and Bolts of Monetary Policy8m
Using Monetary Policy to Close Recessionary and Inflationary Gaps6m
Monetary Versus Fiscal Policy4m
Monetary Policy and Strategic Business and Money Management12m
1 reading
Weekly Topics1h
1 practice exercise
Lesson 415m
Instructor
Dr. Peter Navarro
ProfessorPaul Merage School of Business
About University of California, Irvine
Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways.
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