Unit 4 (AD/AS/Fiscal Policy)

Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply and
Fiscal Policy

Aggregate Supply
Lecture notes for Chapter 11 (for reference)

Homework
Complete Aggregate Supply Worksheet #1

Online tutorials for Aggregate Supply
Aggregate Supply


Aggregate Demand
1. Define Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply and Equilibrium
2. List and explain the basic causes of shifts in Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
3. Graph Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
4. Describe what determines the amount of goods and services produced and the level of employment in the Classical theory of Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand
5. Describe what determines the amount of goods and services produced and the level of employment in the Keynesian theory of Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand
Lecture notes for Chapter 11 (for referencE)

View Video on Aggregate Demand.  Worksheet that accompanies video.


Homework
Complete AD worksheets #1 and  #2
Worksheet for AD/AS HERE

Online Tutorials for Aggregate Demand
Components of Aggregate Demand
Slope of the Aggregate Demand Curve

Tutorial for AD and AS and PPF

Fiscal Policy
1. Describe how Fiscal Policy can be used to stabilize the economy
2. Distinguish between Automatic and Discretionary Stabilizers
3. Distinguish between a Contractionary and Expansionary Fiscal Policy
4. Evaluate Macroeconomic conditions and determine the Fiscal Policy that can be used to improve those conditions
5. List and explain the complications encountered in employing Fiscal Policy

Lecture Notes for Fiscal Policy
Powerpoint for Fiscal Policy
 View Video on Fiscal Policy



 Homework
Online Tutorials
Deficit vs Debt

Online Interactives


Excellent practice for Demand Pull/Cost Push Inflation


Keynesian Multipliers


1. Explain how Consumption and Saving are related to Disposable Income in the Keynesian model
2. Describe and calculate from given data the Marginal Propensity to Consume and the Marginal Propensity to Save
3. Describe the Multiplier
4. Given values for the marginal Propensity to Consume, calculate the values for the Multiplier
5. Calculate the change in total spending that occurs from a given change in Business or Government expenditures when MPC is known

View Videos on Multiplier Effect.. Worksheet that accompanies video here.





Online Tutorial
Multiplier Effect

ONLINE QUIZ
Keynesian Multiplier

Online Interactive
Spending Multiplier

Crowding Out Effect of Government Borrowing
Powerpoint for Crowding Out Effect
View Video on Crowding Out Effect.  Worksheet that accompanies video here.




Homework

Online Tutorials
Crowding Out Effect

Online Interactive
Practice with Mkt for Loanable Funds

 Phillips Curve---Short Run and Long Run
1.Use a Phillips Curve to illustrate tradeoffs between inflation and unemployment in the short run and the long run
2. Analyze the tradeoffs involved in various economic policy prescriptions

Powerpoint for Phillips Curve
View Videos on Phillips Curve.  Worksheets that accompanies the videos



Online Tutorials
Phillips Curve

 Online Interactives
Phillips Curve Interactive
Phillips Curve Interactive #2
Phillips Curve Interaction with AD/AS Model

Supplemental Readings on the Phillips Curve


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