WHAT TOPICS ARE COVERED IN THE VIDEO LECTURES?
Unit 1 – Introduction to the Class (1 tape; 23 minutes total)
Unit 2 – GDP (6 tapes; 69 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Introduction to GDP (12 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Growth Rates and Real vs. Nominal (13 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Two Primary Approaches to Calculating GDP (14 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – GDP Isn’t Perfect (7 minutes)
5. Tape 5 – The Business Cycle (16 minutes)
6. Tape 6 – Comparing Countries (7 minutes)
Unit 3 – Issues with Growth (5 tapes; 44 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Argument 1: Basic Math (labor force growth + productivity growth) (15 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Argument 2: Secular Stagnation (10 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Argument 3: Six Headwinds to Growth (5 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Argument 4: Long-Term Impacts from Financial Crisis (6 minutes)
5. Tape 5 – Low Growth Impacts Monetary Policy and Politics (8 minutes)
Unit 4 – Equities (4 tapes; 67 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Introduction to Stock Returns (18 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Valuation (Multiples) (17 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Mechanics of Trading (selling short) (14 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Indexes and the Efficient Market Hypothesis (18 minutes)
Unit 5 – Bonds and Interest Rates (5 tapes; 63 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – The Yield Curve (13 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Forward Rates (13 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPs) (13 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Building Up an Interest Rate (benchmark rate + risk premium) (10 minutes)
5. Tape 5 – Credit Ratings Agencies (14 minutes)
Unit 6 – Background Information Before Studying Monetary Policy (4 tapes; 62 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Introduction to the Federal Reserve (14 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Interest Rates and How the FOMC Impacts the Business Cycle (17 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – The Federal Funds Rate (17 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – The Importance of Equity (Solving Too-Big-to-Fail) (14 minutes)
Unit 7 – Monetary Policy (6 tapes; 78 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Introduction to Monetary Policy (13 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Nontraditional Tools of Monetary Policy (25 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Thinking About Setting Policy (11 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – FOMC Changed How They Will Implement Policy (10 minutes)
5. Tape 5 – Should the Fed Try to Pop Asset Bubbles? (10 minutes)
6. Tape 6 – How to Follow the Fed (9 minutes)
Unit 8 – The Dual Mandate (3 tapes; 29 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Unemployment (Intro; Unemployment Rate and Participation Rate) (13 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Three Types of Unemployment (6 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Inflation (10 minutes)
Unit 9 – The Dual Mandate (Applied) (2 tapes; 44 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Full Employment (28 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Inflation (16 minutes)
Unit 10 – Fiscal Policy (4 tapes; 52 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Introduction to Fiscal Policy (12 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Tax Example (17 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Some Additional Terminology (15 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Some Things You Should Know About Debt (8 minutes)
Unit 11 – Fiscal Policy: Numbers You Should Know (5 tapes; 71 minutes total)
1. Tape 1 – Taxation (12 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Budgetary Spending (8 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Tax Expenditures (14 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Debt (16 minutes)
5. Tape 5 – The Future (21 minutes)
Unit 12 – Trade and Exchange Rates (4 tapes; 46 minutes)
1. Tape 1 – Introduction to Trade (11 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Accounting for Trade (12 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – Exchange Rates (14 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Why the Exchange Rate Changes (9 minutes)
Unit 13 – Cost of Education and Student Debt (4 tapes; 50 minutes)
1. Tape 1 – The Cost of Education (16 minutes)
2. Tape 2 – Student Debt (12 minutes)
3. Tape 3 – For-Profit Schools (12 minutes)
4. Tape 4 – Final Thoughts on Student Debt (10 minutes)
Unit 14 – Income Inequality (4 tapes; 52 minutes)
1. Measuring Inequality (11 minutes)
2. Inequality Across Regions, Race, Gender, Countries (18 minutes)
3. The Reason We Care: Generational Mobility (12 minutes)
4. Questions to Consider (11 minutes)