ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics CORE

Institution:

Laredo Community College

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CB 4506015125 General treatment of the nature and scope of economics. The concept of the economizing problem is carefully developed in order to lay the foundation necessary for putting the many particular subject areas of economics into perspective. This course emphasizes macroeconomics in such areas as national income analysis; the business cycle; the equilibrium levels of output, employment and income; Classical and Keynesian economics theories; the economics of fiscal policy and monetary policy; money and banking; the Federal Reserve System; and the economics of wage-price policies. Government in economics is given major treatment in such areas as the Five Fundamental Economic Questions; mixed capitalism; and the facts of American capitalism in today's world. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, MATH 1314, ENGL 1301.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.laredo.edu

Phone Number:

(956) 721-5394

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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