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INTRO | What is Economics?
WEEK 1 | Economic Thinking
WEEK 2 | Supply and Demand
WEEK 3 | Intro to Microeconomics | Consumer
WEEK 4 | Intro to Macroeconomics | Country
WEEK 5 | Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy
CH 30: Weekly Review and Questions (OpenStax eTextbook)
Course Competencies
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WEEK 6 | Monetary Policy
WEEK 7 | Global Economics
HOW-TO: 1 | Making and Using Graphs in Economics
HOW-TO: 2 | Creating a Simple Power Point
Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Policy
CH 30: eTextbook Readings | Principles of Economics | OpenStax
30. Introduction to Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy
30.1 Government Spending
30.2 Taxation
30.3 Federal Deficits and the National Debt
30.4 Using Fiscal Policy to Fight Recession, Unemployment, and Inflation
30.5 Automatic Stabilizers
30.6 Practical Problems with Discretionary Fiscal Policy
30.7 The Question of a Balanced Budget
CH 30: Weekly Review and Questions (OpenStax eTextbook)
30. Key Terms
30. Key Concepts and Summary
30. Self-Check Questions
30. Review Questions
30. Critical Thinking Questions
30. Problems
Course Competencies
Do you understand how to...?
identify the tools of fiscal policy
explain how fiscal policy tools affect economic growth
explain how fiscal policy tools affect unemployment
explain how fiscal policy tools affect inflation
analyze pros and cons of selected fiscal policy
apply fiscal policy tools to various real world scenarios
compare and contrast budget deficit and national debt
analyze the impact of fiscal policy on a country’s budget
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