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Reading Assignments for Unit 2

Ch. 5 -- Government Finance

ONLY pp. 84-88

Ch. 11 -- A Model of the Macroeconomy:
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

The Business Cycle: pp. 138-140

Promoting Stability: pp. 82-83

AS and AD: pp. 203-219

Skip the following sections:
  • p. 205 Deviation of the AD Curve from th AE Model
  • p. 208 AD Shifts and the AE Model

Taxation and AS (Supply -Side Economics): pp. 317-320

Ch. 8 -- Macroeconomic Goals: Unemployment, Inflation, and Economic growth

pp. 140-154

Ch. 7 -- Measuring the Economy: GDP

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Ch. 17 -- Macroeconomic Goal:
Economic Growth and the New Economy

pp. 136-138
pp. 323-337

Ch. 22 -- Economic Growth in Developing Countries

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