Course Name

Macro and International Economics

Collection
Free

  • General

Open

About

A collage of currency from countries around the world.

Currency from around the world. (Image courtesy of Earl on Flickr.)

Instructor(s)

Prof. Simon Johnson

MIT Course Number

15.015

As Taught In

Fall 2011

Level

Graduate

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Course Features

Course Description

15.015 Macro and International Economics focuses on the policy and economic environment of firms. This subject divided in three parts. The first part of the course is a study of the closed economy and how monetary and fiscal policy interacts with employment, GNP, inflation, and interest rates. Next, the course provides an examination of national economic strategies for development and growth and recent financial and currency crises in emerging markets. Finally, the course addresses the problems faced by transition economies and the role of institutions both as the engine of growth, and as the constraints for policy.