Week 3: Money and Inflation

Lecture Slides [ch04 pptx; ch05 pptx]

C. Important Economic Aggregates

1. Money and Inflation

Required Readings:

Mankiw: ch. 4 - The Monetary System: What It Is and How It Works

Radford, R. A. (1945). The Economic Organisation of a P.O.W. Camp. Economica. http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/brooks/eco305/pow camp.htm

Recommended Reading:

Rockoff, H. (1990). The "Wizard of Oz" as a Monetary Allegory. Journal of Political Economy, 98(4), 739-760.

http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/brooks/eco305/wizardofoz.pdf

 

Required Readings:

Mankiw: ch. 5 - Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, and Social Costs