Level: 100 level. Read more information on levels in our FAQs

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Lectures: 36 hours 

Classes: 18 hours

Assessment*: Two written examinations

Typical credit**: 3-4 credits (US) 7.5 ECTS points (EU)

*Assessment is optional

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Working knowledge of mathematics (i.e. elementary calculus).

• Economic fluctuations and stabilisation policy
• The evolution of stabilisation policy
• Government debt
• Financial intermediation
• The credit crunch
• General equilibrium
• Money and inflation
• Labour markets and unemployment
• Economic growth
• The open economy

This course will help you understand recent developments in macroeconomics using graphic analysis and simple algebra.

The LSE Department of Economics is one of the biggest and best in the world, with expertise across the full spectrum of mainstream economics. A long-standing commitment to remaining at the cutting edge of developments in the field has ensured the lasting impact of its work on the discipline as a whole. Almost every major intellectual development within Economics over the past fifty years has had input from members of the department, which counts ten Nobel Prize winners among its current and former staff and students. Alumni are employed in a wide range of national and international organisations, in government, international institutions, business and finance.

The Department of Economics is a leading research department, consistently ranked in the top 20 economics departments worldwide. This is reflected in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise which recognised the Department's outstanding contribution to the field. According to the REF 2014 results, 56 per cent of the Department’s research output was graded 4 star (the highest category), indicating that it is 'world-leading'. A further 33 per cent was designated 'internationally excellent' (3 star).

On this three week intensive programme, you will engage with and learn from full-time lecturers from the LSE’s economics faculty.

The main textbook for this course is:

N. Gregory Mankiw, Macroeconomics, Worth Publishers, Ninth Edition (International Edition), 2016.

Another useful textbook for browsing data and case studies is:
Olivier Blanchard, Macroeconomics, Sixth Edition, (Pearson International Edition), 2012.

*A more detailed reading list will be supplied prior to the start of the programme

**Course content, faculty and dates may be subject to change without prior notice