In 24 revealing lectures, Macroeconomics Made Clear will introduce you to the subject that people have been theorizing about and modeling for almost 100 years. With easy-to-understand illustrations, charts, and graphs, Dr. Akila Weerapana of Wellesley College shows you the real-world applications of the key ideas of macroeconomics, how macroeconomics sheds light on the present, and how it offers a hopeful tool for the future.
Macroeconomics Made Clear
12h 34m 14s
English
Paid
About the Authors
Akila Weerapana
Akila Weerapana is a Wellesley College professor of economics whose teaching material on macroeconomics has been republished as on-demand video courses for self-directed learners.
The CourseFlix listing carries Macroeconomics Made Clear — an introduction to modern macroeconomic theory aimed at general adult learners. Material is paid and sits in the broader Math & Statistics catalog on CourseFlix as foundational reference rather than as a software-engineering track.
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All Course Lessons (24)
| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Viewing the world through a new lens Demo | 30:42 | |
| 2 | 2 GDP: The economy in a single number? | 33:21 | |
| 3 | 3 Prices: How to quantify the danfers of inflation | 28:32 | |
| 4 | 4 Uneployment:Who Want to work? | 28:33 | |
| 5 | 5 How is money created and why? | 30:21 | |
| 6 | 6 Is there such a thing as too much money? | 30:42 | |
| 7 | 7 Two interest rates to rule them all? | 27:40 | |
| 8 | 8 Why economic growth is so powerful and hard? | 31:54 | |
| 9 | 9 Technology: The engine of sustained growth | 30:57 | |
| 10 | 10 What are fundamental barriers to growth? | 33:11 | |
| 11 | 11 How recessions occur and why they matter | 33:26 | |
| 12 | 12 An intuitive model of economic recessions | 32:06 | |
| 13 | 13 Lessons from past recessions | 34:28 | |
| 14 | 14 What is good monetary or fiscal policy? | 30:47 | |
| 15 | 15 Extraordinary actions by central banks | 30:21 | |
| 16 | 16 How much debt is too much for a country | 29:49 | |
| 17 | 17 How exchange rates move the global economy | 32:18 | |
| 18 | 18 Why countries try to control exchange rates | 31:21 | |
| 19 | 19 The euro: many nations under one currency? | 32:43 | |
| 20 | 20 International trade and finance must balance | 33:37 | |
| 21 | 21 How stocks and the economy shape each other | 30:52 | |
| 22 | 22 Labor market policies for the long term | 32:02 | |
| 23 | 23 Rising inequality is a threat to all of us | 30:17 | |
| 24 | 24 Three macroeconomic challenges of our time | 34:14 |
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24 lessons · 12h 34m 14sShow all 24 lessons
- 1 1 Viewing the world through a new lens 30:42
- 2 2 GDP: The economy in a single number? 33:21
- 3 3 Prices: How to quantify the danfers of inflation 28:32
- 4 4 Uneployment:Who Want to work? 28:33
- 5 5 How is money created and why? 30:21
- 6 6 Is there such a thing as too much money? 30:42
- 7 7 Two interest rates to rule them all? 27:40
- 8 8 Why economic growth is so powerful and hard? 31:54
- 9 9 Technology: The engine of sustained growth 30:57
- 10 10 What are fundamental barriers to growth? 33:11
- 11 11 How recessions occur and why they matter 33:26
- 12 12 An intuitive model of economic recessions 32:06
- 13 13 Lessons from past recessions 34:28
- 14 14 What is good monetary or fiscal policy? 30:47
- 15 15 Extraordinary actions by central banks 30:21
- 16 16 How much debt is too much for a country 29:49
- 17 17 How exchange rates move the global economy 32:18
- 18 18 Why countries try to control exchange rates 31:21
- 19 19 The euro: many nations under one currency? 32:43
- 20 20 International trade and finance must balance 33:37
- 21 21 How stocks and the economy shape each other 30:52
- 22 22 Labor market policies for the long term 32:02
- 23 23 Rising inequality is a threat to all of us 30:17
- 24 24 Three macroeconomic challenges of our time 34:14
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