ECO 156-Unemployment, Inflation, and Wealth

Fall 2026

Below, I have posted a tentative syllabus for the Fall 2026 version of the class. It will be finalized before the first class meeting.

Syllabus

We will use an open source textbook for this class. The link is here. Some topics will be augmented with additional materials.

Below is course materials for each topic consisting of notes, problems, and answer keys. Notes will be available before we cover each topic in class.

The materials below are from the Fall 2025 offering of this course.

TOPICREADING
IntroNotesProblemsCh. 1-2
Labor MarketCh. 21
Supply and demandCh. 3
Market failuresCh. 12-13
The FedCh. 28
Health Insurance
Market structureCh. 8-10
TradeCh. 33
Intro to MacroCh. 19
GDP and InflationCh. 19, 22
AS/ADCh. 24
Fiscal PolicyCh. 30
Monetary PolicyCh. 27-28