Intermediate Macroeconomics
Uses the tools of macroeconomics to investigate various macroeconomic issues in depth. Topics range from economic growth and inequality in the long run to economic stability and financial crises in the short run. Surveys many economic models used today. Requires a substantial research paper on the economics of long-run economic growth.
Fall 2025
This course introduces you to modern macroeconomics and uses the tools of macroeconomics to investigate various macroeconomic issues in depth. Topics range from economic growth and inequality in the long run to economic stability and financial crises in the short run. The course also surveys many economic models used today.
Readings
- A few journal articles will be made available through the course website as additional references. Most of these articles (particularly those from the Journal of Economic Perspectives ) are accessible introductions to a topic. None of them are “strictly required” in the sense that you will not be tested on any of them, but they provide useful context to the lectures. What you are ultimately responsible for is to understand the findings from these articles that are discussed in lectures or recitations.
Spring 2013
This course uses the tools of macroeconomics to study various macroeconomic policy problems in-depth. The problems range from economic growth in the long run, to government finances in the intermediate run, and economic stability in the short run. Many economic models used today are surveyed.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 14.01 and ( 14.02 or permission of instructor) U (Fall) 4-0-8 units. HASS-S
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2025
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2013
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.