Full course description
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About this course:
You will begin this course by exploring the main metrics that will help you to understand how well an economy is doing, and how should you interpret fluctuations in these metrics. You will then consider how policy makers around the world have responded to recent economic shocks/crises, such as Covid-19 and look at how effective have these responses been.
Topics covered:
- Measuring the Economy – GDP and related metrics
- Alternative measures of a country’s health
- Why does the GDP fluctuate so much and why does this matter?
- Other metrics of the macroeconomy – inflation, unemployment, deficits and debt
- What is a recession and why do they occur?
- How does the response to the Great Recession compare to previous episodes?
- How have the macroeconomic institutions around the world changed since the Great Depression?
- Macroeconomic institutions in developing and resource-rich economies
Commitment: This course is suitable if you have no prior understanding of economics. We recommend/expect learners to complete it within 4 weeks. Each course comprises 2 units divided into 4 sections, making up 7-8 hours of learning. The course ends with a light-touch assessment of the learning for you to measure your learning.
Recommend completion time: 4 weeks
Format: Online
Fee: £144 (including VAT)
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