Macroeconomics Made Clear

by Akila Weerapana

The issues addressed by macroeconomics are all around you, all the time—from taxes to inflation to mention of the GDP on the nightly news. By learning the principles of macroeconomics, you’ll be able to go beyond simply hearing the terms to better understanding their relationships to each other and how they create the economic environment in which you live. In fact, macroeconomics with its “big-picture glasses” allows you to better ask—and better try to answer—the biggest questions of our time, questions that impact the lives of billions of people.

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 mathematics behind the science. Dr. Weerapana shows you how macroeconomics offers a hopeful tool for the future and sheds light on what we observe now. He focuses on the beginning of macroeconomics when the new field tried to explain the causes of the Great Depression, subsequent business cycles, the COVID-19 pandemic with its economic impacts, and several of our greatest global challenges of today.

Macroeconomics Made Clear introduces you to the most significant macroeconomic modeling concepts to help you visualize the most interesting “what if” questions in economics. You’ll use the models to examine economic fluctuations, like the 2020 COVID-19 recession and others, and to explore when and how policymakers should respond to various economic shocks. Even more important, these models can help us address some of the defining economic challenges of our time: income inequality, migration, and climate change. In the conclusion of the course, Dr. Weerapana discusses ways to address the most pressing issue: climate change.

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction, Economics

13 pages, Audible Audio

First published March 24, 2023

Reviews

[Marco · Rating 2 out of 5]

75% introductory Macroeconomics ideas, 25% globalist progressive propaganda. You know you're in for a treat when an economist's defense of the Eurozone's first 15 years boils down to "well, the United States fought a war over slavery 80 years after it was founded and had segregation for another 100 years after that." I'm sorry, what? No mention of growth rates or anything at all relevant to the question.

[cypher · Rating 5 out of 5]

a lot of things i already knew about from various other books/articles/news, we do learn a lot over time about the economy even if we are not in the field by just paying attention around, but this was still offering a good base for a general knowledge on the topic. it explains a lot of things in an easy to follow way.
good intro.

[Andrew McLaughlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of macroeconomics. Wanted an educational course and thought the topic was interesting. Could have used more examples, but provided a nice summary.

[Enrico · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty average course. Professor goes through all the basics of macroeconomics, whats missing is mostly a bit of enthusiasm. So the course is more like a textbook read aloud.