The course focuses mainly on macroeconomics, touching only partially on microeconomics concepts. The slides used during the lessons are made available to students (on Moodle) as a study aid, or sent via email. It is advisable to participate in online study groups (on the most popular messaging platforms via WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal or other). The slides do not replace the reference text.
Any changes will be communicated during the course and published on the web or communicated via private chat platform.
All recorded lessons will be available on Moodle.
For any clarification and further information: reception, lessons, marcobiagetti@unitus.it and also via unofficial channels already available to students who have decided to attend the lessons remotely.

The economy and economic systems. The division of labor. The marginalist theory of the consumer and the firm. Production and employment: the Keynesian theory. Money and finance. Money and employment. IS-LM model. Work, unemployment and inflation. AD-AS model. International economic relations. Balance of payments, net international investment position, gross external debt, nominal and real exchange rate, multinational corporations, J effect, Marshall-Lerner conditions for the effectiveness of devaluation, major theories of international trade and Keynesian multiplier in open economy. Mundell-Fleming model. Gold standard, gold-dollar system, European Union, European Monetary Union, governance.
Chapter I: all.
Chapter II: all.
Chapter III: only paragraphs 29 and 30.
Chapter IV: up to paragraph 43 (inclusive). Integration: file “Consumer equilibrium”.
Chapter V: up to paragraph 55 (inclusive).
Chapter VI: up to paragraph “Cross elasticities, income elasticities” (inclusive). Integration: slides on fixed, variable, short-term and long-term costs.
Chapter VII: all except the paragraph “Convergence between natural growth rate and guaranteed growth rate”.
Chapter VIII: All except the paragraphs: “Maturity of bonds and interest rate”, “Risk and interest rate; certain types of bond loans”, “The instability of the demand for money and the influence of monetary factors on real factors”.
Chapter IX: All.
Chapter X: All. Integration: AD-AS model file.
Chapter XI: All. Integration: Net international investment position and gross external debt. Integration: Mundell-Fleming model.
Chapter XII: All except “convergence criteria set by the Maastricht Treaty” of paragraph 146 and paragraph 149.

“Nuovi lineamenti di Economia Politica, Corsi M. e Roncaglia A. edizioni Laterza, ultima edizione”

Per esercizi David Findlay "Esercizi di Macroeconomia" il Mulino editore.