Courses in macroeconomics, monetary economics, and public policy.
My courses build four habits of mind: curiosity, analytical rigor, metacognition, and intellectual humility. Across principles, intermediate, and field courses, students use economic models as practical tools for interpreting data, policy, and decisions under uncertainty.
Principles of Macroeconomics introduces the central models and reasoning tools economists use to analyze output, unemployment, inflation, and growth. The course is discussion-driven and empirically grounded, connecting formal economic ideas to current events and policy debates.
Principles of Macroeconomics equips business students with the economic literacy needed for professional success. The course develops your ability to interpret economic data, understand business cycles, and analyze how Federal Reserve decisions and government policies affect the world around you.
Intermediate Macroeconomics develops the core models economists use to analyze output, employment, inflation, and policy—then asks how these models hold up when confronted with data. The course emphasizes both technical mastery and critical evaluation of macroeconomic reasoning.
Money and Banking provides an in-depth examination of the US monetary system using a powerful combination of theory, history, and empirical analysis. The topics covered include the history and function of money, the development and role of commercial banking, and US central banking and monetary policy.
This is a crash course in economic problems and public policy. The goal is to build on economic principles and develop an understanding of how modern economists think about public policy.