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Thanks, June.

I should have included "national income" with "business cycles" as macro-like 
courses. But, I am looking for the explicit separation of "macro" and "micro" 
classes. It is interesting, tho, that GT was your text in 1945.

Best Regards,

LB


M June Flanders wrote:
> Lawrence,  when I was a junior at U of Michigan in 1945 I took a course 
> (my first following the sophomore Principles course) called “National 
> income” or something like that. (perhaps National income and 
> employment).  This was listed as an undergraduate/graduate course.  The 
> main text (there were other readings) was /The general theory of 
> employment, interest and money/.  I knew nothing about price theory, nor 
> was required to, other than marginal cost = price (or was it marginal 
> utility?) which I had learned, to my satisfaction,  the previous year. 
> 
> (By the way, when exposed to a totally empty mind,  the GT is quite 
> clear and simple.)
> 
> Best – June


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Lawrence A. Boland, FRSC
Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC Canada V5A-1S6
ph: 778-782-4487, web: http://www.sfu.ca/~boland

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