Pt. I. An Introduction to Finance and Macroeconomics -- 1. The Basics of Financial Markets and Financial Institutions -- 2. A Brief History of Financial Development -- Pt. II. Macroeconomic Theory and the Role of Finance -- 3. Business Cycles and Early Macroeconomic Theories of Finance -- 4. Keynesian, Monetarist, and Neoclassical Theories -- 5. New Institutional Theories of Finance: Models of Risk and the Costs of Credit Intermediation -- 6. New Institutional Theories of Finance: Models of Credit Rationing -- Pt. III. Financial Volatility and Economic [In]Stability -- 7. The Role of Financial Systems in Monetary and Stabilization Policy -- 8. Banking Crises and Asset Bubbles -- Pt. IV. International Finance and Financial Crises -- 9. Capital Flight and the Causes of International Financial Crises -- 10. International Financial Crises: Policies and Prevention -- Pt. V. Conclusions -- 11. What We have Learned, What We Still Need to Learn about Financial Macroeconomics.