Principles of Macroeconomics: Understanding Our Material World provides a fully integrated multi-modal format (printed text, if desired, as well as eBook, video, audio, animations, interactive exercises and more) to help guide your students through the challenging world of macroeconomics.
Principles of Macroeconomics features hands-on participation and calls for students to apply information, reach conclusions, and make choices. As you know, this “engagement” approach has become an increasingly preferred learning style among today’s students.
This fully integrated online package continues with a constant theme: “Trying to make good choices in a real world of constant challenges and on-going change.”
Divided into 13 comprehensive lessons, Principles of Macroeconomics includes the following pedagogical features to help facilitate and reinforce student learning:
- An Online eBook
- Video introductions
- Learning Objectives and Preview Questions
- PowerPoint© presentations with audio
- Dynamic Animations & Interactive Exercises
- Real World Economics - current economic problems and issues
- Discussion Board
- Pre-loaded Lesson Quizzes and Unit Exams (or create your own)
- WEBCOM Comprehensive Course Management System (or use this learning package within your school’s own course delivery system)
You may also select or customize any part of this digital learning package to meet the needs of your specific course.
Introduction
Preface
Unit 1
Lesson 1 The Fundamentals of a Market Economy
Lesson 2 The Economic Problem
Lesson 3 Market Allocations of Supply and Demand
Unit 2
Lesson 4 The Public and Private Material World
Lesson 5 National Income Accounting
Lesson 6 Instability-Business Cycle
Unit 3
Lesson 7 Classical Economics and Modern Theory
Lesson 8 The Aggregates and the Multiplier
Lesson 9 Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Unit 4
Lesson 10 Money and the Federal Reserve System
Lesson 11 Commercial Banks: The Critical Link
Lesson 12 The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy
Lesson 13 Current Macroeconomics: Theory, Policy and Events