This course will use two principal texts:
- Robert L. Sexton, Exploring Macroeconomics, 4th Edition, 2008. Sexton’s book can be obtained in two formats: an e-Book, and a traditional printed text. Both can be obtained with the Aplia online software (http://www.aplia.com) that we will be using.
- The Wall Street Journal I will pass around a sign up sheet the first week. You will be billed for the subscription.
I strongly recommend that you purchase these texts, since we will be using them on a regular basis.
In addition, we will use a variety of other materials, which are noted under each topic. These will be found either on the Readings page above or in the Simpson Library Reserve Collection.
If you are not satisfied with the previous texts, you might want to check out any of the following on-line ones:
- Robert Schenk, CyberEconomics: A Semi-Interactive, Almost-Multimedia Way to Learn Economics, 1999
- Roger McCain, Essential Principles of Economics: A Hypermedia Text , 1999
- Beth Ingram, Principles of Macroeconomics (audio lectures with Powerpoint slides), 1997
- Orley Amos, A Pedestrian’s Guide to the Economy, 1997
NOTE: This course contains a lot of new and difficult material. If you do not understand something, please ask me to explain it. That is my job.