Principles of Macroeconomics Textbook & Test Bank

Principles of Macroeconomics covers the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory macroeconomics courses. The text also includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to both Keynesian and classical views, and to the theory and application of economics concepts. * Complete Textbook by OpenStax * Multiple Choices Questions (MCQ) * Essay Questions Flash Cards * Key-Terms Flash Cards Powered by QuizOver.com the leading online quiz creator https://www.quizover.com 1. Welcome to Economics! 1.1. What Economics Is and Why It's Important 1.2. Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 1.3. How Economists Use Theories and Models to Understand Economic Issues 1.4. How Economies Can Be Organized: An Overview of Economic Systems 2. Choice in a World of Scarcity 2.1. How Individuals Make Choices Based on Their Budget Constraint 2.2. The Production Possibilities Frontier and Social Choices 2.3. Confronting Objections to the Economic Approach 3. Demand and Supply 3.1. Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium in Markets for Goods and Services 3.2. Shifts in Demand and Supply for Goods and Services 3.3. Changes in Equilibrium Price and Quantity: The Four-Step Process 3.4. Price Ceilings and Price Floors 3.5. Demand, Supply, and Efficiency 4. Labor and Financial Markets 4.1. Demand and Supply at Work in Labor Markets 4.2. Demand and Supply in Financial Markets 4.3. The Market System as an Efficient Mechanism for Information 5. Elasticity 5.1. Price Elasticity of Demand and Price Elasticity of Supply 5.2. Polar Cases of Elasticity and Constant Elasticity 5.3. Elasticity and Pricing 5.4. Elasticity in Areas Other Than Price 6. The Macroeconomic Perspective 6.1. Measuring the Size of the Economy: Gross Domestic Product 6.2. Adjusting Nominal Values to Real Values 6.3. Tracking Real GDP over Time 6.4. Comparing GDP among Countries 6.5. How Well GDP Measures the Well-Being of Society 7. Economic Growth 7.1. The Relatively Recent Arrival of Economic Growth 7.2. Labor Productivity and Economic Growth 7.3. Components of Economic Growth 7.4. Economic Convergence 8. Unemployment 8.1. How the Unemployment Rate is Defined and Computed 8.2. Patterns of Unemployment 8.3. What Causes Changes in Unemployment over the Short Run 8.4. What Causes Changes in Unemployment over the Long Run 9. Inflation 9.1. Tracking Inflation 9.2. How Changes in the Cost of Living are Measured 9.3. How the U.S. and Other Countries Experience Inflation 9.4. The Confusion Over Inflation 9.5. Indexing and Its Limitations 10. The International Trade and Capital Flows 10.1. Measuring Trade Balances 10.2. Trade Balances in Historical and International Context 10.3. Trade Balances and Flows of Financial Capital 10.4. The National Saving and Investment Identity 10.5. The Pros and Cons of Trade Deficits and Surpluses 10.6. The Difference between Level of Trade and the Trade Balance 11. The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model 11.1. Macroeconomic Perspectives on Demand and Supply 11.2. Building a Model of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 11.3. Shifts in Aggregate Supply 11.4. Shifts in Aggregate Demand 11.5. How the AD/AS Model Incorporates Growth, Unemployment, and Inflation 11.6. Keynes’ Law and Say’s Law in the AD/AS Model 12. The Keynesian Perspective 13. The Neoclassical Perspective 14. Money and Banking 15. Monetary Policy and Bank Regulation 16. Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows 17. Government Budgets and Fiscal Policy 18. The Impacts of Government Borrowing 19. Macroeconomic Policy Around the World 20. International Trade 21. Globalization and Protectionism