The Economy 2.0 equips students with the tools to address today’s pressing problems by facilitating mastery of the conceptual and quantitative tools of contemporary economics. It challenges students to address various forms of inequality and social problems, introduces them to the most important tools and concepts used by people working with the economy, and motivates all models and concepts by evidence and real-world applications. Hackett Publishing Company is the distributor of the English-language print book editions of CORE Econ's The Economy 2.0, a two-volume second edition of The Economy 1.0. The print edition of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics is also available from Hackett. Open-access digital editions of The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics and The Economy 2.0: Macroeconomics are available on the CORE econ website (https://www.core-econ.org).
TheEconomy 2.0: Macroeconomics Table of Contents:
Unit 1. The supply side of the macroeconomy: Unemployment and real wages
Unit 2. Unemployment, wages, and inequality: Supply-side policies and institutions
Unit 3. Aggregate demand and the multiplier model
Unit 4. Inflation and unemployment
Unit 5. Macroeconomic policy: Inflation and unemployment
Unit 6. The financial sector: Debt, money, and financial markets
Unit 7. Macroeconomic policy in the global economy
Unit 8. Economic dynamics: Financial and environmental crises
Unit 9. Uneven development on a global scale
Unit 10. Government as economic actor: Economics, politics, and public policy
