Macroeconomics for Today

Designed for a two-term economics course, this text teaches the basic operations of the US economy by applying supply and demand analysis to real-world economic issues. Sections cover economic concepts, macroeconomic fundamentals, macroeconomic theory and policy, money, banking, and monetary policy, and the international economy. This third edition includes new material on careers, the California energy crisis, and the euro. The companion CD-ROM contains a tutorial and exercises on graph interpretation, practice tests, video lectures on difficult concepts, video clips of recent news stories, and interactive learning games. Tucker teaches introductory economics at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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A textbook for a two-term course explaining the basic operations of the US economy. Rather than taking an encyclopedic approach, Tucker (U. of North Carolina-Charlotte) focuses on the most important tool in economics for analyzing supply and demand and applies it to real-world economic issues. One of his goals is to simplify the confusing array of economic analyses that force students simply to memorize in order to pass the course. No date is noted for the first edition; the second includes online and Web exercises, Internet addresses of relevant sites, more on international economics, and new chapter summaries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. Irvin B. Tucker brings more than thirty years of experience teaching introductory at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to this text. Dr. Tucker earned his B.S. in economics at N.C. State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Tucker is a longtime member of the National Council on Economic Education and former Director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Recognized for his ability to relate basic economic principles to global issues and public policy, Dr. Tucker's work has received national recognition throughout his career. He is the recipient of the Meritorious Leavy Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, the Federation of Independent Business Award for Postsecondary Educator of the Year in Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, and the Freedom Foundation's George Washington Medal for Excellence in Economic Education. In addition, he has published numerous professional journal articles on topics including industrial organization, entrepreneurship, and sports economics. Dr. Tucker is also the author of the highly successful SURVEY OF ECONOMICS, a text for the one-semester survey course, published by Cengage Learning.