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A Short Online Principles of Macroeconomics

This online textbook has three parts. Part 1 covers some introductory concepts, the production possibilities frontier, comparative advantage, trade, and then supply and demand. In part 2, we look at gross domestic product, unemployment, and inflation. And in part 3, we examine the aggregate demand - aggregate supply model, fiscal policy, money, and monetary policy.


This is a revised version of the OpenStax Principles of Macroeconomics. This version, like the original, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution 4.0 International license. The source files are here.

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