Principles of Macroeconomics

As award-winning professors who research and specialize in economics education, authors Dirk Mateer and Lee Coppock know how to engage and motivate students. In the new fifth edition, Principles of Macroeconomics continues to anticipate where students need help and provides the right nudges needed to succeed. New lead media author Dr. Carla Nietfeld now scaffolds interactive, assignable learning features throughout the courseware, and the team also emphasizes AI literacy in both the text content and new teaching tools. With features that emphasize how students can build economic skills for life and a cutting-edge courseware package, this text nurtures students’ problem-solving skills and brings you best-in-class teaching techniques that have engaged thousands of students. Highlights of this edition’s new content: NEW coverage of recent tariffs and AI in the macroeconomy help students learn more about these hot news topics, and a REVISED Chapter 17: “Money and the Federal Reserve,” offers a tested approach to teaching and learning the Fed’s new monetary policy tools. NEW interactives created by Dr. Carla Nietfeld are scaffolded throughout the courseware, expanding students’ hands-on learning and build economic intuition as they try them. NEW Economics at Work profiles showcase how recent grads are using Principles concepts in their current jobs and careers, and updated chapter openers highlight key life skills students will learn in each chapter. NEW Economics in the Media examples use popular movies, TV shows, and social media examples to make economics fun and relatable. Updated Office Hours videos, have been reworked in an animated