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CORE – The Economy – CORE Economics Education (CC by)
Suggested sections by topic
Banking, Central Bank – 10.8-10.11
Capitalism 1.6-1.11, 2.1
Economic History 1.1-1.5
Economic Models 2.2-2.10
Fiscal Policy – 14.6-14.8
GDP – 1.3, 13.3-13.4
Government Budget – 14.6
Inflation – 13.8
Monetary Policy – 15.8
Money – 10.1, 10.7
Multiplier Model 14.1-14.5
Okun’s Law – 13.1
Unemployment – 9.2 (the rest of chapter 9 might be useful)
Comment below with comments and additional suggestions!
I find it difficult to use CORE as a primary text for Macro as it uses an integrated approach to teaching Micro and Macro simultaneously. As a result, it relies on concepts like the reservation wage to discuss Macro which I would rather not add to my teaching load for the semester. However, the sections highlighted above are useful as stand alone sections. Here is a version of a reading list I have used relying on CORE: https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/eco-201-hub/2020/12/14/eisenbarth-fall-2019-in-person/