Big Things Have Small Beginnings

I Amar Prestar Aen

As we enter September, thoughts turn to change.

Students and teachers are thinking about the changes that are being made within their learning environments.(It might be more accurate to say learning delivery system.

Meteorologists are thinking about the change of season..

Many people’s thoughts are on the changing landscape of the global economy.

Most Americans are thinking about the possibility of a change in leadership.

The world has changed. (No doubt about that.) Markets have and will continue to respond to these changes (especially the seasonal ones.)

My Road to Authorship

Over the first half of 2019, I was actively writing a textbook. I was approached on February 28th 2019 by a publisher interested in gauging my interest in writing an Economics textbook.

On March 7th, I signed the contract, and then the writing began.

Between the first week of March and the first week of June, it was class, write, class, write, class, WRITE.

After submission it was, class, respond to editorial changes, class, respond to editorial changes, class, *WHY DID I CHOOSE TO TYPESET THIS BOOK MYSELF‽‽‽

By the end of the summer, (and just in time for the Fall semester) I held in my hand . . .

Macroeconomics: Big Things Have Small Beginnings by ME.

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Now, this post is meant neither as an opportunity to gloat,

nor a cash-grab.

I am being informational.

Shameless Plug

From the publisher’s marketing materials:

This text addresses economic issues that students are likely to hear about in the media due to their far-reaching consequences. It focuses on the inter-connectedness of economics, underscoring how large issues can be traced back to small origins, as well as how the welfare of individual economic agents and aggregate social benefits are not mutually exclusive.

The book begins by introducing students to the concept and study of macroeconomics. Additional chapters address the measurement and structure of the national economy and various aspects of national income accounting, including productivity, output, employment, consumption, savings, investment, and government spending. Students read about long-run economic growth, money and prices, the IS/LM/FE and AD/AS models, and open market macroeconomics. Closing chapters examine business cycles, unemployment, and inflation. Each chapter includes a Food for Thought section that poses engaging questions and inspires critical thinking.

Designed to help students recognize economic principles in everyday life, Macroeconomics: Big Things Have Small Beginnings is an ideal introductory textbook for courses within the discipline.

So, if you (or a loved one) are in the market for a (relatively) reasonably-priced Macroeconomics text . . . mine is available everywhere and anywhere fine books are sold.