Principles of Macroeconomics
Third Edition ©2026 Betsey Stevenson; Justin Wolfers Formats: E-book
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Betsey Stevenson
Betsey Stevenson is a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the impact of public policies on the labor market, and explores women’s labor market experiences, the economic forces shaping the modern family, and the role of subjective well-being data for public policy. She serves on the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association, and is also a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a fellow of the Institute for Economic Research in Munich, a visiting associate professor of economics at the University of Sydney, and a research Fellow with the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. She served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2013 to 2015, where she advised President Obama on social policy, labor market, and trade issues. She also served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011. Betsey is an occasional editorialist for Bloomberg, and a trusted presence in the public debate about economics and public policy. She earned a BA in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College and an AM and PhD in economics from Harvard University.
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Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers is a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. He does research in both macroeconomics and applied microeconomics topics, and has explored unemployment and inflation, the power of prediction markets, the economic forces shaping the modern family, discrimination, and happiness. He is a research associate with the National Bureau for Economic Research, a fellow of the Brookings Institution, a fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a research fellow with the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, a fellow of the Institute for Economic Research in Munich, a visiting professor of economics at the University of Sydney, and an international research fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany. He has been an editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, a board member on the Committee on the Status of Women in Economics, a member of the Panel of Advisors of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, among many other board and advisory positions. He is currently a contributing columnist for the New York Times, and has written about economic issues in numerous other outlets. He is frequently quoted in the media on economic policy and relied upon to provide unbiased assessments of the current state of the macroeconomy. Justin earned a BA in economics from the University of Sydney and an AM and PhD in economics from Harvard University.
Table of Contents
Discover What's Inside! Click here to review a sample chapter, Chapter 11: Unemployment, from Stevenson and Wolfer's Principles of Macroeconomics, Third Edition.
Preface
A Quick Review of Graphs
PART I Foundations of Economics
Chapter 1 The Four Core Principles of Economics
Chapter 2 Demand and Consumer Choice
Chapter 3 Supply and Producer Choice
Chapter 4 Equilibrium: Where Supply Meets Demand
PART II Analyzing Markets
Chapter 5 Welfare Economics: Evaluating Market Efficiency and Market Failure
Chapter 6 Comparative Advantage and Gains From Trade
Chapter 7 International Trade
Chapter 8 Inequality, Poverty, and Social Insurance
Part III Macroeconomic Foundations and the Long Run
Chapter 9 Sizing Up the Economy Using GDP
Chapter 10 Economic Growth
Chapter 11 Unemployment
Chapter 12 Inflation and Money
PART IV Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics
Chapter 13 Consumption and Saving
Chapter 14 Investment
Chapter 15 The Financial Sector: Banks, Bonds, and Stocks
Chapter 16 International Finance and the Exchange Rate
PART V The Business Cycle
Chapter 17 Tracking the Business Cycle
Chapter 18 Linking Interest Rates and Output Using IS-MP Analysis
Chapter 19 The Phillips Curve and Inflation
Chapter 20 The Fed Model: Putting it All Together
Chapter 21 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
PART VI Macroeconomic Policy
Chapter 22 Monetary Policy
Chapter 23 Government Spending, Taxes, and Fiscal Policy
Appendix: A Closer Look at Aggregate Expenditure and the Multiplier
Glossary
Index
Product Updates
Authors
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Betsey Stevenson
Betsey Stevenson is a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the impact of public policies on the labor market, and explores women’s labor market experiences, the economic forces shaping the modern family, and the role of subjective well-being data for public policy. She serves on the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association, and is also a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, a fellow of the Institute for Economic Research in Munich, a visiting associate professor of economics at the University of Sydney, and a research Fellow with the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. She served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2013 to 2015, where she advised President Obama on social policy, labor market, and trade issues. She also served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011. Betsey is an occasional editorialist for Bloomberg, and a trusted presence in the public debate about economics and public policy. She earned a BA in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College and an AM and PhD in economics from Harvard University.
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Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers is a professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. He does research in both macroeconomics and applied microeconomics topics, and has explored unemployment and inflation, the power of prediction markets, the economic forces shaping the modern family, discrimination, and happiness. He is a research associate with the National Bureau for Economic Research, a fellow of the Brookings Institution, a fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a research fellow with the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, a fellow of the Institute for Economic Research in Munich, a visiting professor of economics at the University of Sydney, and an international research fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany. He has been an editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, a board member on the Committee on the Status of Women in Economics, a member of the Panel of Advisors of the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, among many other board and advisory positions. He is currently a contributing columnist for the New York Times, and has written about economic issues in numerous other outlets. He is frequently quoted in the media on economic policy and relied upon to provide unbiased assessments of the current state of the macroeconomy. Justin earned a BA in economics from the University of Sydney and an AM and PhD in economics from Harvard University.
Table of Contents
Discover What's Inside! Click here to review a sample chapter, Chapter 11: Unemployment, from Stevenson and Wolfer's Principles of Macroeconomics, Third Edition.
Preface
A Quick Review of Graphs
PART I Foundations of Economics
Chapter 1 The Four Core Principles of Economics
Chapter 2 Demand and Consumer Choice
Chapter 3 Supply and Producer Choice
Chapter 4 Equilibrium: Where Supply Meets Demand
PART II Analyzing Markets
Chapter 5 Welfare Economics: Evaluating Market Efficiency and Market Failure
Chapter 6 Comparative Advantage and Gains From Trade
Chapter 7 International Trade
Chapter 8 Inequality, Poverty, and Social Insurance
Part III Macroeconomic Foundations and the Long Run
Chapter 9 Sizing Up the Economy Using GDP
Chapter 10 Economic Growth
Chapter 11 Unemployment
Chapter 12 Inflation and Money
PART IV Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics
Chapter 13 Consumption and Saving
Chapter 14 Investment
Chapter 15 The Financial Sector: Banks, Bonds, and Stocks
Chapter 16 International Finance and the Exchange Rate
PART V The Business Cycle
Chapter 17 Tracking the Business Cycle
Chapter 18 Linking Interest Rates and Output Using IS-MP Analysis
Chapter 19 The Phillips Curve and Inflation
Chapter 20 The Fed Model: Putting it All Together
Chapter 21 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
PART VI Macroeconomic Policy
Chapter 22 Monetary Policy
Chapter 23 Government Spending, Taxes, and Fiscal Policy
Appendix: A Closer Look at Aggregate Expenditure and the Multiplier
Glossary
Index
Product Updates
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Principles of Macroeconomics is the most successful new introductory text in a generation. Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers bring a modern, policy-relevant perspective to macroeconomics, helping students build intuition they can apply to the real world. Their clear-eyed approach to topics like inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy reflects how economics is practiced today—including a more accurate portrayal of central banking, as noted in a 2020 Federal Reserve study of leading textbooks. With engaging writing, fresh examples, and a strong emphasis on useful economics, this text has earned praise from hundreds of instructors and thousands of students alike.
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