Macroeconomics is interested in how the economy works overall. This is a subject that is of great interest to a lot of people in the general public and not just students and economists. An understanding of macroeconomics can help people have a much better understanding about how our world functions and why governments and international agencies might be behaving as they do. There are many great books about macroeconomics and we will only be able to examine some of the very best of them here.
Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know by David A. Moss (2007)
This short book is probably suitable for almost anyone who wants an introduction to macroeconomics. It covers the most important topics and can be read from cover to cover without too much hardship; by the time you are finished you should have a fairly good overview of the subject. Many people use this book as a basis for information and then build upon this with other texts.
Macroeconomics Demystified by August Swanenberg (2005)
This is another good introductory text that will give you a firm basis in the subject. The information is easy to understand and presented in a way that is likely to be remembered. There is a lot of confusing ideas in macroeconomics but this text aims to demystify the whole thing.
Macroeconomics by David Colandar – 8th Edition (2009)
This book is aimed at the undergraduate student first encountering the subject but would likely be useful to most people who want to learn about the subject. The style of writing is light but there is enough information to get a good grasp of most macroeconomic topics.
Macroeconomics: A Contemporary Introduction by William A. McEachern – 8th Edition (2008)
This book focuses on macroeconomics in the modern world. It takes examples from what is happening now and uses this to delve into macroeconomic theory. The fact that the examples are taking from the world around us, means that it is more likely that students will be able to appreciate what it is all about. This book would like be of benefit to people who are studying the subject at university or just want to understand the world a bit better.
Study Guide for Macroeconomics by Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, and Elizabeth Kelly – 2nd Edition (2009)
This book has been created to help those studying for an exam on macroeconomics but the the simple way that everything is laid out makes it a good reference as well. All the basics of the main theories are there and this is the type of book that it would be handy to have in your bookcase.
