This is a preface to the TEA AP Macroeconomics Textbook online, an OpenStax resource. It provides an overview of the text, instructional materials available, the coverage and scope of the text, and the organization of the text.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following: The relatively recent arrival of economic growth, labor productivity and economic growth, components of economic growth, and economic convergence.

This section provides four problems to solve based on the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section provides a list of 10 critical thinking study questions over the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section summarizes the key concepts presented in Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

In this instructional activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts related to economic growth, including expansion of capital, technological change, and human capital. This resource is designed as a review...

Brief overview of the conservative approach to domestic fiscal and social programs taken by President Dwight Eisenhower after succeeding and in contrast to President Truman.

This explanation of inflationary bias focuses on why governments might pursue such a monetary bias.

The "multiplier effect" of local currencies refers most specifically to the fact that a given amount of local currency changes hands numerous times in the course of a year. So you can convert the known quantity of the stock of currency...

PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer discusses the power of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his influence upon the world market with other financial experts. Includes links on the right to other Greenspan-related NewsHours.

Learning resource using C-SPAN videos and related articles from which students learn what a balanced budget amendment is and whether it's a good idea for the country or not. Students join the debate by participating in a deliberation in...

This section provides 16 study questions that require critical thinking skills. They cover the content presented in Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section provides 23 review study questions to aid understanding of the content in Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This is a list of key terms and definitions used in Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section summarizes the key concepts presented in Ch. 17: The Impacts of Government Borrowing from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.

When the government increases the level of its spending, the effects will often go well beyond the spending itself. There will often be knock-on effects in the economy as well. To illustrate this, consider the example of previously...

This section provides a list of 12 self-check study questions covering the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics textbook.

This article examines the problem for the central bank of Mexico as it deals with rising inflation.

This is a list of economics key terms and definitions used in Chapter I: Welcome to Economics! of the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section summarizes each of the key concepts discussed in Chapter 6: Economic Growth.

This is a list of key terms and definitions for terms used in Chapter 6: Economic Growth of the online Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics text.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain economic convergence, analyze various arguments for and against economic convergence, and evaluate the speed of economic convergence between high-income countries...

This section provides a list of 12 review study questions over the content of Chapter 6: Economic Growth from Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Understand the arguments for and against requiring the U.S. federal budget to be balanced and Consider the long-run and short-run effects of a federal budget deficit.