This is presentation of some basic economic ideas for the beginning community college student.
This is a one semester, creative commons licensed macroeconomics textbook designed for urban, community college students. These students may be studying for a degree part-time while working a job and raising a family. They may be fresh out of high school or older students returning to school after decades in the workplace. They may be English language learners. They may know about some of the curriculum, like discriminatory housing or labor markets, from firsthand experience. For all of them, the mission of this book is to teach them to use economic analysis to address their own lived experiences.
This is a zero textbook cost syllabus for teaching macroeconomic theory at the 200 level at a community college. It is designed for a one semester course, using a creative commons textbook and a variety of open source podcasts, newspaper articles, and other materials available to CUNY students.