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Economics Booklist

Economics (ECO-A)

Second Semester | 16-week Course Plan
  
A one-semester introduction to economic history, theory, and practice.  This course introduces students to microeconomics (how the choices made by individuals, households, and businesses affect an economy) and macroeconomics ("big picture" economic phenomena such as inflation, price levels, rate of growth, national income, gross domestic product, changes in unemployment, production, supply and demand, competition, and the like).  Students will learn functional math skills through real-life applications such as planning nutrition, arranging for transportation, maintaining bank accounts, developing personal budgets, understanding job benefits, and more.  Discussed throughout the semester are economic ideologies such as distributism and subsidiarity that lean heavily upon the principles of Catholic social teaching, especially the teachings of Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Rerum Novarum and Pope Pius XI in Quadragesimo Anno.
 
RESOURCES ALL STUDENTS NEED:
  • Survival Math Skills by Fred Pyrczak
  • Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard J. Maybury
  • Quizzes, articles, and encyclicals on the STAA Student Zone such as Centesimus Annus by Pope John Paul II, Quadragesimo Anno by Pope Pius XI, and Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII.
 
JUNIORS AND SENIORS ALSO NEED:
  • Economics: Work and Prosperity in Christian Perspective (student reader) by Russell Kirk
 
JUNIORS AND SENIORS WILL ALSO NEED TO PURCHASE OR BORROW FROM THE LIBRARY THE FOLLOWING:
  • Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell
  • Alternative: Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt

EXPLORE THE BOOKLIST
The following clickable version of the booklist features the STAA Study Guide options for this course, offering a choice between the semester guide aligned with the academic cycle or the standalone subject booklet. Information on live class options for this course is also provided near the top of the list. Orders for STAA Study Guides and registration for live classes are processed through this website, while many of the books and materials can be purchased directly from Amazon.com or from your preferred supplier.

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