Macroeconomics textbook for reference purposes
November 5, 2013 8:54 PM

I'm looking for a Macroeconomics textbook to use for future reference.

I'm currently taking Macroeconomic Theory and we are using this book which is a bit deficient.

Curious if anyone has suggestions for books that would be good for reference purposes should I ever need to refer back to certain topics.

Older editions are fine since they tend to cost less and the key information and concepts remains the same.
posted by nickthetourist to Education (4 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
What don't you like about it? Mankiw, (D) Romer or Krugman/ Wells are other popular macro texts.
posted by hawthorne at 2:39 AM on November 6, 2013


In what capacity do you expect to use macroeconomics in the future? If you're leaning practical/policy, then I think Blanchard is not bad, and any of hawthorne's suggestions will work. If you're leaning academic/graduate macro then I wouldn't really bother for now: you'll have to re(un?)-learn everything from Blanchard/Mankiw/Krugman/etc anyway...
posted by yonglin at 5:46 AM on November 6, 2013


I recommend Tyler Cowen's book.
posted by Unangenehm at 6:03 AM on November 6, 2013


Econ is my major, although I don't think I'll be progressing beyond a BS.

Concerning the book we are using, my opinion of it may be colored by the fact that the instructor sucks, i.e. he doesn't relate the material very well. It's not a terrible book, but I suspect there are better options available. I've actually rented this one from amazon since the purchase price was rather high at the time.

Tyler Cowen's book sounds interesting. I may see about finding a copy of that.
posted by nickthetourist at 10:37 AM on November 6, 2013


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