Faculty of Arts
Department of Economics
Advanced Macroeconomics: An Easy Guide
This graduate level book introduces the tools of dynamic optimization in the context of economic growth, and then applies them to a wide range of policy questions. It does so with the requisite rigor, but also with a light touch, and an unyielding focus on their application to policy-making.
Includes: Appendices
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
Applied Calculus (Lumen Learning)
This Lumen Learning book and associated course homepage and materials covers all of the concepts of first-year calculus with a balance of application and theory, applied to economic and business contexts.
Includes: Exercises, videos, homework
Licence: CC BY 4.0, unless otherwise noted.
Building a Competitive First Nation Investment Climate
This textbook has been designed for those interested in First Nation and tribal governments building an investment climate that is strong and competitive. Topics within the textbook include introducing institutional and Indigenous economies. It covers the investment climate and transaction costs as well as how to establish property rights systems to facilitate investment and the legal framework that is necessary to support investment. Finally, it covers three elements of a competitive First Nation investment climate which are a fiscal framework, a building infrastructure framework, and an administration framework (Description take from Maskwacis Cultural College’s Indigenous Open-Source Annotated Guide licensed under a CC BY 4.0 Licence).
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
CORE
CORE (Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics) provides open access interactive eBooks in Economics.
Includes: Exercises, videos, glossary
Licence: Material is licensed using the more restrictive CC BY-NC-ND license, materials can not be edited or remixed.
Economic Aspects of the Indigenous Experience in Canada
This text explores the economic history and potential of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Includes: Summary, reflection questions, suggested activities
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges
How can we produce enough sustainable energy while avoiding unacceptable environmental consequences? To evaluate the various energy options, we must understand the science of each potential energy source and energy use technology. This book presents the science in an easy-to-understand way to enable readers to make informed decisions about what is possible and practical, and to choose lifestyle options to implement in their personal lives (Description from resource).
Licence: CC BY 4.0
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith [New]
The Wealth of Nations (1776)—full title An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations—is Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith’s masterpiece. At the time of its publication, the book offered one of the world’s first collected descriptions of what builds nations’ wealth, and is still today a fundamental work in classical economics. Using the economics at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution as a point of reference, the book discusses broad topics such as the division of labour, productivity, and free markets [Description from resource].
Includes: audiobook
Licence: CC 0 (Public Domain)
Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics
This textbook is an introduction to microeconomic fundamentals with a focus on the applications of economics to energy and environmental markets. It introduces the economic method of analysis to the environmental and resource questions facing society.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Principles of Economics 3e (OpenStax) [New]
Principles of Economics 3e covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The third edition takes a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts. The text uses conversational language and ample illustrations to explore economic theories, and provides a wide array of examples using both fictional and real-world scenarios. The third edition has been carefully and thoroughly updated to reflect current data and understanding, as well as to provide a deeper background in diverse contributors and their impacts on economic thought and analysis. For example, the third edition highlights the research and views of a broader group of economists. Brief references and deeply explored socio-political examples have been updated to showcase the critical – and sometimes unnoticed – ties between economic developments and topics relevant to students. [Description from resource].
Includes: Test bank, discussion questions, video guide, and test bank.
Licence: CC BY
Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.
Principles of Macroeconomic Literacy
This textbook emphasizes basic economic concepts such as value and cost in developing macroeconomic ideas. Students learn concepts involving credit markets, economic planning, and money through short fictional stories in which characters interact in an attempt to make themselves better off.
Includes: Exercises
Licence: Please note that while free to access, this resource is not openly licensed for distribution or editing as an OER.
Principles of Macroeconomics (Lyryx)
Principles of Macroeconomics is an adaptation of the textbook, Macroeconomics: Theory, Markets, and Policy by D. Curtis and I. Irvine, and presents a complete and concise examination of introductory macroeconomics theory and policy suitable for a first introductory course. Examples are domestic and international in their subject matter and are of the modern era — financial markets, monetary and fiscal policies aimed at inflation and debt control, globalization and the importance of trade flows in economic structure, and concerns about slow growth and the risk of deflation, are included. This textbook is intended for a one-semester course, and can be used in a two-semester sequence with the companion textbook, Principles of Microeconomics. The three introductory chapters are common to both textbooks [Description from resource].
Includes: key concepts, exercises and solutions, glossary
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Principles of Macroeconomics 3e (OpenStax) [New]
Principles of Macroeconomics 3e covers the scope and sequence of most one semester introductory macroeconomics courses. The third edition takes a balanced approach to the theory and application of macroeconomics concepts. The text uses conversational language and ample illustrations to explore economic theories, and provides a wide array of examples using both fictional and real-world scenarios. The third edition has been carefully and thoroughly updated to reflect current data and understanding, as well as to provide a deeper background in diverse contributors and their impacts on economic thought and analysis. For example, the third edition highlights the research and views of a broader group of economists. Brief references and deeply explored socio-political examples have also been updated to showcase the critical – and sometimes unnoticed – ties between economic developments and topics relevant to students [Description from resource].
Includes: Test bank, discussion questions, video guide, and test bank.
Licence: CC BY
Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.
Principles of Microeconomics (Lyryx)
This book available through Lyryx Learning focuses upon the material that students need to cover in a first introductory course. It is slightly more compact than the majority of principles books in the Canadian marketplace. Decades of teaching experience and textbook writing has led the authors to avoid the encyclopedic approach that characterizes the recent trends in textbooks. While this book avoids calculus, and uses equations sparingly, it still aims to be rigorous.
Includes: Key terms, exercises and solutions, glossary
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Principles of Microeconomics 3e (OpenStax) [New]
Principles of Microeconomics 3e covers the scope and sequence of most one semester introductory microeconomics courses. The third edition takes a balanced approach to the theory and application of microeconomics concepts. The text uses conversational language and ample illustrations to explore economic theories, and provides a wide array of examples using both fictional and real-world applications. The third edition has been carefully and thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments, as well as to provide a deeper background in diverse contributors and their impacts on economic thought and analysis. For example, the third edition highlights the research and views of a broader group of economists [Description from resource].
Includes: Test bank, discussion questions, video guide, and test bank.
Licence: CC BY
Solar Resource Assessment and Economics
This book explores the methods, economic criteria, and meteorological background for assessing the solar resource with respect to project development of solar energy conversion systems for stakeholders in a given locale. It provides students with an in-depth exploration of the physical qualities of the solar resource, estimation of the fractional contributions of irradiance to total demand, and economic assessment of the solar resource. The course utilizes real data sets and resources to provide students context for the drivers, frameworks, and requirements of solar energy evaluation.
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill [New]
Utilitarianism (1863) is a collection of essays by English philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill. The book provides a comprehensive explanation of what utilitarianism is in order to present it as the best theory of ethics and to defend it against criticisms and misunderstandings [Description from resource].
Includes: audiobook
Licence: CC 0 (Public Domain)
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