MACROECONOMICS  1st Edition
	by Ayers, Collinge
	SNAPSHOTS

The Activebook edition of Macroeconomics: Explore and Apply leaves out much of the material found in the regular edition of the text.  For example, it leaves out the listing of the learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter and the summary, key terms, and the exercises at the end of each chapter. This is no big loss to the student since the learning objectives, the summary, the key terms, and the exercises can be found on the on-line companion edition of the Activebook.

Almost all of the actual written text of the chapters in the regular edition can be found in the hardcopy edition of the Activebook. This means that someone could just read the hardcopy of the Activebook and get everything that they would have gotten out of reading the regular edition of the textbook.

Except for one little thing. The little sections called "Snapshots" in the regular edition are not available in the hardcopy of the Activebook, but they are available on the on-line version.

The Snapshots sections are defined in the following way in the regular textbook:
"Students retain economic concepts best when they see how these concepts relate to their immediate world. We include three Snapshots in each chapter to reinforce key concepts that have been presented."

If you are relying on the hardcopy of the Activebook text for your reading, below I supply the following list of the Snapshots available on the on-line version of the Activebook. I do this because some of the questions on the exams have been drawn from these Snapshot sections.

 

Chapter 1	1.1 Students of Economics-Always Exploring, Always Applying
	1.3 Intertwining Economic and Political Philosophies
	1.4 Models-From Einstein's Mind to Yours

Chapter 2	2.1 "the Grass is Always Greener.."
	2.2 Japanese Rice for North Korean Rockets
	2.4 Competing with Comparative Advantage

Chapter 3	3.1 More than Nature's Wrath
	3.1 New Coke? or Old Coke in a New Bottle?
	3.2 The Livestock Gourmet on a Hot Summer Day

Chapter 5	5.2 Are Disasters Good for the Economy?
	5.3 Shhh! Want a Rolex? How about a "Honey Do"?
	5.4 Global Economy, Yes-Global Recession, Who Could Know?

Chapter 6	6.1 Demography-Population Statistics to Let Us Glimpse the Future
	6.2 A World Without Change
	6.3 Forecasting Jobs Lost to Imports-No Market for the Natural Rate?

Chapter 7	7.1 "Watch for Falling Prices"-Can Wal-Mart Keep Inflation in Check?
	7.2 Is a Little Inflation Good for the Economy?
	7.3 Changing Incomes, Changing Lifestyles, Changing Weights

Chapter 8	8.1 Buddy, Can You Spare a Theory?
	8.2 A Story Told in a Million Ways
	8.3 The Real Business Cycle-Some Shocking Surprises

Chapter 9	9.2 Squandering the Surplus
	9.3 "Tomorrow is Another Day!"
	9.3 A Squeeze on Charmin

Chapter 10	10.2 Christmas Stockings and January Restockings
	10.3 Consumed with Confidence
	10.3 The Paradox of Thrift-Does Saving More Save Less?

Chapter 11	11.1 "Don't Tax You, Don't Tax Me-Tax that Fellow Behind the Tree."
	11.1 Progressive-What's in a Word?
	11.3 e-Commerce-A Taxing Question

Chapter 12	12.1 The Entrepreneurial Road to Riches-Taking the Risk and Sharing the Reward
	12.2 Universities-Advancing the Frontiers of Knowledge
	12.4 On the Back of a Napkin

Chapter 13	13.1 Debit or Credit?
	13.1 The Euro-Out with the Old and In with the New
	13.2 Do Banks Discriminate in Making Loans?

Chapter 14	14.2 Cash-An Endangered Species?
	14.3 Taxation through Inflation-What a Money Maker!
	14.4 Fed Watching-From Wall Street to Main Street

Chapter 15	15.2 You Can't Compete with Sunshine
	15.3 Buying the Big Mac
	15.3 Doubling the Wrong Money Won't Make You Rich

Chapter 16	16.2 The Trade Game-No Imported Pickup Trucks from Europe
	16.3 Made in Mexico, Brick by Brick
	16.4 Free Trade-A Win-Win Solution

Chapter 17	17.1 It Takes A Highway-One You Can Drive at Night
	17.3 Water War in Cochabamba
	17.4 The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Government