Unit 1: Introduction to Economics
Chapter 1: What is Economics?
Chapter 2: Economic Fallacies, Theories, and Laws
Chapter 3: Productive Resources and Economic Systems
Chapter 4: Political Economies and Policy Goals
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Unit 2: A History of Economic Thought
Chapter 5: Early and Classical Economies
Chapter 6: Modern Economies
Unit 3: Microeconomics
Chapter 7: Introducing Microeconomics
Chapter 8: Applications of Demand and Supply
Chapter 9: Labour Economics
Chapter 10: Production, Firms, and the Market
Chapter 11: Business Organization and Finance
Unit 4: Macroeconomics
Chapter 12: Introducing Macroeconomics
Chapter 13: Business Cycle and Fiscal Policy
Chapter 14: Money and Banking
Chapter 15: Monetary Policy
Unit 5: Economic Policy and Decision Making
Chapter 16: The Role of Government
Chapter 17: Employment, Recession, and Recovery
Chapter 18: Equity and Income Distribution
Chapter 19: The Environment and Sustainable Development
Unit 6: The Global Economy
Chapter 20: Trade Theory, Agreements, and Patterns
Chapter 21: Financing International Trade
Chapter 22: International Economic Issues
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Author Team
Angelo Bolotta
Toronto Catholic District School Board (Retired)
Angelo Bolotta is a teacher, curriculum leader, consultant, secondary school principal, university instructor and author with over 40 years of experience in public education, primarily with the Toronto Catholic District School Board. Angelo also served as an adjunct instructor for Niagara University (in Ontario) from 2007 to 2014. He has previously co-authored textbooks for civics, economics, and Canadian history.
Charles Hawkes
Toronto District School Board (Retired)
Charles Hawkes retired as Head of History at David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute (Toronto District School Board), then spent a number of years working with International Baccalaureate students in Economics at the Toronto French School. He has co-authored several books in history and social science.
Rick Mahoney
Toronto District School Board
Rick Mahoney is a Social Studies teacher and guidance counsellor with 25 years of teaching experience in the East York Board of Education and the Toronto District School Board. He was Curriculum Leader of Social Sciences and Humanities at York Mills Collegiate Institute for 15 years, teaching economics, Canadian history, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Rick co-authored The Canadian Challenge (Oxford UP) and has received the Toronto District School Board's Excellence in Teaching Award.
Brian Raposo
York Region District School Board
Brian Raposo is a Business Studies teacher and co-author of Thompson's Fundamentals of International Business, second edition. He has over 12 years of teaching experience with the York Region District School Board where he has taught economics and business studies as well as information and communication technology and e-learning. Brian has been recognized by the Ontario Business Educators’ Association, receiving both the Award of Merit and the Innovative Business Education Teacher award.
