| Publisher | Title & Author(s) | Category | Grade |
| Glencoe/McGraw-Hill | Economics: Principles and Practices, TX Edition – Clayton | Economics | D |
| Glencoe/McGraw-Hill | Economics: Today and Tomorrow, TX Edition – Miller | Economics | B+ |
| Holt, Reinhart, and Winston (Harcourt) | Holt Economics, TX Edition – Pennington | Economics | C |
| Prentice Hall (Pearson Education, Inc.) | Economics: Principles in Action, TX Edition – O'Sullivan/Sheffrin | Economics | B |
| Harcourt (South-Western/ Thomson Learning) | Principles of Macroeconomics, 2/E – Mankiew | AP Macroeconomics | Pass |
| Harcourt (South-Western/ Thomson Learning) | Principles of Microeconomics, 2/E – Mankiew | AP Microeconomics | Pass |
| McGraw-Hill Irwin (Glencoe) | Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies – McConnell/Brue | AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics | Pass |
The people below have reviewed at least one of these economic books up for adoption. Since we have focused on the four books for use in the regular economics classes, we will give them a letter grade, and use pass/fail for all the rest.
All of the books do a fairly good job of using definitions, pictures, charts and graphs to survey the various schools of popular economic thought. However, some of the books do a much better job than others of incorporating classical and modern economic thought that give teachers an understanding and appreciation of the free market's poverty destroying power of wealth creation.
For instance, a few of the books actually point out that the main impact of the minimum wage is putting low-skilled workers – usually black, male teenagers – out of work. Others do a good job of explaining the role of the entrepeneur in creating wealth and maintaining a growing company.
Thus the ratings of the books are ultimately based on how well they meet the requirements of Section 28.002(h) of the Education Code of being able to:
prepare thoughtful, active citizens who understand the importance of patriotism and can function productively in a free enterprise society with appreciation for the basic democratic values of our state and national heritage.
Reviewers had different opinions about how well or poorly each of these books achieved this goal. The grades above reflect an average of these opinions.
Economics Textbook Reviewers | |
| Brian Esway, Austin | Bill Peacock, Austin |
| Dave Garthoff, Akron, Ohio | George Rodgers, Austin |
| Thad Hickman, Austin | Hans Senholz, Grove City, PA |
| Ken Hicks, Austin | Byron Schlomach, Austin |
| Frank Mazza, Austin | Jordan Weingarten, Austin |
| Karen Mazza, Austin | Lyn Weingarten, Austin |
| Michael Miller, Austin | Jim Windham, Austin |
| Julie Partridge, Austin | |