The IMF has released an important new compendium of economic analyses, grouped in the publication "The Macroeconomics of HIV/AIDS". The most significant aspect of the book is perhaps not its content, but its source, the IMF. Ministries of Finance worldwide have been late to consider AIDS as an economic concern, leaving AIDS policy to Ministries of Health. This finally is shifting as the cost of AIDS, particularly looking ahead one or two generations, becomes better understood. Congratulations to editor / author Markus Haacker for this work. The book can be ordered online, although full text is downloadable for free in PDF format.