Macroeconomics Essentials Understanding Economics in the News

Name: Macroeconomics Essentials Understanding Economics in the News
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ISBN: 9780262611503

ISBN-10: 0262611503

ISBN-13: 9780262611503

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Peter Kennedy

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Description:

This study offers an exposition of introductory macroeconomic theory along with more than 600 news clips as illustrations and exercises. The author calls this approach media economics, rather than the encyclopaedic character of traditional texts.

Book details

List price: $41.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Measuring GDP and Inflation



Unemployment



The Role of Aggregate Demand



The Supply Side



Growth and Productivity



Crowding Out



The Money Supply



The Monetarist Rule



Monetary Policy and Interest Rates



Real versus Nominal Interest Rates



Stagflation



The Real Cause of Inflation



Budget Deficits and the National Debt



The Balance of Payments



Policy in an Open Economy



Purchasing Power Parity



Interest Rate Parity



Supply and Demand



Additional Media Exercises



Suggested Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises


Glossary


Index