Modern Principles - Macroeconomics

Name: Modern Principles - Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781429202497

ISBN-10: 1429202491

ISBN-13: 9781429202497

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Authors: Tyler Cowen, Alex Tabarrok

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From the authors: Modern. Simpler. These were our goals. We knew that to reflect modern macroeconomics we had to cover the Solow Model and the economics of ideas, Real Business Cycles, and New Keynesian economics. While most texts now cover the rudiments of economic growth, the importance of ideas is rarely even mentioned. Similarly, other texts do not offer a balanced treatment of Real Business Cycle theory and New Keynesian theory, instead favoring one theory and relegating the other to a few pages that are poorly integrated with the overall macro model. We also knew that our efforts to reflect modern macroeconomics would be wasted if we reached only a small percentage of the students. We…

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List price: $187.99
Publisher: Worth Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/17/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Tyler Cowenis a professor of economics at George Mason University and the author of Discover Your Inner Economist. He is a monthly Economic Scene columnist at The New York Times. With Alex Tabarrok, he writes the worlds leading economics blog.




The Big Ideas



Micro Foundations of Macroeconomics



Supply and Demand



Equilibrium: How Supply and Demand Determine Prices



Price Ceilings and Price Floors



Economic Growth



GDP and the Measurement of Progress



The Wealth of Nations and Economic Growth



Growth, Capital Accumulation, and the Economics of Ideas: Catching Up vs. The Cutting Edge



Savings, Investment, and the Financial System



Stock Markets and Personal Finance



Business Fluctuations



Unemployment and Labor Force Participation



Inflation and the Quantity Theory of Money



Business Fluctuations and the Dynamic Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model *



The Real Business Cycle Model: Shocks and Transmission Mechanisms



Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions



The Federal Reserve System and Open Market Operations



Monetary Policy



The Federal Budget: Taxes and Spending



Fiscal Policy



International Economics



International Trade and Globalization



International Finance


Appendices



Reading Graphs in Economics



Answers to Check Yourself


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