Loose Leaf for Macroeconomics

by Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781264112302
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	02/07/2020
Edition description:	22nd ed.
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Cambell R. McConnell earned his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa after receiving degrees from Cornell College and the University of Illinois. He taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1953 until his retirement in 1990. He was also coauthor of Contemporary Labor Economics and Essentials of Economics. He was a recipient of both the University of Nebraska Distinguished Teaching Award and the James A. Lake Academic Freedom Award and served as president of the Midwest Economics Association. Professor McConnell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Cornell College in 1973 and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1994. He was also a jazz expert and aficionado until his passing in 2019.




Stanley L. Brue did his undergraduate work at Augustana College (South Dakota) and received its Distinguished Achievement Award in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is retired from a long career at Pacific Lutheran University, where he was honored as a recipient of the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award. Professor Brue has also received the national Leavey Award for excellence in economics education. He has served as national president and chair of the Board of Trustees of Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honorary. He is coauthor of Economic Scenes, fifth edition (Prentice-Hall); Contemporary Labor Economics, twelfth edition; Essentials of Economics, fourth edition and The Evolution of Economic Thought, eighth edition (Cengage Learning). For relaxation, he enjoys international travel, attending sporting events, and going on fishing trips.

Sean M. Flynn did his undergraduate work at the University of Southern California before completing his Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley, where he served as the Head Graduate Student Instructor for the Department of Economics after receiving the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. He teaches at Scripps College (of the Claremont Colleges) and is the author of Economics for Dummies, third edition (Wiley); Essentials of Economics, fourth edition; and The Cure That Works: How to Have the World’s Best Healthcare—at a Quarter of the Price (Regnery). His research interests include behavioral finance, behavioral economics, and health care economics. An accomplished martial artist, Sean has coached five of his students to national championships and is the author of Understanding Shodokan Aikido. Other hobbies include running, traveling, and cooking.

Table of Contents

1. Limits, Alternatives, and Choices
2. The Market System and the Circular Flow
3. Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium
4. Market Failures Caused by Externalities & Asymmetric Information
5. Public Goods, Public Choice, and Government Failure
6. An Introduction to Macroeconomics
7. Measuring Domestic Output and National Income
8. Economic Growth
9. Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation
10. Basic Macroeconomic Relationships
11. The Aggregate Expenditures Model
12. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
13. Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt
14. Money, Banking, and Financial Institutions
15. Money Creation
16. Interest Rates and Monetary Policy
17. Financial Economics
18. Extending the Analysis of Aggregate Supply
19. Current Issues in Macro Theory and Policy
20. International Trade
21. The Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and Trade Deficits
22. The Economics of Developing Countries