Macroeconomics: Theories and Policies / Edition 10

by Richard Froyen

Overview

Macroeconomics traces the history, evolution, and challenges of Keynesian economics, presenting a comprehensive, detailed, and unbiased view of modern macroeconomic theory.

This book narrates the evolution of economic theory, presenting the most recent and modern developments, without glossing over the fundamental disagreements among macroeconomists on both theory and policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780132831529
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	06/07/2012
Series:	Pearson Series in Economics (Hardcover)
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Brief Contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND MEASUREMENT

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Measurement of Macroeconomic Variables

PART TWO: CLASSICAL ECONOMICS AND THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION

• Chapter 3: Classical Macroeconomics (I): Equilibrium Output and Employment
• Chapter 4: Classical Macroeconomics (II): Money, Prices, and Interest
• Chapter 5: The Keynesian System (I):The Role of Aggregate Demand
• Chapter 6: The Keynesian System (II): Money, Interest, and Income
• Chapter 7: The Keynesian System (III): Policy Effects in the IS—LM Model
• Chapter 8: The Keynesian System (IV): Aggregate Supply and Demand

PART THREE: MACROECONOMIC THEORY AFTER KEYNES

• Chapter 9: The Monetarist Counterrevolution
• Chapter 10: Output, Inflation, and Unemployment: Alternative Views
• Chapter 11: New Classical Economics
• Chapter 12: Real Business Cycles and New Keynesian Economics
• Chapter 13: Macroeconomic Models :A Summary

PART FOUR: OPEN ECONOMY MACROECONOMICS

• Chapter 14: Exchange Rates and the International Monetary System
• Chapter 15: Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Open Economy

PART FIVE: ECONOMIC POLICY

• Chapter 16: Money, the Banking System, and Interest Rates
• Chapter 17: Optimal Monetary Policy
• Chapter 18: Fiscal Policy

PART SIX: ECONOMIC GROWTH

• Chapter 19: Policies for Intermediate-Run Growth
• Chapter 20: Long-Run Economic Growth: Origins of the Wealth of Nations