Macroeconomics - Brossura

Colander, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0077247175 ISBN 13: 9780077247171

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Riassunto

Written in an informal colloquial style, this student-friendly Principles of Macroeconomics textbook does not sacrifice intellectual depth in its quest for accessibility. The author’s primary concern is to instill “economic sensibility” in the student. Colander emphasizes the intellectual and historical context to which the economic models are applied.

Distinguishing features found within Colander’s text are:

• Cutting Edge and Modern
• Colloquial Style Narrative
• Focus on Policy
• Emphasis on the Importance of Institutions and History
• Focus on Modeling: Economics is a method of reasoning, not truths.
• Presents Alternative Perspectives in Economics

Su questo libro

L'autore:

David Colander is Distinguished College Professor at Middlebury College. He has authored, coauthored, or edited over 40 books and over 150 articles on a wide range of economic topics.He earned his B.A. at Columbia College and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Columbia University. He also studied at the University of Birmingham in England and at Wilhelmsburg Gymnasium in Germany. Professor Colander has taught at Columbia University, Vassar College, the University of Miami, and Princeton University as the Kelley Professor of Distinguished Teaching. He has also been a consultant to Time-Life Films, a consultant to Congress, a Brookings Policy Fellow, and Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford.He has been president of both the History of Economic Thought Society and the Eastern Economics Association. He has also served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Journal of Economic Education, The Journal of Economic Methodology, The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, The Journal of Socio-Economics, and The Eastern Economic Journal. He has been chair of the AEA Committee on Electronic Publishing, a member of the AEA Committee on Economic Education, and is currently the associate editor for content of the Journal of Economic Education. He is married to a pediatrician, Patrice. In their spare time, the Colanders designed and built an oak post-and-beam house on a ridge overlooking the Green Mountains to the east and the Adirondacks to the west. The house is located on the site of a former drive-in movie theater. (They replaced the speaker poles with fruit trees and used the I-beams from the screen as support for the second story of the carriage house and the garage.) They now live in both Florida and Vermont.

Contenuti:

Part 1 Introduction: Thinking Like an Economist

Chapter 1 Economics and Economic Reasoning

Chapter 2 The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization

Chapter 3 Economic Institutions

Chapter 4 Supply and Demand

Chapter 5 Using Supply and Demand

Chapter 6 Thinking Like a Modern Economist

Part 2: Macroeconomics

I. Macroeconomic Problems

Chapter 7 Economic Growth, Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation

Chapter 8 Measuring the Aggregate Economy

II. The Macroeconomic Framework

Chapter 9 Growth, Productivity, and the Wealth of Nations

Chapter 10 The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model

Chapter 11 The Multiplier Model

Chapter 12 Thinking Like a Modern Macroeconomist

III. Finance, Money, and the Economy

Chapter 13 The Financial Sector and the Economy

Chapter 14 Monetary Policy

Chapter 15 Financial Crises, Panics, and Macroeconomic Policy

Chapter 16 Inflation and the Phillips Curve

IV. Taxes, Budgets, and Fiscal Policy

Chapter 17 Deficits and Debt

Chapter 18 The Modern Fiscal Policy Dilemma

V. International Policy Issues

Chapter 19 International Trade Policy, Comparative Advantage, and Outsourcing

Chapter 20 International Financial Policy

Chapter 21 Macro Policy in a Global Setting

Chapter 22 Macro Policies in Developing Countries

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0077247175
• ISBN 13: 9780077247171
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 541