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Zusammenfassung The fast and easy way to make macroeconomics manageable Macroeconomics is kind of a big deal. Without it! we wouldn't have the ability to study the economy as a whole which is something that affects almost every aspect of your life! whether you realize it or not.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Macroeconomics 5 CHAPTER 1: Discovering Why Macroeconomics Is a Big Deal 7
CHAPTER 2: Looking at Key Questions and Concepts 27
CHAPTER 3: The Short Run and the Long Run 43
Part 2: Measuring the Things That Matter 59 CHAPTER 4: Adding Up Gross Domestic Product 61
CHAPTER 5: Facing the Fact of Increasing Prices: Inflation 81
CHAPTER 6: Thinking About Interest Rates 103
CHAPTER 7: Unemployment: Wasting Talent and Productivity 125
Part 3: The Long-Run Macro Economy 145 CHAPTER 8: GDP Growth in the Long Run 147
CHAPTER 9: Long-Run Prices and Interest Rates 163
Part 4: Modeling the Short-Run Macro Economy 181 CHAPTER 10: Working Out a Country's Economic Demand 183
CHAPTER 11: Determining How Much Stuff an Economy Produces 201
CHAPTER 12: Using the AD-AS Model to Analyze Economic Shocks 217
Part 5: Examining Macroeconomic Policy 239 CHAPTER 13: Macroeconomic Policies for the Long Run 241
CHAPTER 14: Monetary Policy and the Short-Run Economy 257
CHAPTER 15: Fiscal Policy: Balancing the Books - Perhaps 275
CHAPTER 16: Unemployment and Inflation: The Phillips Curve 295
Part 6: Understanding the Financial Crisis 315 CHAPTER 17: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Financial System 317
CHAPTER 18: Learning from the 2007-08 Financial Crisis 335
Part 7: The Part of Tens 355 CHAPTER 19: Getting to Know Ten Great Macroeconomists 357
CHAPTER 20: Ten Top Tips to Take Away 367
Index 375
About the author
Daniel Richards, PhD, is a professor of economics at Tufts University. He received his PhD from Yale University.
Manzur Rashid, PhD, has taught economics at University College London and Cambridge University.
Peter Antonioni is a senior teaching fellow at University College London.
