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Macroeconomics - An Introduction

English · Hardback

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Provides a lucid and novel introduction to macroeconomic issues and introduces an alternative approach of understanding macroeconomics.

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List of Illustrations; List of Fiction; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; 1. What is Economics; 2. Conceptualizing the Macroeconomy; 3. Money and Interest Rates; 4. Income and Employment Levels; 5. Economic Growth; 6. Why Economic Theory Matters; 7. The Policy Objective of Full Employment; 8. The Policy Objective of Low Inflation; 9. Towards Good Economics; References; Data Sources; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.

About the author

Alex M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India. His primary research is in the area of history of economic thought, with a special focus on classical economics. His research has been published in both national and international journals such as Economic & Political Weekly, History of Economic Ideas, History of Economics Review, and Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics.

Summary

Provides a lucid and novel introduction to macroeconomic issues and introduces an alternative approach of understanding macroeconomics, which is inspired by the works of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Piero Sraffa. It also presents the reader with a critical account of mainstream marginalist macroeconomics.

Product details

Authors Alex M Thomas, Alex M. Thomas
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.05.2021
 
EAN 9781108486941
ISBN 978-1-108-48694-1
No. of pages 250
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy

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