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Macroeconomics, Global Edition

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Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content which is especiallyrelevant to students outside the United States.
For courses in the principles of macroeconomics.
An evidence-based approach to economics
Throughout Macroeconomics, 3rd Edition, authorsDaron Acemoglu, David Laibson, and John List use real economic questions anddata to help students learn about the world around them. Taking a freshapproach, they use the themes of optimization, equilibrium, and empiricism tonot only illustrate the power of simple economic ideas, but also to explain andpredict whatGÇÖs happening in todayGÇÖs society. Each chapter begins with anempirical question that is relevant to the life of a student and is lateranswered using data in the Evidence-Based Economics feature. As a result of thetextGÇÖs practical emphasis, students learn to apply economic principles to guidethe decisions they make in their own daily lives.
Pearson MyLab-« Economicsis not included. Students, if Pearson MyLab Economics is arecommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor forthe correct ISBN. Pearson MyLab Economics should only be purchased whenrequired by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative formore information.

List of contents

  1. 1 The Principles and Practice of Economics
  2. 2 Economic Science: Using Data and Models to Understand the World
  3. 3 Optimization: Doing the Best You Can
  4. 4 Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium
  5. 5 The Wealth of Nations: Defining and Measuring Macroeconomic Aggregates
  6. 6 Aggregate Incomes
  7. 7 Economic Growth
  8. 8 Why Isn't the Whole World Developed?
  9. 9 Employment and Unemployment
  10. 10 Credit Markets
  11. 11 The Monetary System
  12. 12 Short-Run Fluctuations
  13. 13 Countercyclical Macroeconomic Policy
  14. 14 Macroeconomics and International Trade
  15. 15 Open Economy Macroeconomics

About the author

Daron Acemoglu is the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received a BA in economics from the University of York, an MSc in mathematical economics and econometrics from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.
He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association, and the Society of Labor Economists. He has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the inaugural T. W. Schultz Prize from the University of Chicago in 2004, the inaugural Sherwin Rosen Award for outstanding contribution to labor economics in 2004, the Distinguished Science Award from the Turkish Sciences Association in 2006, and the John von Neumann Award, Rajk College, Budapest, in 2007.
He was also the recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, awarded every two years to the best economist in the US under the age of 40 by the American Economic Association, and the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize, awarded every two years for work of lasting significance in economics. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Utrecht and Bosporus University.
His research interests include political economy, economic development and growth, human capital theory, growth theory, innovation, search theory, network economics, and learning.
His books include Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (jointly with James A. Robinson), which was awarded the Woodrow Wilson and the William Riker prizes, Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, and Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (jointly with James A. Robinson), which has become a New York Times bestseller.
David Laibson is the Chair of the Harvard Economics Department and the Robert I. Goldman Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He holds degrees from Harvard University (AB in economics), the London School of Economics (MSc in econometrics and mathematical economics), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in economics).
He is also a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is Research Associate in the Asset Pricing, Economic Fluctuations, and Aging Working Groups. His research focuses on the topics of behavioural economics, intertemporal choice, macroeconomics, and household finance, and he leads Harvard University's Foundations of Human Behavior Initiative.
He serves on several editorial boards, as well as the Pension Research Council (Wharton), Harvard's Pension Investment Committee, and the Board of the Russell Sage Foundation. He has previously served on the boards of the Health and Retirement Study (National Institutes of Health) and the Academic Research Council of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
He is a recipient of a Marshall Scholarship and a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a recipient of the T. W. Schultz Prize from the University of Chicago and the TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. In recognition of his teaching excellence, he has been awarded Harvard's Phi Beta Kappa Prize and a Harvard College Professorship.
John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, and Chairman of the Department of Economics. He received his BS in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and his PhD in economics from the University of Wyoming. Before joining the University of Chicago in 2005, he was a professor at the University of Central Florida, University of Arizona, and University of Maryland. He also served in the White House on the Council of Economic Advisers from 2002-2003, and is a Research Associate at the NBER.

Summary

For courses in the principles of macroeconomics.
An evidence-basedapproach to economics
Throughout Macroeconomics,3rd Edition, authors Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, and John List usereal economic questions and data to help students learn about the world aroundthem. Taking a fresh approach, they use the themes of optimization,equilibrium, and empiricism to not only illustrate the power of simple economicideas, but also to explain and predict what’s happening in today’s society.Each chapter begins with an empirical question that is relevant to the life ofa student and is later answered using data in the Evidence-Based Economicsfeature. As a result of the text’s practical emphasis, students learn to applyeconomic principles to guide the decisions they make in their own daily lives

Product details

Authors Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, John List
Publisher Pearson Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.10.2021
 
EAN 9781292412139
ISBN 978-1-292-41213-9
No. of pages 448
Dimensions 218 mm x 276 mm x 15 mm
Weight 963 g
Series Pearson
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics

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