Macroeconomics

List of contents

• Part I: Introduction to Macroeconomics


• 1: What is macroeconomics?


• 2: Macroeconomic accounts


• Part II: The Macroeconomy in the Long Run


• 3: The fundamentals of economic growth


• 4: Labour markets and unemployment


• 5: Money, prices, and exchange rates in the long run


• Part III: The Macroeconomy in the Short Run: the Building Blocks


• 6: Borrowing, lending, and budget constraints


• 7: Asset markets


• 8: Private sector demand: consumption and investment


• 9: Money and the demand for money


• 10: The supply of money and monetary policy


• Part IV: Macroeconomic Equilibrium


• 11: Macroeconomic equilibrium in the short run


• 12: International capital flows and macroeconomic equilibrium


• 13: Output, employment, and inflation


• 14: Aggregate demand and aggregate supply


• 15: The exchange rate


• Part V: Macroeconomic Policy in a Global Economy


• 16: Demand management policies


• 17: Fiscal policy, debt, and seigniorage


• 18: Policies for the long run


• 19: The architecture of the international monetary system


• 20: Epilogue

Summary

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary macroeconomics, within a European and global context. The authors balance the theoretical aspects with up-to-date policy examples throughout, allowing the reader to relate the concepts to their own economic environment.

Additional text

This is a superb and engaging macroeconomics text for those interested in Europe. It contains plenty of theory, empirics and case studies with excellent sections on income distribution and the global financial crisis. To be recommended strongly for those who want to teach macroeconomics for the real world.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Burda, Michael (Humboldt University Burda, Burda Michael, Charles Wyplosz, Wyplosz Charles
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2022
• EAN: 9780192893574
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289357-4
• No. of pages: 632
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, International Economics, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures