Macroeconomics

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 ModernColloquial Style NarrativeFocus on PolicyEmphasis on the Importance of Institutions and HistoryFocus on Modeling: Economics is a method of reasoning! not truths.Presents Alternative Perspectives in Economics Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction: Thinking Like an EconomistChapter 1 Economics and Economic ReasoningChapter 2 The Production Possibility Model! Trade! and GlobalizationChapter 3 Economic InstitutionsChapter 4 Supply and DemandChapter 5 Using Supply and DemandChapter 6 Thinking Like a Modern EconomistPart 2: MacroeconomicsI. Macroeconomic ProblemsChapter 7 Economic Growth! Business Cycles! Unemployment! and Inflation Chapter 8 Measuring the Aggregate EconomyII. The Macroeconomic FrameworkChapter 9 Growth! Productivity! and the Wealth of NationsChapter 10 The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply ModelChapter 11 The Multiplier ModelChapter 12 Thinking Like a Modern MacroeconomistIII. Finance! Money! and the EconomyChapter 13 The Financial Sector and the EconomyChapter 14 Monetary Policy Chapter 15 Financial Crises! Panics! and Macroeconomic PolicyChapter 16 Inflation and the Phillips CurveIV. Taxes! Budgets! and Fiscal PolicyChapter 17 Deficits and DebtChapter 18 The Modern Fiscal Policy DilemmaV. International Policy IssuesChapter 19 International Trade Policy! Comparative Advantage! and OutsourcingChapter 20 International Financial Policy Chapter 21 Macro Policy in a Global SettingChapter 22 Macro Policies in Developing Countries ...

Product details

• Authors: David C. Colander, Colander David
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2009
• EAN: 9780077247171
• ISBN: 978-0-07-724717-1
• No. of pages: 541
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 248 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics