Loose-leaf Macroeconomics

Overview

Main description

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 Modern
• Colloquial Style Narrative
• Focus on Policy
• Emphasis on the Importance of Institutions and History
• Focus on Modeling: Economics is a method of reasoning, not truths.
• Presents Alternative Perspectives in Economics
  
  

  Table of contents

  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 Curve IV. Taxes, Budgets, and Fiscal PolicyChapter 17 Deficits and DebtChapter 18 The Modern Fiscal Policy Dilemma V. 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