Macroeconomics
By: Hubbard, R. Glenn.
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Anthony Patrick.
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BookPublisher: New Delhi Pearson 2017Description: 734p.ISBN: 9789332586543.Subject(s): MacroeconomicsDDC classification: 339 | H861m5 Summary: One of the challenges of teaching Principles of Macroeconomics is fostering interest in concepts that may not seem applicable to students’ lives. Macroeconomics, Fifth Edition makes economics relevant by demonstrating how real businesses use economics to make decisions every day. Regardless of their future career path—opening an art studio, trading on Wall Street, or bartending at the local pub—students will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work.
Features Real-world business chapter-opening cases
A Personal Dimension: Economics in Your Life feature in each chapter
An Inside Look features at the end of each chapter
Making the Connection features help students tie economic concepts to
current events and policy issues
A flexible presentation of aggregate demand and aggregate supply
An accessible writing style brings concepts to life
Solved problems throughout the text
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Economics: Foundations and Models
2. Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage and the Market System
3. Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply
4. Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting and Taxes
5. The Economics of Health Care
II. Firms in the Domestic and International Economies
6. Firms, the Stock Market and Corporate Governance
7. Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade
III. Macroeconomic Foundations and Long-Run Growth
8. GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income
9. Unemployment and Inflation
10. Economic Growth, the Financial System and Business Cycles
11. Long-Run Economic Growth: Sources and Policies
IV. Short-Run Fluctuations
12. Aggregate Expenditure and Output in the Short Run
13. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis
V. Monetary and Fiscal Policy
14. Money, Banks and the Federal Reserve System
15. Monetary Policy
16. Fiscal Policy
17. Inflation, Unemployment and Federal Reserve Policy
VI. The International Economy
18. Macroeconomics in an Open Economy
19. The International Financial System.
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One of the challenges of teaching Principles of Macroeconomics is fostering interest in concepts that may not seem applicable to students’ lives. Macroeconomics, Fifth Edition makes economics relevant by demonstrating how real businesses use economics to make decisions every day. Regardless of their future career path—opening an art studio, trading on Wall Street, or bartending at the local pub—students will benefit from understanding the economic forces behind their work.
Features Real-world business chapter-opening cases
A Personal Dimension: Economics in Your Life feature in each chapter
An Inside Look features at the end of each chapter
Making the Connection features help students tie economic concepts to
current events and policy issues
A flexible presentation of aggregate demand and aggregate supply
An accessible writing style brings concepts to life
Solved problems throughout the text
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
1. Economics: Foundations and Models
2. Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage and the Market System
3. Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply
4. Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting and Taxes
5. The Economics of Health Care
II. Firms in the Domestic and International Economies
6. Firms, the Stock Market and Corporate Governance
7. Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade
III. Macroeconomic Foundations and Long-Run Growth
8. GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income
9. Unemployment and Inflation
10. Economic Growth, the Financial System and Business Cycles
11. Long-Run Economic Growth: Sources and Policies
IV. Short-Run Fluctuations
12. Aggregate Expenditure and Output in the Short Run
13. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis
V. Monetary and Fiscal Policy
14. Money, Banks and the Federal Reserve System
15. Monetary Policy
16. Fiscal Policy
17. Inflation, Unemployment and Federal Reserve Policy
VI. The International Economy
18. Macroeconomics in an Open Economy
19. The International Financial System.
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