Macroeconomics presents macroeconomic theory in a big-picture way. The text focuses on a single model, to provide you with a clear understanding of macroeconomics and its classical and Keynesian assumptions. Comprehensive coverage helps you analyze real macroeconomic data that real policy makers and researchers use. The 11th Edition features new coverage, applications, and problems throughout. It also reflects recent events and developments in the field, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the tools used by the Federal Reserve in response.
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PART 1: INTRODUCTION Introduction to MacroeconomicsThe Measurement and Structure of the National Economy PART 2: LONG-RUN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Productivity, Output, and EmploymentConsumption, Saving, and InvestmentSaving and Investment in the Open EconomyLong-Run Economic GrowthThe Asset Market, Money, and Prices PART 3: BUSINESS CYCLES AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY Business CyclesThe IS–LM/AD–AS Model: A General Framework for Macroeconomic AnalysisClassical Business Cycle Analysis: Market-Clearing MacroeconomicsKeynesianism: The Macroeconomics of Wage and Price Rigidity PART 4: MACROECONOMIC POLICY: ITS ENVIRONMENT AND INSTITUTIONS Unemployment and InflationExchange Rates, Business Cycles, and Macroeconomic Policy in the Open EconomyMonetary Policy and the Federal Reserve SystemGovernment Spending and Its Financing Appendix A: Some Useful Analytical Tools
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Hallmark features of this title A unified framework uses a single model, built from a set of core economic ideas (i.e., the production function, the trade-off between consuming today and saving for tomorrow, and supply/demand analysis), to introduce macroeconomic theories and concepts.A balanced presentation of classical and Keynesian economics lets students see the complete picture of economic theory. A flexible organization gives professors the flexibility to teach the course their way.Key diagrams in each chapter help students identify the most critical ideas.A series of full color graphs illustrate the historical movements of key economic variables.Extensive end-of-chapter problem sets help reinforce learning.
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New and Updated Features NEW: Coverage of important issues related to the 2020 pandemic includes changes in private saving (Ch. 2), a comparison of pandemic vs. financial crisis affecting U-3 and U-6 measures of the unemployment rate (Ch 3), the unusual nature of the recession (Ch. 8), the Fed's flexible inflation targeting policy and the increase in the inflation rate that followed (Ch. 12), the Fed's monetary policy response (Ch. 14), and the Fed's new operating procedures with abundant reserves (Ch. 15).EXPANDED: Material delves into more detail on topics like developments in the gig economy (Ch. 3).NEW: Applications in every chapter show students how they can use theory to understand an important episode or issue. New ones feature the impact of the pandemic on consumption (Ch. 4).UPDATED: In Touch with Data and Research boxes ask students to find and interpret macro data, like economists would in their careers.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781292446127
Publisert
2023-06-21
Utgave
11. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson Education Limited
Vekt
1237 gr
Høyde
253 mm
Bredde
211 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
696

Biographical note

Andrew B. Abel is Ronald A. Rosenfeld Professor of Finance at The Wharton School and professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his AB summa cum laude from Princeton University and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began his teaching career at the University of Chicago and Harvard University and has held visiting appointments at both Tel Aviv University and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A prolific researcher, Abel has published extensively on fiscal policy, capital formation, monetary policy, asset pricing, and social security, as well as serving on the editorial boards of numerous journals. He has been honored as an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a recipient of the John Kenneth Galbraith Award for teaching excellence. Abel has served as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, as a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers at the Congressional Budget Office, and as a member of the Technical Advisory Panel on Assumptions and Methods for the Social Security Advisory Board. He is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the Advisory Board of the Carnegie-Rochester NYU Conference Series.

Ben S. Bernanke is currently Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. In 2022, he was one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on banks and financial crises, which helped lay the foundations for financial market regulation. From February 2006 to January 2014, he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Before that, he served as Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors from June 2005 to January 2006 and was a Governor of the Federal Reserve System from August 2002 to June 2005. Prior to his work in public service, he was the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He received his BA in economics from Harvard University summa cum laude, capturing both the Allyn Young Prize for best Harvard undergraduate economics thesis and the John H. Williams prize for outstanding senior in the Economics Department. Like coauthor Abel, he holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bernanke began his career at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1979. In 1985 he moved to Princeton University, where he served as chair of the Economics Department from 1995 to 2002. He has twice been visiting professor at MIT and once at New York University, and has taught in undergraduate, MBA, MPA and PhD programs. He has authored more than 60 publications in macroeconomics, macroeconomic history, and finance. Bernanke has served as a visiting scholar and advisor to the Federal Reserve System. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. He has also been variously honored as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, a Hoover Institution National Fellow, a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has served as editor of the American Economic Review.

Dean Croushore is professor of economics and Rigsby Fellow at the University of Richmond. He received his AB from Ohio University and his PhD from Ohio State University. Croushore began his career at Pennsylvania State University in 1984. After teaching for 5 years, he moved to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, where he was vice president and economist. His duties during his 14 years at the Philadelphia Fed included heading the macroeconomics section, briefing the bank's president and board of directors on the state of the economy and advising them about formulating monetary policy, writing articles about the economy, administering 2 national surveys of forecasters, and researching current issues in monetary policy. In his role at the Fed, he created the Survey of Professional Forecasters (taking over the defunct ASA/NBER survey and revitalizing it) and developed the RealTime Data Set for Macroeconomists. Croushore returned to academia at the University of Richmond in 2003. The focus of his research in recent years has been on forecasting and how data revisions affect monetary policy, forecasting, and macroeconomic research. Croushore's publications include articles in many leading economics journals and a textbook on money and banking. He is associate editor of several journals and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and an adjunct associate professor in the business school at Columbia University.