Macroeconomics : theories and policies / Richard T. Froyen.
Material type: TextSeries: Prentice Hall series in economicsPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2005.Edition: 8th edDescription: xx, 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780131273955 (pbk.) :
- 0131273957
- 339 FRO
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Previous ed.: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1.Introduction and measurement -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Measurement of macroeconomic variables -- Part II.Classical economics and the Keynesian revolution -- 3.Classical macroeconomics (1): Equilibrium output and employment -- 4.Classical macroeconomics (II): Money, prices, and interest -- 5.Long-run economic growth: origins of the wealth of nations -- 6.The Keynesian system (1): The role of aggregate demand -- 7.The Keynesian System (II): Money, interest, and income -- 8.The Keynesian System (III): Policy effects in the IS-LM model -- 9.The Keynesian System (IV): Aggregate supply and demand -- Part III.Macroeconomic theory after Keynes -- 10.The monetarist counterrevolution -- 11.Output, inflation, and unemployment: alternative views -- 12.New classical economics -- 13.Real business cycles and new Keynesian economics -- 14.Macroeconomic models: a summary -- Part IV.Open economy macroeconomics -- 16.Monetary and fiscal policy in the open economy -- Part V.Economic policy -- 17.The money supply and the banking system -- 18.Monetary policy -- 19.Fiscal stabilization policy -- 20.Policies to promote economic groth -- Part VI.Microeconomic foundations -- 21.Consumption and investment -- 22.Money demand.
Now revised and updated to include expanded coverage of monetary policy, this volume traces the history of macroeconomics and the evolution of macroeconomic thought and the resulting theory and policy.