Real world macro
By: edited by John Miller [and others]
Contributors: Reuss, Alejandro; Snyder, Bryan; Sturr, Chris; Dollars & Sense (Organization); Dollars & Sense
Edition: 30th ed.
Publisher: Dollars and Sense
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781939402035
Subjects: Macroeconomics; Economics; Government policy; Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: "The latest edition covers such issues as the financial crisis and its aftermath, the Great Recession and the current weak recovery, the connections between widening inequality and the macroeconomy, the deficit debate, and the global trading system and its discontents. This edition also includes a new chapter on resistance and alternatives to prevailing economic policies and institutions"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The two economies; title: Perspectives on macroeconomic theory; title: Measuring economic performance; title: Wealth, inequality, and poverty; title: Savings and investment; title: Fiscal policy, deficits, and debt; title: Monetary policy and financial markets; title: Unemployment and inflation; title: International trade and finance; title: Resistance and alternatives.