Macroeconomics ISE

PART I: INTRODUCTION: THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST
Chapter 1: Economics and Economic Reasoning
Chapter 2: The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization 
                  Appendix: Graphish: The Language of Graphs
Chapter 3: Economic Institutions Appendix: The History of Economic Systems
Chapter 4: Supply and Demand
Chapter 5: Using Supply and Demand 
                  Appendix: Algebraic Representation of Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium

PART II: MACROECONOMICS

MACROECONOMIC BASICS
Chapter 6: Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and Unemployment
Chapter 7: Measuring and Describing the Aggregate Economy

POLICY MODELS
Chapter 8: The Keynesian Short-Run Policy Model: Demand-Side Policies
Chapter 8W: The Multiplier Model
Chapter 9: The Classical Long-Run Policy Model: Growth and Supply-Side Policies

FINANCE, MONEY, AND THE ECONOMY
Chapter 10: The Financial Sector and the Economy
                    Appendix: A Closer Look at Financial Assets and Liabilities
Chapter 11: Conventional Monetary Policy
Chapter 12: Financial Crises, Regulation, and the Crypto Challenge

TAXES, BUDGETS, AND FISCAL POLICY
Chapter 13: Deficits and Debt: The Austerity Debate
Chapter 14: The Fiscal Policy Dilemma

MACROECONOMIC PROBLEMS
Chapter 15: Jobs and Unemployment
Chapter 16: Inflation, Deflation, and Macro Policy

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES
Chapter 17: Comparative Advantage, Exchange Rates, and Globalization
Chapter 18: International Trade Policy 

INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES
Chapter 19: International Financial Policy
                    Appendix: History of Exchange Rate Systems
Chapter 20: Macro Policy in a Global Setting
Chapter 21: Structural Stagnation, Globalization and the Post-COVID Blues
Chapter 22: Macro Policy in Developing Countries

Colander: Macroeconomics, 12e is specifically designed to help today’s students succeed in the principles of economics course and grasp economics concepts they can apply in their daily lives.
  
David Colander’s trademark colloquial approach focuses on modern economics, institutions, history, and modeling. He presents and applies economic models, but also encourages students to think about model nuances, building their critical thinking skills and applying models to the real world.  

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