A Macroeconomics Reader brings together a collection of key readings
in modern macroeconomics. Each article has been carefully chosen to provide the
reader with accessible, non-technical, and reflective papers which critically assess
important areas and current controversies within modern macroeconomics.
The book is divided into six parts, each with a separate introduction highlighting the
relevance of the ensuing articles. The areas covered include: Keynes's General Theory,
Keynesian economics and the Keynesian revolution; monetarism; rational expectations and
new classical macroeconomics; real business cycle approaches: New Keynesian economics:
economic growth.
This book will be an essential guide for students and lecturers in the field of
macroeconomics as well as those interested in the history of economic thought.
Contents:
Preface
1. Keynesian Economics and the Keynesian Revolution
2. The Monetarist Counter-Revolution
3. The Challenge of Rational Expectations and New Classical Macroeconomics
4. The Real Business Cycle Approach to Economic Fluctuations
5. New Keynesian Economics
6. The Renaissance of Economic Growth Analysis
Index
676 pages, paperback