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PART 1: INTRODUCTION What is Economics?The Economic ProblemDemand and Supply PART 2: MONITORING MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Monitoring the Value of Production: GDPMonitoring Jobs and Inflation PART 3: MACROECONOMIC TRENDS Economic GrowthFinance, Saving, and InvestmentMoney, the Price Level, and InflationThe Exchange Rate and the Balance of Payments PART 4: MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS Aggregate Supply and Aggregate DemandExpenditure MultipliersThe Business Cycle, Inflation, and Deflation PART 5: MACROECONOMIC POLICY Fiscal PolicyMonetary PolicyInternational Trade Policy
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New and updated features of this title Coverage of the impact of a changing macroeconomic market UPDATED: Chapter 7 features more discussion on the fluctuating sources of loanable funds.UPDATED: Chapter 14 provides an explanation of the federal funds rate ‘corridor' and a reworked final section titled Financial Crisis: Cure and Prevention, which includes material on Dodd-Frank, the Volcker Rule, and other macroprudential regulation. A focus on real-world economics and current global issues NEW: News-Based Problems and Applications include 70 topics that seamlessly integrate with MyLab and Pearson eText.UPDATED: Chapter 2 features an expanded explanation and graphical derivation of the outward-bowed PPF.UPDATED: An At Issue feature contrasts the views of 2 new Fed presidents, Loretta Mester of the Cleveland Fed and Esther George of the Kansas City Fed, with those of Fed Chair, Janet Yellen (Ch. 14). Tools to retain and understand key economic concepts UPDATED: Every figure has been designed with the needs of students in mind: Graphs are paired with data tables, color-blended arrows show movement, diagrams are labeled with boxed notes, and extended captions provide study and review.
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ISBN
9780134744452
Publisert
2018-01-17
Utgave
13. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Pearson
Vekt
821 gr
Høyde
274 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
456

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About our author

Michael Parkin is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Professor Parkin has held faculty appointments at Brown University, the University of Manchester, the University of Essex, and Bond University. He is a past president of the Canadian Economics Association and has served on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review and the Journal of Monetary Economics and as managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics.

Professor Parkin's research on macroeconomics, monetary economics, and international economics has resulted in over 160 publications in journals and edited volumes, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Monetary Economics, and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He became most visible to the public with his work on inflation that discredited the use of wage and price controls. Professor Parkin also spearheaded the movement toward European monetary union. Professor Parkin is an experienced and dedicated teacher of introductory economics.