Macroeconomics : understanding the global economy / David Miles, Andrew Scott and Francis Breedon.

By:

Miles, David (David D.)

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chicester, West Sussex : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2012Edition: Third EditionDescription: xix, 597 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781119995722 (hbk.)
9781119995715 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

339 23

LOC classification:

HB172.5 .M45 2012

Other classification:

BUS039000

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1. What is Macroeconomics? 2. The Language of Macroeconomics: The National Income Accounts -- Economic Growth and the Supply side. 3. The Wealth of Nations - the Supply Side. 4. Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth. 5. Total Factor Productivity, Human Capital, and Technology. 6. Endogenous Growth and Convergence. 7. Unemployment and the Labor Market. 8. International Trade. 9. Globalization. -- Business Cycles and Economic Policy -- 10. Consumption and Investment 11. Business Cycles 12. Money and Prices 13. Monetary Policy 14. Fiscal policy and the Role of the Government 15. Stabilization Policy 16. Financial Markets: Equities and Bonds 17. The Banking Sector 18. Sovereign Debt and Default -- Exchange Rates and Global Capital Markets 19. Exchange rate determination: the real exchange reate 20. Exchange rate determination: nominal exchange rates and asset markets 21. Currency Crises and Exchange Rate Systems.

Summary: "A revised and updated edition of a very successful macroeconomics textbook. The authors deal with sophisticated issues using advanced economic theory, but in a manner that is accessible to anyone taking a single course in macroeconomics. They begin with real-world economic issues, and describe why these matter, before embarking on economic theory, ensuring that readers emerge with a good practical understanding of the global economy and how economists think about it"-- Provided by publisher.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A revised and updated edition of a very successful macroeconomics textbook. The authors deal with sophisticated issues using advanced economic theory, but in a manner that is accessible to anyone taking a single course in macroeconomics. They begin with real-world economic issues, and describe why these matter, before embarking on economic theory, ensuring that readers emerge with a good practical understanding of the global economy and how economists think about it.

Revised edition of: Macroeconomics and the global business environment / David Miles, Andrew Scott. 2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A revised and updated edition of a very successful macroeconomics textbook. The authors deal with sophisticated issues using advanced economic theory, but in a manner that is accessible to anyone taking a single course in macroeconomics. They begin with real-world economic issues, and describe why these matter, before embarking on economic theory, ensuring that readers emerge with a good practical understanding of the global economy and how economists think about it"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. xv)
Part One Introduction
Chapter 1 What Is Macroeconomics? (p. 3)
Chapter 2 The Language of Macroeconomics: The National Income Accounts (p. 12)
Part Two Economic Growth and the Supply Side
Chapter 3 The Wealth of Nations: The Supply Side (p. 37)
Chapter 4 Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth (p. 59)
Chapter 5 Total Factor Productivity, Human Capital and Technology (p. 85)
Chapter 6 Endogenous Growth and Convergence (p. 104)
Chapter 7 Unemployment and the Labour Market (p. 130)
Chapter 8 International Trade (p. 157)
Chapter 9 Globalization (p. 185)
Part Three Business Cycles and Economic Policy
Chapter 10 Consumption and Investment (p. 211)
Chapter 11 Business Cycles (p. 250)
Chapter 12 Money and Prices (p. 282)
Chapter 13 Monetary Policy (p. 314)
Chapter 14 Fiscal Policy and the Role of Government (p. 344)
Chapter 15 Stabilization Policy (p. 364)
Part Four Asset Markets and the Financial Sector
Chapter 16 Financial Markets: Equities and Bonds (p. 395)
Chapter 17 The Banking Sector (p. 429)
Chapter 18 Sovereign Debt and Default (p. 451)
Part Five Exchange Rates and Global Capital Markets
Chapter 19 Exchange Rate Determination: The Real Exchange Rate (p. 475)
Chapter 20 Exchange Rate Determination: Nominal Exchange Rates and Asset Markets (p. 503)
Chapter 21 Currency Crises and Exchange Rate Systems (p. 529)
Glossary (p. 559)
Notes (p. 571)
Index (p. 577)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Miles is a member of the Bank of England's interest-rate setting Monetary Policy Committee. He is Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and former Chief UK Economist of Morgan Stanley. He was Professor of Finance at Imperial College, London.

Andrew Scott is Deputy Dean and Professor of Economics at London Business School, a Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Non Executive Director of the UK's Financial Services Authority. Previously he was a Fellow at All Souls, Oxford and held lecturing positions at Harvard University and London School of Economics.

Francis Breedon is Professor of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary, University of London. Previously he was at Imperial College Business School. He has worked as Global Head of Foreign Exchange Research at Lehman Brothers and as a senior economist at the Bank of England.