Macroeconomic Theory and Macroeconomic Pedagogy


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This book aims to showcase and advance recent debates over the extent to which undergraduate macroeconomics teaching models adequately reflect the latest developments in the field. It contains 16 essays on topics including the 3-equation New Consensus model, extensions and alternatives to this model, and endogenous money and finance.




Theory of Macroeconomic Policy


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Theory of Macroeconomic Policy reviews the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic, fiscal, and monetary, policy. It offers a panoramic view of macroeconomic theory, covering a wide range of topics that are not customarily dealt with in macroeconomics texts, as well as more standard material. Advanced theory is bridged with more elementary or intermediate material, and established models are reviewed alongside current research directions. There is an extensive review of empirical evidence on virtually every topic, supplemented by narrative accounts for various episodes. The policy implications of the various theories are emphasised throughout. The chapters are largely self-contained so that different courses can focus at different places. A 'Guidance for Further Study' Section and extensive bibliography give plenty of ideas for all levels of independent study, from Undergraduate Projects to MSc Dissertations to PhD Theses. Theory of Macroeconomic Policy presents a balance between: breadth as well as depth; analytical treatment and intuition; theory and evidence; vintage theories and current directions; theory and policy; (established) theory and debate. Theory of Macroeconomic Policy is an affirmation that there is a well-developed body of theory that is invaluable for an in-depth understanding of the macro-economy and policy; equally, there is much scope for critical discussion and debate.




Contemporary Macroeconomic Theory and Policy


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This Book Is An Exhaustive Study Of Current Macroeconomic Theory. It Starts From The First Principles Of Macroeconomics In Part I And Develops The Orthodox Keynesian Approach With Fixed And Flexible Prices In Part Ii. In Part Iii The Author Discusses The Modem Theories Of Inflation And Unemployment. Among The Topics Covered Are Phillips Curves And Natural Rate Of Unemployment, The Accelerationist Controversy, Rational Expectations, Staggered Wage Setting And New Classical Macroeconomics.In Part Iv The Theoretical Underpinnings Of Key Empirical Macro Relations Such As The Consumption Function, Investment Function, And Demand And Supply Of Money Are Discussed. Part V Concentrates On Open Economy Aspects Of Macroeconomics. Both Current Account And Asset Balance Approaches Are Discussed And There Is An Exhaustive Treatment Of Policy Making In Open Economies. Part Vi Considers Medium Term Dynamics Of The Public Debt And Business Cycles. Part Vii Concentrates On Real And Monetary Growth And Also Considers Optimal Economic Growth. Part Viii Considers Two Important Issues In Current Research And Debate: Stagflation, And New Keynesian Theory.This Book Has Been Written Primarly As A Text For Postgraduate And Upper Level Undergraduate Students. It Is Also Very Useful For Policy Makers And Research Students.




Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy


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Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy provides students with comprehensive coverage of all the essential concepts of macroeconomics. A balanced approach between theoretical and mathematical aspects of the subject has been adopted to ensure ease and clarity in learning. The book brings classroom teaching directly to the student with the friendly language that it uses. The purpose behind this book is not only to make the study of macroeconomics simple for the students but to enable them to apply it to everyday situations and the prevailing economic state of affairs. The wide coverage of topics has been designed for use in courses on macroeconomics at the undergraduate level of Indian universities.




Macroeconomics


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Provides a lucid and novel introduction to macroeconomic issues and introduces an alternative approach of understanding macroeconomics, which is inspired by the works of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Piero Sraffa. It also presents the reader with a critical account of mainstream marginalist macroeconomics.




Essays on Macroeconomic Theory Optimal Fiscal Policy and History of Macroeconomics


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This thesis contributes to two fields of macroeconomics. The first two chapters contribute to the literature that investigates the role of household heterogeneity, in terms of marginal propensity to consume and labor income, for the 'optimal' design of fiscal policies. The first chapter explores how the introduction of household heterogeneity alters the prescriptions derived from the standard optimal fiscal policy framework that only accounts for a representative agent. When heterogeneity is accounted for the government uses taxation and transfers as a redistributing device that only partially corrects for fluctuations in income inequality. The second chapter builds on the results of the first. It develops a quantitative model that is estimated with US data on income and consumption dispersion among households. The model is then used to assess the relevance of the actual US fiscal policy. Unexpectedly, it concludes that the US fiscal policy is close to optimal. The third chapter contributes to the literature that is at the crossroad of the fields of history of macroeconomics and of macroeconomic pedagogy. It aims at reflecting on the theory used in the first two chapters of the thesis and in the teaching of macroeconomics. It identifies and discuss the deep methodological discrepancy between the theory used in research and graduate macroeconomics courses, on the one hand, and in undergraduate macroeconomic courses, in the other hand.




Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory


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This is a textbook of macroeconomic theory and politics from a post-Keynesian perspective. The function of the macroeconomic system is explained in a straightforward way. The text is deliberately designed to be simple and pedagogical and is supported by a number of illustrative diagrams. Mathematics is reduced to an absolute minimum and put into separate text boxes.




A Textbook Of Modern Macroeconomics


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The book Modern Macroeconomics is adornments with illustrative examples drawing on data from Indian macroeconomy to help students relate the stark theory to the real-world situations. The book is the key reading for undergraduate students, as there are new developments and complications in the world of macroeconomic over the past several years. The book contains a number of mathematical derivations and conclusions. As such, the students are expected to have a grasp on the basic mathematical techniques even though they are supported by ample graphical illustrations. The book includes ‘business cycles’ which, in most cases, originate in the form of ‘shocks’ of some kind or other, thus posing challenges to macroeconomic management. The book has dealt with, atleast, one such shock in the form of COVID-19 pandemic with its fallout on the world economy. It may be mentioned here that by the time the book was going to the ‘print’, another ‘shock’ of greater magnitude was brewing in the shape of Russia-Ukraine war, threatening to lead to World War-III. However, this macroeconomic shock could not be taken up at its premature stage.




Essays In The Fundamental Theory Of Monetary Economics And Macroeconomics


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This book provides a comprehensive overview, in the form of eight long essays, of the evolution of monetary theory over the three-quarters of century, from the time of Keynes to the present day. The essays are originally based on lecture notes from a graduate course on Advanced Monetary Economics offered at York University, Toronto, written in the style of academic papers. The essays are mathematical in method — but also take a historical perspective, tracing the evolution of monetary thought through the Keynesian model, the monetarist model, new classical model, etc, up to and including the neo-Wickesellian models of the early 21st century. The book will be an essential resource for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students in economics, as well as for individual researchers seeking basic information on the theoretical background of contemporary debates.




Macroeconomic Theory: A Short Course


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A look at all the key topics in intermediate-level macroeconomic theory with carefully chosen linear versions of the standard models of both the closed and the open economy. It requires no mathematical proficiency beyond high school level algebra, and has been thoroughly tested in the classroom.