Modern Macroeconomics

Modern Macroeconomics

Brian Snowdon, Howard R. Vane, "Modern Macroeconomics"
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited | ISBN: 1 84542 208 2 | 807 Pages | PDF | 2.6 Mb

The main aim of our new book, as reflected in its title, is to consider the origins, development and current state of modern macroeconomics in a manner appropriate for intermediate undergraduates taking courses in macroeconomics. As such we have assumed that such students will already have a firm grasp of basic economic principles and be familiar with introductory macroeconomic theories and models as developed, for example, in textbooks such as those by Abel and Bernanke (2001), Blanchard (2003), or Mankiw (2003). This book should, however, also prove useful to students taking other undergraduate economics courses, most notably in the history of economic thought, as well as economic history. For the benefit of intermediate undergraduates we have marked with an asterisk those references in the bibliography that are particularly recommended for further reading. In providing extensive referencing the book should also prove to be a useful introductory guide to the research literature for postgraduate students in their preliminary year of study.