Brad Schiller's text, The Macroeconomy Today, 10/e, is noted for three great strengths:
readability, policy orientation, and pedagogy. His accessible writing style engages
students and brings some of the excitement of domestic and global economic news into the
classroom. Schiller emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government
intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to
produce. This strategic choice is highlighted throughout the full range of micro, macro,
and international issues. Every chapter ends with a policy issue that emphasizes the
markets vs. government dilemma. And Schiller packs his chapters with the facts of economic
life'real stories and applications, not fables. This is a book that teaches economics in a
relevant context with careful pedagogy. It is also the only principles text that presents
all macro theory in the single consistent context of the AS/AD framework. Schiller 10e is
for students motivated by real-world policy issues who want to become economically
literate. This is a book students actually READ. Schiller is also known for its
cutting-edge and current coverage of today's issues.
Table of Contents
Part 1 BASIC CONCEPTS
Chapter 1 Economics: The Core Issues Appendix: Using Graphs
Chapter 2 The U.S. Economy: A Global View
Chapter 3 Supply and Demand
Chapter 4 The Public Sector
Part 2 MEASURING MACRO OUTCOMES
Chapter 5 National-Income Accounting
Chapter 6 Unemployment
Chapter 7 Inflation
Part 3 CYCLICAL INSTABILITY
Chapter 8 The Business Cycle
Chapter 9 Aggregate Demand Appendix: The Keynesian Cross
Chapter 10 Self-Adjustment or Instability?
Part 4 FISCAL POLICY LEVERS
Chapter 11 Fiscal Policy
Chapter 12 Deficits, Surpluses, and Debts
Part 5 MONETARY POLICY OPTIONS
Chapter 13 Money and Banks
Chapter 14 The Federal Reserve System
Chapter 15 Monetary Policy
Part 6 SUPPLY-SIDE OPTIONS
Chapter 16 Supply-Side Policy: Short-Run Options
Chapter 17 Growth and Productivity: Long-Run Possibilities
Part 7 POLICY CONSTRAINTS
Chapter 18 Global Macro
Chapter 19 Theory and Reality
Part 8 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Chapter 20 International Trade
Chapter 21 International Finance
Glossary
Index
Student Problem Sets
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