Real World Macro: A Macroeconomics Reader from Dollars & Sense, 24th edition - Softcover

Daniel Fireside; James McBride; John Miller; The Dollars & Sense Collective

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878585665 ISBN 13: 9781878585660

Publisher: Dollars & Sense, 2007

Synopsis

Real World Macro, 24th edition, is a lively, thought-provoking alternative to mainstream economics textbooks. Real World Macro asks the questions that standard textbooks try to avoid: What's so great about growth? Is unemployment "natural"? Why should inequality matter? Along with covering the basics--monetary and fiscal policy, productivity and investment, inflation and unemployment--Real World Macro includes a chapter on major controversies in macroeconomics, such as the legacy of Keynesianism in the United States and the basics of Marxist economic theory. It also takes a look at international trade and finance, covering such topics as the debt crisis and arguments for and against "free trade." The thoroughly updated and revised 24th edition contains new chapter introductions reviewing the concepts examined in each article, discussion questions relating them to a standard textbook, and new articles addressing the latest real world issues and controversies,

About this title

About the Author

With articles by Paul Krugman, William Greider, Dean Baker, Ellen Frank, William Spriggs, Ann Markusen, Doug Orr, James K. Galbraith, John Miller, Chris Tilly, Arthur MacEwan, Robert Pollin, Jim Campen, William M. Rodgers III, Randy Albelda, Rick Wolff, and many others.

Review

This book can spice up your course and lead students to ask the questions they should be asking. --David Colander, Middlebury College

As textbooks become more conservative, Dollars & Sense readers are more useful than ever. I recommend them highly. --Robin Hahnel, American University

Provides the clear, condensed critical perspective lacking in most macroeconomic texts. --Richard D. Wolff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Edition details

• Publisher: Dollars & Sense
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1878585665
• ISBN 13: 9781878585660
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 180