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Macroeconomics, Theories and Policies

by Richard T. Froyen
Edition:
5th
ISBN13:

9780132338677

ISBN10:
013233867X
Format:
Hardcover
Pub. Date:
11/1/1995
Publisher(s):
Prentice Hall Books
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Summary

The author explains the differences among macroeconomists on issues of theory and policy while comparing and contrasting modern macroeconomic theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Measurement
Introduction
What is Macroeconomics? Post-World War II Economic Performance
Central Questions in Macroeconomics
Measurement of Macroeconomic Variables
The National Income Accounts
Gross Domestic Product
National Income
Personal and Personal Disposable Income
Some National Income Accounting Identities
Measuring Price Changes: Real Versus Nominal GDP
The Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index
Measures of Cyclical Variation in Output
Macroeconomic Models
Classical Macroeconomics (I): Equilibrium Output and Employment
The Starting Point
The Classical Revolution
Production
Employment
Equilibrium Output and Employment
The Classical System (II): Money, Prices, and Interest
The Quantity Theory of Money
The Classical Theory of the Interest Rate
Policy Implications of the Classical Equilibrium Model
The Keynesian System (I): The Role of Aggregate Demand
The Problem of Unemployment
The Simple Keynesian Model: Conditions for Equilibrium Output
The Components of Aggregate Demand
Determining Equilibrium Income
Changes in Equilibrium Income
Fiscal Stabilization Policy
The Keynesian System (II): Money, Interest, and Income
Money in the Keynesian System
The IS-LM
Curve Model
The Keynesian System (III): Policy Effects in the IS-LM
Model
Factors Affecting Equilibrium Income and the Interest Rate
The Relative Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policy
The Keynesian System (IV): Aggregate Supply and Demand
The Keynesian Aggregate Demand Curve
The Keynesian Aggregate Demand Curve Combined with the Classical Theory of Aggregate Supply
The Keynesian Contractual View of the Labor Market
Labor Supply and Variability in the Money Wage
The Effects of Shifts in the Aggregate Supply Function
Keynes Versus the Classics
The Monetarist Counterrevolution
Introduction
The Reformulation of the Quantity Theory of Money
Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Monetarists Versus Keynesians
The Recent Behavior of the Money-Income Relationship
Output, Inflation, and Unemployment: Monetarist and Keynesian Views
The Natural Rate Theory
Monetary Policy, Output, and Inflation: A Monetarist View
A Keynesian View of the Output-Inflation Trade-Off
New Classical Economics
The New Classical Attack
A Broader View of the New Classical Position
The Keynesian Countercritique
New Classical and New Keynesian Directions
Real Business Cycle Models
New Keynesian Economics
Macroeconomic Models: A Summary
Theoretical Issues
Policy Issues
Extensions of The Models
Consumption and Investment
Consumption
Investment Spending
Money Demand
The Definition of Money
The Theory of the Transactions Demand for Money
Extensions of Keynes's Theory of the Demand for Money as a Store of Wealth
Instability of Money Demand
The Money Supply Process
The Federal Reserve System
Bank Reserves and Bank Deposits
Who Controls the Money Stock
The Supply Side: Intermediate and Long-Term Economic Growth
Long-Run Steady-State Growth
Determinants of Output Growth in Intermediate-Run Periods
Supply-Side Economics and the Policies of the Reagan and Bush Administrations
Economic Policy
Fiscal Policy
The Goals of Macroeconomics Policy
The Goals of Macroeconomic Policymakers
The Federal Budget
The Economy and the Federal Budget: The Concept of Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers
Keynesian Objections to Balanced-Budget Rules
What About the Deficit?
Monetary Policy
The Monetary Policymaking Process
Competing Strategies for Monetary Policy: Targeting Monetary Aggregates or Interest Rates
Implications of Intermediate Targeting on a Monetary Aggregate
Implications of Targeting the Interest Rate
Money Stock Versus Interest Rate Targets
The Evolution of Federal Reserve Strategy
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Exchange Rates and the International Monetary System
The U.S.
Balance of Payments Accounts
Exchange Rates and the Market for Foreign Exchange
The Current Exchange Rate System
Advantages of Exchange Rate Flexibility U.S.
Experience with Floating Exchange Rates
Fixed Versus Flexible Exchange Rates
Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Open Economy
The Mundell-Fleming Model
Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Open Economy: The Case of Imperfect Capital Mobility
Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Open Economy: The Case of Perfect Capital Mobility
Glossary
Index
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