Macroeconomics / Robert J. Gordon.

Table of contents

PART ONE INTRODUCTION AND MEASUREMENT 1
CHAPTER 1 What is Macroeconomics? 3-24
CHAPTER 2 The measurement of income, prices and unemployment 27-55
PART TWO INCOME INTEREST RATES, POLICY AND THE OPEN ECONOMY
CHAPTER 3 The simple Keynesian theory of income 63-88
CHAPTER 4 The IS-LM model 93-118
CHAPTER 5 Monetary policy, fiscal policy and the government budget 124-155
CHAPTER 6 International trade, exchange rates and macroeconomic policy 158-195
PART THREE AGGREGATE DEMAND, AGGREGATE SUPPLY AND INFLATION 201
CHAPTER 7 Aggregate demand, aggregate supply and the self-correcting economy 203-230
CHAPTER 8 Inflation: its causes and cures237-275
PART FOUR MACROECONMICS IN THE LONG RUN: GROWTH AND THE PUBLIC DEBT
CHAPTER 9 The theory of economic growth 285-315
CHAPTER 10 Explanations of slow growth in productivity and real wages 317-345
CHAPTER 11 The government budget and the public debt 349-371
PART FIVE STABILIZATION POLICY IN AN OPEN ECONOMY 375
CHAPTER 12 The goals of stabilization policy: Low inflation and low unemployment 377-413
CHAPTER 13 Money and financial markets 418-446
CHAPTER 14 stabilization policy in the closed and open economy 452-476
PART SIX SOURCES OF INSTABILITY IN THE PRIVATE ECONOMY 485
CHAPTER 15 Instability in the private economy: consumption behavior 487-514
CHAPTER 16 Instability in the private economy: Investment 517-540
PART SEVEN DEBATES AT THE MACROECONOMIC FRONTIER 545
CHAPTER 17 New classical macro confronts new Keynesian macro 547-575
CHAPTER 18 Conclusion: Where we stand 580-599
Appendixes A: Time series data for the U.S. economy 1875-1999 A1

B: International annual time series data for selected countries: 1960-1997 A8

C: Data sources and methods A14
Glossary G1
Index I1











Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.