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"A provocative and lively exploration of the increasingly important world of macroeconomics, by the author of the bestselling The Undercover Economist. Thanks to the worldwide financial upheaval, economics is no longer a topic we can ignore. From politicians to hedge-fund managers to middle-class IRA holders, everyone must pay attention to how and why the global economy works the way it does. Enter Financial Times columnist and bestselling author...
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"PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, Seventh Edition, continues to be the most popular and widely-used text in the economics classroom. Instructors find it the perfect complement to their teaching. A text by a superb writer and economist that stresses the most important concepts without overwhelming students with an excess of detail was a formula that was quickly imitated, but has yet to be matched. The seventh edition features dozens of new applications...
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Students learn best when they see a concept applied in the context of examples they understand. That is why Economics Today: The Macro View is so successful in classrooms where students hail from a wide variety of majors, backgrounds, and ages. An abundance of relentlessly current, news-worthy examples motivate every chapter and reflect the interests of today's diverse student population.
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The Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source on macroeconomics, which embraces definitions of terms and concepts, conflicting ideological approaches and the contributions of major thinkers. Comprehensive in scope, it contains hundreds of short entries and more than 100 specially commissioned main entries from an internationally renowned group of scholars.
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Ben Bernanke's swearing in as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006 marked the end of Alan Greenspan's long, legendary career. To date, the new chair has garnered mixed reviews. Business economists see him as the best-qualified successor to Greenspan, while many traders and investors worry that he's too academic for the job. Meanwhile, many ordinary Americans do not even know who he is.
How will Bernanke's leadership affect the Fed's actions in the coming...