Item Description: | Contents: 1. Economic activity in context 2. Useful tools and concepts 3. What economies do 4. Supply and demand 5. Macroeconomic measurement: the current approach 6. Macroeconomic measurement: environmental and social dimensions 7. Employment and unemployment 8. The structure of the United States economy 9. Aggregte demand and economic fluctuations 10. Fiscal policy 11. Money and monetary policy 12. Aggregate supply, aggregate demand, and inflation: putting it all together 13. The global economy 14. How economies grow and develop 5. Macroeconomic challenges for the twenty-first century |