Slavin, Stephen L.

Macroeconomics / Stephen L. Slavin. - Eighth edition - xxi, 519 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief economic history of the United States --
Resource utilization --
Supply and demand --
The mixed economy --
The household-consumption sector --
the business-investment sector --
The Government sector --
The export-import sector --
Gross domestic product --
Economic fluctuations, unemployment, and inflation --
Classical and Keynesian economics --
Fiscal policy and the national debt --
Money and banking --
The Federal Reserve and monetary policy --
A century of economic theory --
Economic growth and productivity --
Income distribution and poverty --
International trade --
International finance.

Includes a student-friendly, step-by-step approach; and a built-in Workbook/Study Guide. This text stresses on active rather than passive reading.

9780073281483 (alk. paper) 0073281484 (alk. paper)

2006044440


Macroeconomics.

HB172.5 / .S554 2008

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