Macroeconomics

17th Edition
1265698511 · 9781265698515
Known and highly respected for its comprehensive, analytical, and challenging approach to the study of economics, McConnell’s Macroeconomics continues to be one of the most trusted and reliable choices for principles of economics courses. If given… Read More
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Preface

PART 1: An Introduction to Economics and the Economy

CHAPTER 1: Limits, Alternatives, and Choices

CHAPTER 2: The Market System and the Circular Flow

 

PART 2: Price, Quantity, and Efficiency

CHAPTER 3: Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium

CHAPTER 4: Market Failures Caused by Externalities and Asymmetric Information

CHAPTER 5: Public Goods, Public Choice, and Government Failure

 

PART 3: GDP, Growth, and Fluctuations

CHAPTER 6: An Introduction to Macroeconomics

CHAPTER 7: Measuring the Economy’s Output

CHAPTER 8: Economic Growth

CHAPTER 9: Business Cycles, Unemployment, and Inflation

 

PART 4: Macroeconomic Models and Fiscal Policy

CHAPTER 10: Basic Macroeconomic Relationships

CHAPTER 11: The Aggregate Expenditures Model

CHAPTER 12: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

CHAPTER 13: Fiscal Policy, Deficits, Surpluses, and Debt

 

PART 5: Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy

CHAPTER 14: Money, Banking, and Money Creation

CHAPTER 15:Monetary Policy, GDP, and the Price Level

CHAPTER 15B: Financial Economics (available on Connect)

 

PART 6: The Long Run and Current Issues in Macro Theory and Policy

CHAPTER 16: Long-Run Macroeconomic Adjustments

CHAPTER 16B: Current Issues in Macro Theory and Policy (available on Connect)

 

PART 7: International Economics

CHAPTER 17: International Trade

CHAPTER 18: The Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates

CHAPTER 18B: The Economics of Developing Countries (available on Connect)

 

Math Appendices SEE THE MATH (available on Connect)

WORKED PROBLEMS (available on Connect)

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Index

Known and highly respected for its comprehensive, analytical, and challenging approach to the study of economics, McConnell’s Macroeconomics continues to be one of the most trusted and reliable choices for principles of economics courses.

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NEW CHAPTER. “Internet Oligopoly: Networks and Platforms,” provides an intuitive presentation of the Nobel Prize–winning economic theories that explain why Internet industries are highly concentrated due to network effects, but at the same time often deliver their main products for free, as though the firms in those industries had no pricing power at all.

Econ NewsFlash Activities. NewsFlash exercises tie current news stories to key principles and learning objectives. After interacting with a contemporary news story, students are assessed on their ability to make the connection between real life and research findings.

NEW! Graphing Homework Tool optimized with accessibility in mind. Now more students can practice and demonstrate their understanding without struggling with clunky, inaccessible technology.

Consolidated Coverage. Previous two chapters on perfect competition consolidated into a single chapter for this new 17th Canadian Edition in response to extensive faculty feedback that there is too much material to cover in the principles course.

Incorporating the Pandemic. For the current generation of traditional-aged post-secondary students, the COVID-19 pandemic has been the most extreme and long-lasting economic event of their lives.

Fundamentals of the Market System Many economies throughout the world are making difficult transitions from planning systems to market systems. Our detailed description of the institutions and operation of the market system in Chapter 2 (The Market System and the Circular Flow) is even more relevant than before. We pay particular attention to property rights, entrepreneurship, freedom of enterprise and choice, competition, and the role of profits, because these concepts are often misunderstood by beginning students.

Early and Extensive Treatment of Government The public sector is an integral component of modern capitalism. This book introduces the role of government early. Chapter 4 (Market Failures Caused by Externalities and Asymmetric Information) systematically discusses public goods and government policies toward externalities. Chapter 5 (Public Goods, Public Choice, and Government Failure) details the factors that cause government failure.

Step-by-Step, Two-Path Macro As in the previous edition, our text continues to be distinguished by a systematic step-by-step approach in developing ideas and building models. Explicit assumptions about price and wage stickiness are posited and then systematically peeled away, yielding new models and extensions, all in the broader context of growth, expectations, shocks, and degrees of price and wage stickiness over time.

In crafting this step-by-step macro approach, we took care to preserve the two-path macro that many instructors appreciated. Instructors who so choose can bypass the immediate short-run model (Chapter 11) and proceed without loss of continuity directly to the short-run AD–AS model (Chapter 12), fiscal policy, money and banking, monetary policy, and the long-run AD–AS analysis.

Extensive Treatment of International Economics We give the principles and institutions of the global economy extensive treatment. Chapter 19 (International Trade) examines specialization and comparative advantage, arguments for protectionism, impacts of tariffs and subsidies, and various trade agreements. Global Perspective boxes add to the international flavour of the book.

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