Macroeconomics -- by Charles I. Jones
Macroeconomics


My new intermediate macroeconomics textbook...
Click here for a 16-page, full color brochure.
For details on what's new in the book, see the Preface.

More info on the book from W.W. Norton.
(Includes a way to request a free examination copy.)
A helpful contact at Norton: Betsy Twitchell -- btwitchell "at" wwnorton.com

Innovations

Modern, up to date treatment of macroeconomics
Worked exercises at the end of each chapter
Thorough discussion of economic growth, including the Romer model
No LM curve: central banks set interest rates
AS/AD uses short-run output and inflation (not the price level), putting students closer to facts

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Here is a link to the Country Snapshots data file.

Table of Contents

Part One -- Preliminaries
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Measuring the Macroeconomy

Part Two -- The Long Run
Chapter 3: An Overview of Long Run Economic Growth
Chapter 4: A Model of Production
Chapter 5: The Solow Growth Model
Chapter 6: Growth and Ideas
Chapter 7: The Labor Market, Wages, and Unemployment
Chapter 8: Inflation

Part Three -- The Short Run
Chapter 9: An Overview of the Short Run
Chapter 10: The IS Curve
Chapter 11: Monetary Policy and the Phillips Curve
Chapter 12: Stabilization Policy and the AS/AD Framework

Part Four -- Applications
Chapter 13: The Government and the Macroeconomy
Chapter 14: International Trade
Chapter 15: Exchange Rates and International Finance
Chapter 16: Parting Thoughts

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