Table of contents
1 Macroeconomic essentials
2 Booms and recessions (I): the Keynesian cross
3 Money, interest rates and the global economy
4 Exchange rates and the balance of payments
5 Booms and recessions (II): the national economy
6 Enter aggregate supply
7 Booms and recessions (III): aggregate supply and demand
8 Booms and recessions (IV): dynamic aggregate supply and demand
9 Economic growth (I): the basics
10 Economic growth (II): advanced issues
11 Endogenous economic policy
12 The European Monetary System and the Eurozone at work
13 Inflation and central bank independence
14 Budget deficits and public debt
15 A closer look at economic crises
16 Sticky prices and sticky information: new perspectives on booms and recessions (I)
17 Real business cyces: new perspectives on booms and recessions (II)
Appendix A: A primer in econometrics
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Economics Nobel prize winners and earlier giants
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