Shortlisted for 2009 Australian Educational Publishing Awards. Showing the power of economic tools and the importance of economic ideas, this forth edition of Principles of Macroeconomics continues to focus on what is truly important for students to learn in their first macroeconomics course. With an engaging approach to the study of the economy, the text returns to applications and policy questions as often as possible, encouraging students to relate ecomonic theory to their own experiences. Designed for students in Australia and New Zealand, this new edition incorporates contemporary topics such as the effects of the US sub-prime market, increased trading with China and India, the RBA, interest rates and monetary policy. Comprehensively revised and updated, the text enables students to understand the important foundations of economic analysis in a practical real-world context.
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Weight: 1290g
Dimensions: 216 x 254mm
Publication Date: 20 Jul 2011
Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780170178730
About Joshua GansN. MankiwRobin StonecashStephen King
Robin Stonecash has recently retired from her position as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business Law and Arts at Southern Cross University. She was previously Director of Executive Education and the Global EMBA at the University of Sydneys Business School and Director of Executive Education at the Business School at the University of Technology Sydney as well as Director of Stonecash Associates a boutique consulting firm. She studied economics at Swarthmore College the University of Wisconsin and the University of New South Wales. She currently consults on strategy and negotiation as well as teaching economics strategy and negotiation to business owners. Professor Stonecashs research interests currently focus on agribusiness in Australia and New Zealand and the impact of sustainability in the agricultural sector. N. Gregory Mankiw is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. As a student he studied economics at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a teacher he has taught macroeconomics microeconomics statistics and principles of economics. Professor Mankiw is a prolific writer and a regular participant in academic and policy debates. In addition to his teaching research and writing Professor Mankiw has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and an advisor to the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and New York and the Congressional Budget Office. From 2003 to 2005 he served as chairman of the US Presidents Council of Economic Advisors and was an advisor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 US presidential election. Joshua Gans holds the Skoll Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management University of Toronto; he was previously Professor of Management (information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School. He studied economics at the University of Queensland and Stanford University. He currently teaches network and digital marketing strategy but prior to his relocation to Canada he taught introductory economics and incentive theory to MBA students. Joshua Gans holds the Skoll Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management University of Toronto; he was previously Professor of Management (information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School. He studied economics at the University of Queensland and Stanford University. He currently teaches network and digital marketing strategy but prior to his relocation to Canada he taught introductory economics and incentive theory to MBA students. Stephen King is a Commissioner with Australias Productivity Commission and a Professor of Economics at Monash University. He has previously been Dean of Business and Economics at Monash University a member of the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia a member of the National Competition Council and a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Stephen has taught a variety of courses including introductory economics for 11 years at Harvard University Monash University and the University of Melbourne. Professor King has researched and published in a wide range of areas including law and economics game theory corporate finance and industrial economics. Stephen regularly provides advice to government private firms and the courts on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition policy. He is a Lay Member of the High Court of New Zealand and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Stephen King is a Commissioner with Australias Productivity Commission and a Professor of Economics at Monash University. He has previously been Dean of Business and Economics at Monash University a member of the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia a member of the National Competition Council and a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Stephen has taught a variety of courses including introductory economics for 11 years at Harvard University Monash University and the University of Melbourne. Professor King has researched and published in a wide range of areas including law and economics game theory corporate finance and industrial economics. Stephen regularly provides advice to government private firms and the courts on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition policy. He is a Lay Member of the High Court of New Zealand and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.