Macroeconomics For Today: Alternate edition - Softcover

Tucker, Irvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 032430188X ISBN 13: 9780324301885

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

MACROECONOMICS FOR TODAY, ALTERNATE EDITION text focuses on the self-correcting aggregate demand and supply model and excludes the Keynesian aggregate expenditures model. Figures and graphw make concepts easy to understand.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Irvin B. Tucker spent more than 30 years of teaching introductory economics at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. He earned his B.S. in economics at North Carolina State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of South Carolina. He was a long-time member of the National Council on Economic Education. Dr. Tucker served as executive director of the S.C. Council of Education and director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was recognized for his ability to relate basic principles to economic issues and public policy. His work has received national recognition with awards from the Meritorious Levy Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, the Federation of Independent Business Award for Postsecondary Educator of the Year in Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, and the Freedom Foundation's George Washington Medal for Excellence in Economic Education. In addition, Dr. Tucker's research has been published in numerous professional journal articles on a wide range of topics, including industrial organization, entrepreneurship, and economics of education. Dr. Tucker also authored other highly successful economics books, including ECONOMICS FOR TODAY and ECONOMICS AND FINANCE.

Synopsis:

This accessible textbook applies the basic principles of economic analysis to the U.S., describes tools for measuring an economy's performance, and discusses the federal government's taxing and spending policies, monetary policy, and free trade agreements. The alternate fourth edition deletes the Keynesian model chapters, and adds an appendix on th

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 032430188X
• ISBN 13: 9780324301885
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 530