Conversations with Leading Economists: Interpreting Modern Macroeconomics - Softcover

Snowdon, Brian; Vane, Howard R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840641495 ISBN 13: 9781840641493

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This important book provides fascinating insights into the origins, development and current state of modern macroeconomics.

The reader's imagination is instantly captured, and the subject matter brought alive, through conversations with fourteen leading economists including five Nobel Laureates. These interviews shed new light on the controversies witnessed in the field of macroeconomic theory and policy, the way macroeconomics is taught and the history and methodology of macroeconomic research. Their illuminating and contrasting discussions provide students and scholars alike with a unique, highly accessible and enjoyable way to explore the ever-changing landscape of modern macroeconomics.

The major economists featured in this book are:

Alberto Alesina
Olivier Blanchard
Mark Blaug
Robert W. Clower
David C. Colander
Milton Friedman
Robert E. Lucas, Jr.
Gregory Mankiw
Franco Modigliani
Edward N. Prescott
Paul C. Romer
Robert M. Solow
John B. Taylor
James Tobin

About this title

About the Author

Brian Snowdon, Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics and Finance, Durham University, UK and Howard R. Vane, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840641495
• ISBN 13: 9781840641493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384