Brazil is one of the world's best-known examples of inequitable growth. Since 1964 its military government has used a trickle-down development strategy that relies on the private market and high profits for owners of capital and at the same time relies on holding down wages of t…
"Macroeconomics: Institutions, Instability, and the Financial System integrates the modern monetary framework--based on the 3-equation model of the demand side, the supply side, and the policy maker--with a model of the financial system. The authors comprehensively address the l…
What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the precrisis consensus, or will it be forced to contend with a postcrisis "new normal"? Have we made progress in addressing these issues, or does confusion remain? In April of 2…
"This collection of seventeen essays treats the three core topics of macroeconomics - economic growth, inflation, and unemployment. In all three topic areas, the essays have established the context of macroeconomic discussions, including the author's early skepticism that the Ne…