Why study business cycles? -- Describing business cycles -- Early business cycle theories -- Keynes' and Keynesian theory -- The monetarist model -- The rational expectations model -- Real business cycle models -- New Keynesian models -- Models of credit and financial instabilit…
Facts -- Models of business cycles -- International business cycles -- New Keynesian models -- Business cycles in emerging market economies -- Matching the model to the data -- Future areas for research.
The Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that our current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the Great Depression.…
Keynesian economics claimed to have overcome the problem of economic depressions. However, as Mattick argues that crises are inherent within capitalism and that neither the market nor Keynesianism can stop "the steady deterioration of the economy". Written in 1974, Economic Cris…
Keynesian economics claimed to have overcome the problem of economic depressions. However, as Mattick argues that crises are inherent within capitalism and that neither the market nor Keynesianism can stop "the steady deterioration of the economy". Written in 1974, Economic Cris…