Publisher's Synopsis
This is a selection of readings on Australian macroeconomic issues, with an introduction to each chapter provided by the editors. The text is structured in six sections covering macroeconomic foundations, the evolution of macroeconomic thought, government and fiscal policy, the financial sector and monetary policy incomes policy, and the international sector and growth.;The second edition has been revised and updated, with contributions from writers such as Max Corden, Alan Blinder, John Nevile, Tom Valentine, Robert Gordon, Bernie Fraser, Ian MacFarlane, Victor Argy, John Pitchford, Peter Walsh, Peter Saunders, Gary Hobbes, Des Moore and Cedric Sandford.;The chapters closely correspond to those in many first and second-level macroeconomics textbooks. A table providing cross-references from the readings to the chapters in those textbooks is included. This volume is intended to be a supplementary text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in macroeconomics, economic policy, international economics and monetary economics.
