Description Jackson & McIver's Macroeconomics was a winner of The Australia 'Tertiary (Adaptation) Teaching and Learning Package' Awards for Excellence in Education Publishing 2004.
Now in its 8th edition, Jackson & McIver has successfully introduced many new students of economics to the principles essentials to a proper and clear understanding of fundamental economic problems. Written for business students, the authors aim to equip tomorrow's business manager with the necessary knowledge and tools, to analyse and interpret data, and to under the implication of government policies on business.
Thorough Grounding
Written primarily for business majors, Jackson & McIver is a refined and mature, yet up-to-date, text that gives students a thorough grounding in economic principles and theories.
Balanced Approach that Builds Critical Thinking Skills
Jackson & McIver continues to introduce business students to key principles essential to an understanding of fundamental economic problems. Students are introduced to a number of alternative viewpoints, enabling them to form their own views about the benefits and limitations of economic ideology, and to actively analyse economic debates in both the public and private sectors.
International and Current
Jackson & McIver is a text that reflects the increasing global environment that tomorrow's Business Manager will face. It has updated data throughout, with some new case studies included. The 'Practising Economist' feature encourages students to analyse and interpret statistical information for use in the business everyday. Data has been updated throughout the text. Previous Chapters 6 & 7 have been amalgamated and streamlined into a new chapter Aggregate Expenditures, Output and Multipliers. Chapters 16 & 17 have also been substantially revised and updated.
Key Features
Thorough Grounding
Balanced Approach that Builds Critical Thinking Skills
International and Current
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction to Economics
Ch 1 The nature and method of economics
Appendix: Graphs and their meaning
Ch 2 The economising problem
Ch 3 Demand and supply
Part 2: Macroeconomic Activity and Fiscal Policy
Ch 4 Australia's national and international accounts
Appendix: Other national accounting concepts
Ch 5 The macroeconomic environment
Ch 6 Aggregate expenditures model and multipliers
Appendix: Derivation of the multipliers
Ch 7 Aggregate demand and aggregate supply
Ch 8 Fiscal policy and the public debate
Part 3: Monetary Policy and Economic Stability
Ch 9 Money, banking and the financial system
Ch10 How banks create money
Ch11 Monetary policy
Ch12 Macroeconomic ideas - evolution and debates
Ch13 Inflation
Ch14 Aggregate supply and the labour market
Part 4: Growth and Development
Ch15 The economics of growth
Ch16 Growth and the developing countries
Part 5: Exchange Rates and the International Monetary System
Ch17 Models of the exchange rate
Ch18 The international monetary system
Supplements
Study Guide to accompany Macroeconomics
ISBN: 0074717006
Author(s): JACKSON
Instructor CD to accompany Macroeconomics
ISBN: 007471791X
Author(s): JACKSON
