Macroeconomics

N. Gregory Mankiw is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He began his study of economics at Princeton University, where he received an A.B. in 1980. After earning a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, he began teaching at Harvard in 1985 and was promoted to full professor in 1987. At Harvard, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in macroeconomics. He is also author of the best-selling introductory textbook Principles of Economics (Cengage Learning).

Part I: Introduction 1. The Science of Macroeconomics.- 2. The Data of Macroeconomics.- Part II: Classical Theory: The Economy in the Long Run 3. National Income: Where It Comes From and Where It Goes.- 4. The Monetary System: What It Is and How It Works.- 5. Inflation: Its Causes, Effects, and Social Costs.- 6. The Open Economy.- 7. Unemployment and the Labor Market.- Part III: Growth Theory: The Economy in the Very Long Run 8. Economic Growth I: Capital Accumulation and Population Growth.- 9. Economic Growth II: Technology, Empirics, and Policy.- Part IV: Business Cycle Theory: The Economy in the Short Run.- 10. Introduction to Economic Fluctuations.- 11. Aggregate Demand I: Building the IS-LM Model.- 12. Aggregate Demand II: Applying the IS-LM Model.- 13. The Open Economy Revisited: The Mundell-Fleming Model and the Exchange-Rate Regime.- 14. Aggregate Supply and the Short-run Tradeoff Between Inflation and Unemployment.- Part V: Topics in Macroeconomic Theory Thoroughly revised! 15. A Dynamic Model of Economic Fluctuations.- 16. Understanding Consumer Behavior.- 17. The Theory of Investment.- Part VI: Topics in Macroeconomic Policy 18. Alternative Perspectives on Stabilization Policy.- 19. Government Debt and Budget Deficits.- 20. The Financial System: Opportunities and Dangers.- Epilogue: What We Know, What We Don't.