A Quick Refresher Course in Macroeconomics

1990/02/01 by N. Gregory Mankiw · 2 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Engineering · #Economic Theory and Policy #Monetary Policy and Economic Impact #Economic theories and models #Course (navigation) #Economics #Macroeconomics #Keynesian economics #Engineering

paper · pdf · doi:10.3386/w3256

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Abstract

This paper presents a non-technical discussion of some of the important developments in macroeconomics over the past twenty years.

Citations

• Long-Term Contracts, Rational Expectations, and the Optimal Money Supply Rule
• A Near-Rational Model of the Business Cycle, with Wage and Price Inertia
• Expectations and the neutrality of money
• "Rational" Expectations, the Optimal Monetary Instrument, and the Optimal Money Supply Rule
• The General Theory of Employment
• Mr. Keynes and the "Classics"; A Suggested Interpretation

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