Macroeconomics - Tapa blanda

The seventh edition of this text continues to introduce new economics students to key principles essential to an understanding of fundamental economic problems. It makes clear the policy alternatives that Australian society must use to cope with these problems in an international context. The text has been updated to consider those parts of the Australian economy that have been transformed in recent years and the increased emphasis on global competition in the economic environment, that is introduced in the early chapters of the text. It successfully strikes a balance between the academic rigour that instructors demand and the simplicity that students need. Totally new cases and boxed examples emphasise application of economic principles. Primarily concerned with 'mainstream' economics, the text recognises the ideology of market capitalism and acknowledges criticism of the mainstream approach, allowing students to form their own views about the faults and limitations of mainstream ideas. Increased discussion of economic data and cases equips students with the tools to critically assess economic debates in both the public and private sectors, as well as recognise the human interest aspects of economic concepts.

Professor John Jackson, B.Sc.(Hons), M.Sc.(Economics)(London), Ph.D.(Pennsylvania)John Jackson was most recently Professor of Economics and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at RMIT; he died in 2006. He was previously Professor and Dean of Business at RMIT from 1991-1998 and before that Associate Professor and Dean of Economics and Commerce at the University of Western Australia. John had a Masters degree in economics from London University and obtained his PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania where he worked in the Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Unit. John had twenty years of experience teaching introductory economics and overseeing the delivery of large first year courses. He had been associated with this McGraw-Hill textbook on introductory economics since its first edition which appeared in 1980. Other teaching areas included public and welfare economics and John also contributed to senior leadership programs for public and private sector managers. John’s areas of research included optimal economic growth and growth policy and the role of education in growth of the Australian economy and he acted as a consultant to over twenty government agencies and private sector organisations. In addition to his academic and administrative work John was extensively involved as a board member of a number of arts and public broadcasting organisations.