Macroeconomics

Key Benefit: Hubbard & O'Brien are still keeping it real in the third edition with new and updated coverage that reflects the current state of the economy and the recent financial meltdown. Key Topics: MACROECONOMICS: Economics: Foundations and Models; Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System; Where Prices Come From: The Interaction of Demand and Supply; Economic Efficiency, Government Price Setting, and Taxes; Firms, the Stock Market, and Corporate Governance; Comparative Advantage and the Gains from International Trade; GDP: Measuring Total Production and Income; Unemployment and Inflation; Economic Growth, the Financial System, and Business Cycles; Long-Run Economic Growth: Sources and Policies; Aggregate Expenditure and Output in the Short Run; Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Analysis; Money, Banks, and the Federal Reserve System; Mon