Conversations With Leading Economists : Interpreting Modern Macroeconomics - Hardcover

Snowdon, Brian; Vane, Howard R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858989426 ISBN 13: 9781858989426

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This important new book provides fascinating insights into the origins, development and current state of modern macroeconomics.

The reader's imagination is instantly captured, and the subject matter brought alive, through conversations with fourteen leading economists including five Nobel Laureates. These interviews shed new light on the controversies witnessed in the field of macroeconomic theory and policy, the way macroeconomics is taught and the history and methodology of macroeconomic research. Their illuminating and contrasting discussions provide students and scholars alike with a unique, highly accessible and enjoyable way to explore the ever-changing landscape of modern macroeconomics.

The major economists featured in this book are:

Alberto Alesina Olivier Blanchard Mark Blaug Robert W. Clower David Colander Milton Friedman Robert Lucas Gregory Mankiw Franco Modigliani Edward Prescott Paul Romer Robert Solow John Taylor James Tobin

About this title

About the Author:

Principal Lecturer in Economics, School of Social, Political and Economic Sciences, University of Northumbria, UK Reader in Economics, School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Review:

This book looks behind the now prevalent and sanitized text book portrayals of macroeconomics and introduces the reader to the theoretical and ideological controversies which lie at the heart of the subject. A very clear introductory extended essay by the authors, which sets the scene is followed by a delightful, thought provoking and engaging set of conversations with some of the principal agenda setters of macroeconomic research. This book is for those who wish to gain a sense of excitement of the modern macroeconomic research agenda. It might even encourage them to read some economics.' - -- Peter M. Jackson, University of Leicester, UK

‘. . . all the interviews are worth reading.’ -- – Economic Affairs

‘. . . an interesting overview of the development of macroeconomics during the last decades.' -- – Ivo Maes, Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1858989426
• ISBN 13: 9781858989426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384