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Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomics - (International Economic Association) by Joseph E Stiglitz & Martin Guzman (Paperback)

Contemporary Issues in Macroeconomics - (International Economic Association) by  Joseph E Stiglitz & Martin Guzman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"These essays were presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association held in Jordan, June 6-10, 2014"--Preface.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Stiglitz and Guzman bring together this edited collection that presents a series of studies on contemporary macroeconomic issues and contains a set of key lessons for macroeconomic theory and policies from the recent global financial crisis. <p/><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In this edited collection, Joseph Stiglitz and Martin Guzman present a series of studies on contemporary macroeconomic issues. The book discusses a set of key lessons for macroeconomic theory following the recent global financial crisis and explores unconventional monetary policy in a post-crisis world. <p/>This volume is divided into five parts. The introduction includes keynote speeches by the Governors of the Bank of Japan and Central Bank of Jordan. Part one focuses on macroeconomic theory for understanding macroeconomic fluctuations and crises. Part two addresses the issue of the measurement of wealth. Part three discusses macroeconomic policies in times of crises. Finally, part four focuses on central banking and monetary policy.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Joseph E. Stiglitz is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. A recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979), he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, and a former member and chairman of the (US president's) Council of Economic Advisers. In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a think tank on international development based at Columbia University, USA. <p/>Martin Guzman is a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University Business School, USA, and Associate Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a member of the INET Taskforce on Macroeconomic Externalities and a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.<br>

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