Macroeconomics ISE

David Colander was a distinguished College Professor at Middlebury College. He has authored, coauthored, or edited over 40 books and over 150 articles on a wide range of economic topics.He earned his B.A. at Columbia College and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. at Columbia University. He studied at the University of Birmingham in England and at Wilhelmsburg Gymnasium in Germany. Professor Colander has taught at Columbia University, Vassar College, the University of Miami, and Princeton University as the Kelley Professor of Distinguished Teaching. He was also a consultant to Time-Life Films, a consultant to Congress, a Brookings Policy Fellow, and Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford.He has been president of both the History of Economic Thought Society and the Eastern Economics Association. He has also served on the editorial boards of theJournal of Economic Perspectives, The Journal of Economic Education, The Journal of Economic Methodology, The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, The Journal of Socio-Economics, and The Eastern Economic Journal.He was chair of the AEA Committee on Electronic Publishing, a member of the AEA Committee on Economic Education, and was associate editor for content of the Journal of Economic Education.He was married to a pediatrician, Patrice. In their spare time, the Colanders designed and built an oak post-and-beam house on a ridge overlooking the Green Mountains to the east and the Adirondacks to the west. The house is located on the site of a former drive-in movie theater. They lived in both Florida and Vermont until Colander passed away in December of 2023.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION: THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMISTChapter 1: Economics and Economic ReasoningChapter 2: The Production Possibility Model, Trade, and Globalization Appendix: Graphish: The Language of GraphsChapter 3: Economic Institutions Appendix: The History of Economic SystemsChapter 4: Supply and DemandChapter 5: Using Supply and Demand Appendix: Algebraic Representation of Supply, Demand, and EquilibriumPART II: MACROECONOMICSMACROECONOMIC BASICSChapter 6: Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and UnemploymentChapter 7: Measuring and Describing the Aggregate EconomyPOLICY MODELSChapter 8: The Keynesian Short-Run Policy Model: Demand-Side PoliciesChapter 8W: The Multiplier ModelChapter 9: The Classical Long-Run Policy Model: Growth and Supply-Side PoliciesFINANCE, MONEY, AND THE ECONOMYChapter 10: The Financial Sector and the EconomyAppendix: A Closer Look at Financial Assets and LiabilitiesChapter 11: Conventional Monetary PolicyChapter 12: Financial Crises, Regulation, and the Crypto ChallengeTAXES, BUDGETS, AND FISCAL POLICYChapter 13: Deficits and Debt: The Austerity DebateChapter 14: The Fiscal Policy DilemmaMACROECONOMIC PROBLEMSChapter 15: Jobs and UnemploymentChapter 16: Inflation, Deflation, and Macro PolicyINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUESChapter 17: Comparative Advantage, Exchange Rates, and GlobalizationChapter 18: International Trade Policy INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMIC POLICY ISSUESChapter 19: International Financial PolicyAppendix: History of Exchange Rate SystemsChapter 20: Macro Policy in a Global SettingChapter 21: Structural Stagnation, Globalization and the Post-COVID BluesChapter 22: Macro Policy in Developing Countries