Macroeconomics : private and public choice / James D. Gwartney.

Preface, xiii -- Acknowledgments, xvii -- I. The economic way of thinking-an introduction, 3 -- 1. The economic approach, 3 -- 2. Some tools of the economist, 16 -- 3. Market decisions and the market process, 32 -- 4. A bird's-eye view of the public sector, 52 -- 5. Taxes and government spending, 70 -- II. Macroeconomics, 91 -- 6. Taking the nation's economic pulse, 91 -- 7. Unemployment, inflation, and business cycles, 110 -- 8. Aggregate equilibrium and a simple keynesian model, 131 -- 9. The multiplier, accelerator, and a keynesian view of the business cycle, 151 -- 10. Fiscal Policy, 165 -- 11. Money and the banking system, 184 -- 12. Money, employment, inflation, and a more complete keynesian model, 203 -- 13. The business cycle and inflation- the monetarist view, 224 -- 14. The monetarist view of macropolicy, 247 -- 15. Dealing with unemployment and inflation, 266 -- III. International economics, 289 -- 16. Gaining from international trade, 289 -- 17. International finance and balance of payments, 303 -- 18. Comparative economic systems, 319 -- IV. Public choice, 339 -- 19. Problem areas for the market, 339 -- 20. Public choice and gaining from government, 359 -- 21. The economics of government failure, 376 -- Appendix A. A Graphic Look at Economics, 393 -- Appendix B. Analyzing the equilibrium level of income with equations, 397 -- Appendix C. Analyzing aggregate equilibrium with the is-lm model, 402 -- Suggestions for additional reading, 409 -- Hints for answering discussion questions, 415 -- Index, 421.