Demystifying Economics

Presents a simplified explanation of basic economics, using examples that relate economic concepts to daily life, discussing the laws of supply and demand, gross domestic product, inflation, money and banking, and other topics.

An insightful account of the remarkable transition of the Chinese economy from impoverished backwater to economic powerhouse.

Demystifying Global Macroeconomics (DGM) provides readers with a practical, working use of international macroeconomics. For serious business and political leaders, understanding the global interconnections in economic and financial markets is crucial for making informed and well-timed decisions. DGM takes the mystery out of seemingly complex economic interactions by providing an easy-to-understand framework within which to analyze the effects of economic, social, and political shocks to a nation’s economy. John E. Marthinsen integrates the three major macroeconomic sectors, which are the credit market, goods and services market, and foreign exchange market. The author provides the reader with contemporary examples that virtually leap off the front pages of our daily news reports and confront business managers and politicians with choices and decisions to make. For example, DGM shows how to use macroeconomic tools and a global framework to analyze the effects of: U.S. tariffs on China and China’s tariffs on the United States Infrastructure spending Speculative capital outflows from nations under stress, such as Argentina and Turkey, and speculative capital inflows into safe-haven countries, such as Switzerland Demonetization in India Successfully fighting the opioid abuse problem in the United States Border adjustment tax Monetary policies Fiscal policies Marthinsen keeps readers visually engaged with the strategic use of figures, tables, charts, and illustrative exhibits. Demystifying Global Macroeconomics emphasizes the interaction among markets and equips readers with a macroeconomic perspective that will last (and be used) for years. If you are adopting this book for a teaching course, please contact [email protected] to request additional instructional material.

This book is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. Significantly updated for the fourth edition, the text provides an understanding of the global economy in the wake of the COVID crisis, discussing topics such as pandemic related supply and demand-side shocks, the role of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in financing COVID rescue plans, the effect of the US, India, Eurozone and China’s post-COVID economies on emerging and transitioning economies, and the resurgence of inflation. This edition includes deeper coverage on the issue of budget deficit sustainability and on trade wars, especially in a global context, and revisits the life cycles of speculative asset price (SAP) bubbles, especially in the housing markets and in SPACs. The fourth edition contains several brand-new cases and media articles that are carefully positioned to relate explicitly to theory, and to look ahead to and preempt global macro situations and polices in the years to come. MBA students and Executive MBA students who appreciate the importance of monetary and fiscal analysis will find this text to be right on target. Financial analysts and individual investors who need to strip away economic myths and jargon and systematically examine and understand the effects of macro policies on variables such as inflation, output, employment and interest rates, will also find the book extremely useful.

What is Social Cost Social cost in neoclassical economics is the sum of the private costs resulting from a transaction and the costs imposed on the consumers as a consequence of being exposed to the transaction for which they are not compensated or charged. In other words, it is the sum of private and external costs. This might be applied to any number of economic problems: for example, social cost of carbon has been explored to better understand the costs of carbon emissions for proposed economic solutions such as a carbon tax. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Social cost Chapter 2: Microeconomics Chapter 3: Monopoly Chapter 4: Perfect competition Chapter 5: Deadweight loss Chapter 6: Free-rider problem Chapter 7: Externality Chapter 8: Market failure Chapter 9: Social credit Chapter 10: Profit maximization Chapter 11: Cost Chapter 12: Marginal cost Chapter 13: Pigouvian tax Chapter 14: Allocative efficiency Chapter 15: Marginal revenue Chapter 16: Shadow price Chapter 17: Market distortion Chapter 18: Profit (economics) Chapter 19: Spillover (economics) Chapter 20: Economics of science Chapter 21: Stock exchange (II) Answering the public top questions about social cost. (III) Real world examples for the usage of social cost in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Social Cost.

What is General Equilibrium Theory In economics, the general equilibrium theory seeks to explain the behavior of supply, demand, and prices in a whole economy that contains several or many markets that interact with one another. This is accomplished by attempting to demonstrate that the interaction of demand and supply will result in an overall general equilibrium. The theory of general equilibrium stands in contrast to the theory of partial equilibrium, which performs an analysis of a particular component of an economy while maintaining the status quo for all other aspects of the economy. Constant influences are deemed to be noneconomic, or, to put it another way, thought to be beyond the scope of economic study, when the economy is described as being in general equilibrium. The noneconomic impacts, on the other hand, are subject to change in response to changes in the economic factors; hence, the accuracy of the forecast made by an equilibrium model may be contingent on the independence of the economic components from the noneconomic ones. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: General equilibrium theory Chapter 2: Neoclassical economics Chapter 3: Perfect competition Chapter 4: Léon Walras Chapter 5: Welfare economics Chapter 6: Gérard Debreu Chapter 7: Edgeworth box Chapter 8: Arrow-Debreu model Chapter 9: Fundamental theorems of welfare economics Chapter 10: Walrasian auction Chapter 11: Walras's law Chapter 12: David Cass Chapter 13: Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu theorem Chapter 14: Lionel W. McKenzie Chapter 15: Competitive equilibrium Chapter 16: Mathematical economics Chapter 17: Roy Radner Chapter 18: Jacques Drèze Chapter 19: Disequilibrium macroeconomics Chapter 20: Excess demand function Chapter 21: Abstract economy (II) Answering the public top questions about general equilibrium theory. (III) Real world examples for the usage of general equilibrium theory in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of General Equilibrium Theory.

The recent financial meltdown and the resulting global recession have rekindled debates regarding the nature of contemporary capitalism. This book analyses the ongoing financialization of the economy as a development within capitalism, and explores the ways in which it has changed the organization of capitalist power. The authors offer an interpretation of the role of the financial sphere which displays a striking contrast to the majority of contemporary heterodox approaches. Their interpretation stresses the crucial role of financial derivatives in the contemporary organization of capitalist power relations, arguing that the process of financialization is in fact entirely unthinkable in the absence of derivatives. The book also uses Marx’s concepts and some of the arguments developed in the framework of the historic Marxist controversies on economic crises in order to gain an insight into the modern neoliberal form of capitalism and the recent financial crisis. Employing a series of international case studies, this book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the financial crisis, and all those seeking to comprehend the workings of capitalism.

What is Economic Model An economic model is a theoretical construct representing economic processes by a set of variables and a set of logical and/or quantitative relationships between them. The economic model is a simplified, often mathematical, framework designed to illustrate complex processes. Frequently, economic models posit structural parameters. A model may have various exogenous variables, and those variables may change to create various responses by economic variables. Methodological uses of models include investigation, theorizing, and fitting theories to the world. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Economic model Chapter 2: Econometrics Chapter 3: Macroeconomics Chapter 4: Mathematical model Chapter 5: Neoclassical economics Chapter 6: Rational expectations Chapter 7: Index of economics articles Chapter 8: Lucas critique Chapter 9: Macroeconomic model Chapter 10: Bellman equation Chapter 11: Econometric model Chapter 12: Lars Peter Hansen Chapter 13: Applied economics Chapter 14: Economics education Chapter 15: Qualitative economics Chapter 16: Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium Chapter 17: Mathematical economics Chapter 18: Real business-cycle theory Chapter 19: Mathematical finance Chapter 20: Criticisms of econometrics Chapter 21: Causal inference (II) Answering the public top questions about economic model. (III) Real world examples for the usage of economic model in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Economic Model.