Real World Macro

Edition:

25th Edition

Date of publication:

May 2008

ISBN:

978-1-878585-70-7

Pages:

172

Price:

$32.95

• About
• Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Measuring Economic Performance
  • Introduction
  • 1.1 Bumpy Landing: Rough Ride Continues as Economy Slows John Miller
  • 1.2 Missing Jobs Still LostJohn Miller
  • 1.3 THe Growth Consensus UnravelsJonathan Rowe
  • 1.4 Wages for Housework: The Movement and the NumbersLena Graber and John Miller
  • 1.5 War Spending Placed Above Domestic PrioritiesMonique Morrisey
  • 1.6 Tax Cuts for the Rich or Public Programs for Everyone?Michelle Sheehan
• Chapter 2: Wealth, Inequality, and Poverty
  • Introduction
  • 2.1 Slicing Up at the Long Barbeque James M. Cypher
  • 2.2 What’s good for Wal-Mart John Miller
  • 2.3 The Costco Alternative Esther Cervantes
  • 2.4 Measures of PovertyEllen Frank
  • 2.5 Access to Paid Sick Days Vastly UnequalElise Gould
  • 2.6 Education and IncarcerationWill Goldberg
  • 2.7 The Death of Horatio AlgerPaul Krugman
  • 2.8 America's Growing Fringe Economy Howard Karger
  • 2.9 Geese, Golden Eggs, and Traps: Why Inequality is Bad for the EconomyChris Tilly
  • 2.10 Transforming the Engines of Inequality William Greider
  • 2.11 Rich and Poor in the Global Economy Interview with Bob Sutcliffe
• Chapter 3: Savings and Investment
  • Introduction
  • 3.1 Boosting Investment: The Overrated Influence of Interest Rates Gretchen McClain and Randy Albelda
  • 3.2 The Dow High and Stock Ownership Sylvia Allegretto
  • 3.3 Who Decides Stock Prices? Ellen Frank
  • 3.4 The Homeownership Myth Howard Karger
  • 3.5 Stormier Weather John Miller
  • 3.6 Burlington Busts the Affordable Housing Debate Daniel Fireside
  • 3.7 Labor's Capital: Putting Pension Wealth to Work for Workers Adria Scharf
• Chapter 4: Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt
  • Introduction
  • 4.1 Tax Cut Time Bomb Adria Scharf
  • 4.2 The Double Taxation of Corporations Ramaa Vasudevan
  • 4.3 Mind Boggling Inequality John Miller
  • 4.4 The Tax Cut Con Paul Krugman
  • 4.5 Social Security isn't Broken Doug Orr
  • 4.6 The Social Security Administration's Cracked Crystal Ball John Miller
  • 4.7 African Americans and Social Security William Spriggs
  • 4.8 The Opposite of Insurance James Woolman
  • 4.9 The Case Against Privatizing National Security Ann Markusen
• Chapter 5: Monetary Policy and Financial Markets
  • Introduction
  • 5.1 What is Money? Doug Orr
  • 5.2 The Decline of the Dollar System James K. Galbraith
  • 5.3 Focus on the Fed Doug Orr and Ellen Frank
  • 5.4 How do Fiscal and Monetary Policy Compare? Arthur MacEwan
  • 5.5 The Fed and America's Distorted Expansion Thomas I. Palley
  • 5.6 The Fed and the International Banking ConspiracyArthur MacEwan
  • 5.7 (Mis) Understanding a Banking Industry in Transition William K. Black
  • 5.8 Chase: A Bank for the New Century? Joseph Pluta
  • 5.9 Transforming the Fed Robert Pollin
• Chapter 6: Unemployment and Inflation
  • Introduction
  • 6.1 The "Natural Rate" of Unemployment: It's All About Class Conflict Robert Pollin
  • 6.2 Raw Deal for Workers Chris Tilly
  • 6.3 Coming Clean on Class Conflict John Miller
  • 6.4 Outsized Offshore OutsourcingJohn Miller
  • 6.5 Black Workers Need More than an Economic Boom William M. Rodgers III
  • 6.6 Where is the North of Today? Attieno Davis
  • 6.7 The Relationship of Unemployment and Inflation Ramaa Vasudevan
• Chapter 7: Perspectives on Macroeconomic Policy
  • Introduction
  • 7.1 The Revenge of the Classics John Miller and Gina Neff
  • 7.2 What's Wrong with Neoliberalism? The Marx, Keynes, and Polanyi Problems Robert Pollin
  • 7.3 Life After Keynes Ellen Frank
  • 7.4 Opening Pandora's Box: The Basics of Marxist Economics Alejandro Reuss
  • 7.5 Under the Margins: Feminist Economists Look at Gender and Poverty Randy Albelda
  • 7.6 Marxian Class Analysis and Economics Richard Wolff
• Chapter 8: International Trade and Finance
  • Introduction
  • 8.1 What is Globalization? Arthur MacEwan
  • 8.2 The Gospel of Free Trade: The New Evangelists Arthur MacEwan
  • 8.3 Comparative Advantage Ramaa Vasudevan
  • 8.4 Understanding the Trade Deficit Arthur MacEwan
  • 8.5 Inequality Worsens Across Asia John Miller
  • 8.6 Dollar Anxiety John Miller
  • 8.7 The Social Cost of Neoliberalism in China Stephen Philion
  • 8.8 Wolfowitz and the World Bank Larry Peterson
  • 8.9 Women of NAFTA Martha A. Ojeda
  • 8.10 Nike to the Rescue? John Miller
  • 8.11 Is it Oil? Arthur MacEwan
  • 8.12 Fair Trade and Farm Subsidies: How Big a Deal? Two Views
  • Make Trade Fair Gawain KripkeFalse Promises on Trade Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
• Contributors