Hendrik Van den Berg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US

• Contents:PART I A FIRST GLANCE AT OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM1 Alternative Perspectives on the Economic System2 Measuring Production and Human Well-Being3 People and Households4 Production and the Business Firm5 The Roles of Government in the Economy6 Money and the Financial Sector of the EconomyPART II MACROECONOMIC MODELS7 Macroeconomic Modeling8 The Classical Macroeconomic Model9 The Marxian Macroeconomic Model10 The Keynesian ModelPART III MACROECONOMIC POLICY11 Keynesian Macroeconomic Policy12 Inequality and Instability: A Post Keynesian Response13 Macroeconomic Policy and our EcosystemPART IV EXTENSIONS OF MACROECONOMICS14 The Open Macroeconomy15 Economic Growth and Economic ChangeIndex

‘A Pluralistic Introduction to Macroeconomics is an extraordinary achievement. It is simultaneously critical and constructive. Three absolutely standout features are: (1) the presentation of Keynesian economics, which revives and captures many of the crucial and challenging original insights of Keynes that had been dropped in recent decades; (2) the treatment of macroeconomics and the ecosystem; and (3) appreciation for how business institutions shape the macroeconomy, which draws heavily on the thought of Thorstein Veblen. Van den Berg gives students the tools to think for themselves and provides many opportunities to exercise these new skills.’

Hendrik Van den Berg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US

• Contents:PART I A FIRST GLANCE AT OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM1 Alternative Perspectives on the Economic System2 Measuring Production and Human Well-Being3 People and Households4 Production and the Business Firm5 The Roles of Government in the Economy6 Money and the Financial Sector of the EconomyPART II MACROECONOMIC MODELS7 Macroeconomic Modeling8 The Classical Macroeconomic Model9 The Marxian Macroeconomic Model10 The Keynesian ModelPART III MACROECONOMIC POLICY11 Keynesian Macroeconomic Policy12 Inequality and Instability: A Post Keynesian Response13 Macroeconomic Policy and our EcosystemPART IV EXTENSIONS OF MACROECONOMICS14 The Open Macroeconomy15 Economic Growth and Economic ChangeIndex

‘A Pluralistic Introduction to Macroeconomics is an extraordinary achievement. It is simultaneously critical and constructive. Three absolutely standout features are: (1) the presentation of Keynesian economics, which revives and captures many of the crucial and challenging original insights of Keynes that had been dropped in recent decades; (2) the treatment of macroeconomics and the ecosystem; and (3) appreciation for how business institutions shape the macroeconomy, which draws heavily on the thought of Thorstein Veblen. Van den Berg gives students the tools to think for themselves and provides many opportunities to exercise these new skills.’

Hendrik Van den Berg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US

• Contents:PART I A FIRST GLANCE AT OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM1 Alternative Perspectives on the Economic System2 Measuring Production and Human Well-Being3 People and Households4 Production and the Business Firm5 The Roles of Government in the Economy6 Money and the Financial Sector of the EconomyPART II MACROECONOMIC MODELS7 Macroeconomic Modeling8 The Classical Macroeconomic Model9 The Marxian Macroeconomic Model10 The Keynesian ModelPART III MACROECONOMIC POLICY11 Keynesian Macroeconomic Policy12 Inequality and Instability: A Post Keynesian Response13 Macroeconomic Policy and our EcosystemPART IV EXTENSIONS OF MACROECONOMICS14 The Open Macroeconomy15 Economic Growth and Economic ChangeIndex

‘A Pluralistic Introduction to Macroeconomics is an extraordinary achievement. It is simultaneously critical and constructive. Three absolutely standout features are: (1) the presentation of Keynesian economics, which revives and captures many of the crucial and challenging original insights of Keynes that had been dropped in recent decades; (2) the treatment of macroeconomics and the ecosystem; and (3) appreciation for how business institutions shape the macroeconomy, which draws heavily on the thought of Thorstein Veblen. Van den Berg gives students the tools to think for themselves and provides many opportunities to exercise these new skills.’