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Daron Acemoglu is Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a BA in economics from the University of York, an MSc in mathematical economics and econometrics from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.

 

He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association, and the Society of Labor Economists. Acemoglu has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the inaugural T. W. Schultz Prize from the University of Chicago in 2004, the inaugural Sherwin Rosen Award for outstanding contribution to labor economics in 2004, the Distinguished Science Award from the Turkish Sciences Association in 2006, and the John von Neumann Award, Rajk College, Budapes

Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

1. The Principles and Practice of Economics

2. Economic Methods and Economic Questions

3. Optimization: Doing the Best You Can

4. Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium

PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS

5. Consumers and Incentives

6. Sellers and Incentives

7. Perfect Competition and the Invisible Hand

8. Trade

9. Externalities and Public Goods

10. The Government in the Economy: Taxation and Regulation

11. Markets for Factors of Production

PART III: MARKET STRUCTURE

12. Monopoly

13. Game Theory and Strategic Play

14. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition

PART IV: EXTENDING THE MICROECONOMIC TOOLBOX

15. Trade-offs Involving Time and Risk

16. The Economics of Information

17. Auctions and Bargaining

18. Social Economics

PART V: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS

19. The Wealth of Nations: Defining and Measuring Macroeconomic Aggregates

20. Aggregate Incomes

PART VI: LONG-RUN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

21. Economic Growth

22. Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?

PART VII: EQUILIBRIUM IN THE MACROECONOMY

23. Employment and Unemployment

24. Credit Markets

25. The Monetary System

PART VIII: SHORT-RUN FLUCTUATIONS AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY

26. Short-Run Fluctuations

27. Countercyclical Macroeconomic Policy

PART IX: MACROECONOMICS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

28. Macroeconomics and International Trade

29. Open Economy Macroeconomics

CHAPTERS ON THE WEB

1. Financial Decision Making

2. Economics of Life, Health, and the Environment

3. Political Economy

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      Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
      Publication Date: 11/07/2017
      ISBN13: 9780134492063, 978-0134492063
      ISBN10: 0134492064
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Daron Acemoglu is Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a BA in economics from the University of York, an MSc in mathematical economics and econometrics from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.

       

      He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association, and the Society of Labor Economists. Acemoglu has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the inaugural T. W. Schultz Prize from the University of Chicago in 2004, the inaugural Sherwin Rosen Award for outstanding contribution to labor economics in 2004, the Distinguished Science Award from the Turkish Sciences Association in 2006, and the John von Neumann Award, Rajk College, Budapes

      Table of Contents

      PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

      1. The Principles and Practice of Economics

      2. Economic Methods and Economic Questions

      3. Optimization: Doing the Best You Can

      4. Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium

      PART II: FOUNDATIONS OF MICROECONOMICS

      5. Consumers and Incentives

      6. Sellers and Incentives

      7. Perfect Competition and the Invisible Hand

      8. Trade

      9. Externalities and Public Goods

      10. The Government in the Economy: Taxation and Regulation

      11. Markets for Factors of Production

      PART III: MARKET STRUCTURE

      12. Monopoly

      13. Game Theory and Strategic Play

      14. Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition

      PART IV: EXTENDING THE MICROECONOMIC TOOLBOX

      15. Trade-offs Involving Time and Risk

      16. The Economics of Information

      17. Auctions and Bargaining

      18. Social Economics

      PART V: INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS

      19. The Wealth of Nations: Defining and Measuring Macroeconomic Aggregates

      20. Aggregate Incomes

      PART VI: LONG-RUN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

      21. Economic Growth

      22. Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?

      PART VII: EQUILIBRIUM IN THE MACROECONOMY

      23. Employment and Unemployment

      24. Credit Markets

      25. The Monetary System

      PART VIII: SHORT-RUN FLUCTUATIONS AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY

      26. Short-Run Fluctuations

      27. Countercyclical Macroeconomic Policy

      PART IX: MACROECONOMICS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY

      28. Macroeconomics and International Trade

      29. Open Economy Macroeconomics

      CHAPTERS ON THE WEB

      1. Financial Decision Making

      2. Economics of Life, Health, and the Environment

      3. Political Economy

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