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Product Description This 18th edition of Real World Macro is a lively and thought-provoking supplement to introductory and intermediate macroeconomics textbooks. Real World Macro asks the questions that standard textbooks largely neglect: What's so great about growth? Is unemployment "natural"? What's so new about the "New Economy"? Along with covering the basics -- monetary and fiscal policy, productivity and investment, inflation and unemployment -- this edition includes a chapter on major controversies in macroeconomics, such as the legacy of Keynesianism in the United States and the basics of Marxist economic theory. Real World Macro's readable articles are drawn from the pages of Dollars & Sense, the bimonthly magazine of popular economics. From the Publisher The Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc. publishes Dollars & Sense, a bimonthly magazine that explains the workings of the U.S. and international economies and provides a progressive perspective on current economic affairs. It is edited and produced by a collective of economists, journalists, and activists who are committed to social justice and economic democracy. The Economic Affairs Bureau also publishes a series of easy-to-understand economics readers for classroom and general use. About the Author Ellen Frank, John Miller, and Alejandro Reuss are all members of the Dollars & Sense collective. Ellen Frank teaches economics at Emmanuel College. John Miller teaches economics at Wheaton College. Alejandro Reuss is a co-editor of Dollars & Sense magazine.