Macroeconomics ― A Text of Critical Reconstruction

Macroeconomics is fundamental to our understanding of how the world functions today. But too often our understanding is based on orthodox, canonized analysis. In this rule-breaking book, Ben Fine provides an engaging, heterodox primer for those interested in an alternative to mainstream macroeconomic theory and history. From classical theory to the Keynesian revolution and more modern forms including the Monetarist counter-revolution, New Classical Fundamentalism, and New Consensus Macroeconomics, Fine rigorously and comprehensively lays out the theories of mainstream economists, warts and all.Macroeconomics will be perfect for students as well as those looking for a new way to understand our increasingly complicated economic system.

Ben Fine is professor of economics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He is the co-author ofMarx’s Capital, also published by Pluto Press, and From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics.