Macroeconomics for Professionals: A Guide for Analysts and Those Who Need to Understand Them

by Leslie Lipschitz, Susan Schadler

Understanding macroeconomic developments and policies in the twenty-first century is daunting: policy-makers face the combined challenges of supporting economic activity and employment, keeping inflation low and risks of financial crises at bay, and navigating the ever-tighter linkages of globalization. Many professionals face demands to evaluate the implications of developments and policies for their business, financial, or public policy decisions. Macroeconomics for Professionals provides a concise, rigorous, yet intuitive framework for assessing a country's macroeconomic outlook and policies. Drawing on years of experience at the International Monetary Fund, Leslie Lipschitz and Susan Schadler have created an operating manual for professional applied economists and all those required to evaluate economic analysis.

Genres: Economics, Finance, Business

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 24, 2019

Reviews

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not exactly a page-turner but it does its job. Read this for work, it was handy -- I had studied econ but sometimes there's gap between theory and policy. I think it'll be handy, though honestly I think some parts I looked at, rather than truly absorbed.

I'll stop here. Nobody is reading my review of an econ handbook. I'm surprised I even wrote it.

[Jeroen Veen · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be honest, I did not realise that this is literally a study book used in classes. Nevertheless it's still readable for the interested individuals and full of information

[Isaac Chan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fuck bro I got so lost reading this, beyond the first few general pointers of each chapter. Made me realize that maybe professional/ practitioner macro isn't awfully easier than academic macro.

The authors also cut things pretty dry.

[Richard Marney · Rating 3 out of 5]

A helpful book for advanced undergraduates or non-economists to understand how and why experienced professionals like the authors approach their work as they do.