"Presents the empirical data of business cycles and the theories that economists have developed to explain and prevent them, and considers case studies of recessions and depressions in the United States and internationally"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-373) and index.

Part I. The facts of business cycles : Why study business cycles? -- Describing business cycles -- Part II. Macroeconomic theories of business cycles : Early business cycle theories -- Keynes's and Keynesian theory -- Austrian economics -- The monetarist model -- The rational expectations model -- Real business cycle models -- New Keynesian models -- Part III. Financial instability and forecasting : Models of credit and financial instability -- Beliefs, behavior, bubbles, and banking crises -- Macroeconomic forecasting -- Part IV. Business cycles in the United States : The Great Depression -- Postwar business cycles -- Part V. Modern international recessions and depressions : The East Asian crisis and the I.M.F. -- The Great Recession in Japan -- Sovereign debt crises and the Euro-Zone -- The global financial crisis of 2008 -- Conclusions : What we know and do not know about business cycles.

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