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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas J. SargentPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: Third Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780691158709ISBN 10: 0691158703 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 05 May 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. a*Contents, pg. vii*List of Figures, pg. xi*List of Tables, pg. xiii*Acknowledgements, pg. xv*Preface to the Third Edition, pg. xvii*Preface to the Second Edition, pg. xix*Preface to the First Edition, pg. xxi*1. Rational Expectations and the Reconstruction of Macroeconomics, pg. 1*2. Reaganomics and Credibility, pg. 17*3. The Ends of Four Big Inflations, pg. 38*4. Stopping Moderate Inflations: The Methods of Poincare and Thatcher, pg. 111*5. Some Unpleasant Monetarist Arithmetic, pg. 162*6. Interpreting the Reagan Deficits, pg. 197*7. Speculations about the Speculation against the Hong Kong Dollar, pg. 211*8. Six Essays in Persuasion, pg. 228*9. Macroeconomic Features of the French Revolution, pg. 248*10. United States Then, Europe Now, pg. 297*References, pg. 339*Author Index, pg. 357*Subject Index, pg. 361ReviewsThomas J. Sargent, Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics In Rational Expectations and Inflation, Sargent provides a consistent way to think about the relationship between a government and its central bank... [I]t is the best exposition of what monetary policy is all about, at this mostly nontechnical level, of which I know... Rational Expectations and Inflation on the whole remains fresh, stimulating and informative. --Edward J. Green, The Region Sargent's interpretation of the hyperinflations is not new. What is new and important is his explicit use of the terminology and constructs of the theory of rational expectations. That terminology and those constructs clearly offer an illuminating way to analyze these complex events... Whether you agree or disagree with Sargent's interpretation of specific historical episodes, you will get a better understanding of both the theory of rational expectations and the interrelations of monetary and fiscal policy from this imaginative, analytically subtle, and lucidly written book. --Milton Friedman, Journal of Political Economy In Rational Expectations and Inflation, Sargent provides a consistent way to think about the relationship between a government and its central bank... [I]t is the best exposition of what monetary policy is all about, at this mostly nontechnical level, of which I know... Rational Expectations and Inflation on the whole remains fresh, stimulating and informative. -- Edward J. Green The Region Sargent's interpretation of the hyperinflations is not new. What is new and important is his explicit use of the terminology and constructs of the theory of rational expectations. That terminology and those constructs clearly offer an illuminating way to analyze these complex events... Whether you agree or disagree with Sargent's interpretation of specific historical episodes, you will get a better understanding of both the theory of rational expectations and the interrelations of monetary and fiscal policy from this imaginative, analytically subtle, and lucidly written book. -- Milton Friedman Journal of Political Economy Author InformationThomas J. Sargent is professor of economics at New York University. His books include Robustness and The Big Problem of Small Change (both Princeton). He was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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