Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549873
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Introducing Students to the Competing Schools of Thought in Intermediate Macroeconomics.
Smith, Harlan M., II
Journal of Economic Education, v28 n3 p206-21 Sum 1997
Illustrates how, using introductory-level microeconomic models, an instructor can show various economic theorists' explanations of short run employment and output fluctuations. Identifies the competing schools of thought as old Keynesian, new Keynesian, and new Classical (which includes real business cycle theorists). Includes illustrative graphs for each model. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Causal Models, Course Content, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Employment, Fundamental Concepts, Intellectual Development, Intellectual Disciplines, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Scholarship, Social Indicators, Social Science Research, Social Scientists, Social Theories, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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