Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook

<p>Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science free from value judgements. This book demonstrates this to be a myth - one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland but also dangerously misleading in their justification of the status quo and neglect of alternatives. <p/>In this much-needed companion volume to the popular <i>Microeconomics Anti-Textbook</i> Tony Myatt reveals how the blind spots and methodological problems present in microeconomics continue to exert their influence in mainstream macroeconomics. From a flawed conception of the labour market to a Pollyana view of the financial sector macroeconomic principles as they are set out in conventional undergraduate textbooks consistently fail to set out a realistic useful or equitable framework for understanding the world. <p/>By summarising and then critically evaluating the major topics found in a typical macroeconomics textbook the Anti-Textbook lays bare their sins of omission and commission showing where hidden value judgements are made and when contrary evidence and alternative theories are ignored. <i>The Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook</i> is the student's essential guide to decoding mainstream macroeconomic textbooks and demonstrating how real-world economics are much more interesting than most economists are willing to let on.</p>