Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. A Survey of Macroeconomic Trouble Spots 3. Trade Theory and the Problem of Unemployment 4. Unemployment and Monetary Policy 5. Policy Implications of the Downturn in Japan 6. Macroeconomic Policy Dilemmas in the United States 7. Maastricht and the Issue of European Monetary Union 8. Problems in the Former Communist Countries 9. Observations on the So-Called Third World 10. Reflections on the International Monetary System 11. Third Robbins Memorial Lecture: Is All That European Unemployment Necessary? Index

About the Author

Edited by the late Randall Hinshaw, formerly Professor of Economics Emeritus, The Claremont Graduate School, US

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'This book is an interesting read. . . It is topical, covering a variety of the "big questions" facing the global economy as it approaches the end of the millennium. . . Much of it is also witty, which makes this book a pleasure to read.'