To the Student<br > Professors of economics commonly observe that their students are able to master<br > macroeconomic concepts when those concepts are discussed in purely formal<br > terms, but that they have trouble applying their new knowledge to an<br > understanding of current economic events. The purpose of this Casebook is to help<br > you develop your ability to apply the concepts and models you are learning to real-<br > world issues. This skill will broaden your understanding during the course and<br > give you insights into current events beyond the course.<br > The Casebook contains twenty-seven recent articles about macroeconomic<br > issues drawn from The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,<br > and The New York Times. Each article raises issues that you can analyze using<br > the models in the corresponding chapter of N. Gregory Mankiw s Macroeconomics.<br > The articles concern noteworthy current events, many of which will still be under<br > discussion when you use this Casebook. However, even those that become less<br >topical will still provide valuable opportunities to analyze real-world issues using<br >the tools of macroeconomics.<br > Each case begins with a short Introduction that places the article in the<br >context of the textbook chapter. Following the article, an Analysis section dis-<br >cusses the issues presented in the article, with an emphasis on those that relate<br >directly to the textbook material. Finally, there are two sets of questions. The first<br >set, Questions for Review, checks whether you have understood the article s key<br >points. The second set, Discussion Questions, probes more deeply by asking you to<br >use material from the Mankiw book to think about issues raised in the article that<br >have not been addressed in the Analysis section of the case.<br > I am indebted to a number of people who aided in the development and<br >production of this Casebook. Paul Shensa at Worth Publishers encouraged me to<br >write the Casebook and gave me valuable advice on its structure, and Timothy<br >Prairie did a terrific job turning my manuscript into this book. David Weil of<br >Brown University, Samuel Kortum of Boston University, and Andrew John of<br >Michigan State University read early drafts and suggested a number of improve-<br >ments. Ranya Dajani was invaluable in helping to locate good cases, as well as in<br >proofreading the final manuscript. Most importantly, Greg Mankiw inspired me to<br >do this Casebook by writing an outstanding textbook, and he suggested innum-<br >erable improvements to early drafts.<br > Jeffrey A. Miron<br > June 1992<br >
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从内容深度的角度来看,我非常看重一部案例集是否能提供足够的批判性思维的触发点。我不太喜欢那种“标准答案式”的分析,而是倾向于那些能引发争议、促使我站在不同学派立场上去权衡利弊的材料。这本书的案例选择,似乎非常具有策略性,它们往往聚焦于那些没有完美解决方案的政策困境。我注意到一些案例的描述,在陈述了背景和采取的措施之后,留下了大量的开放性问题,这无疑是教科书的最高境界——它迫使读者走出被动接受知识的舒适区,转而主动构建自己的分析框架。这种“引导式”的提问和案例设置,对于培养未来经济学研究者或分析师而言,无疑是至关重要的训练,它考验的不是你记住了多少理论,而是你如何应用理论去解决真实世界中纠缠不清的问题。
评分初次接触这类宏观经济学的案例分析集时,我最关心的就是它在理论与实践之间的平衡点如何把握。我希望它不仅仅是枯燥的公式堆砌,而是能提供真实世界中经济现象的剖析。尽管我还没有完全消化完所有案例,但从目录和章节结构来看,它似乎巧妙地将复杂的经济模型与现实中的政策制定、市场波动案例紧密地结合在了一起。这种编排方式暗示着,作者群显然深谙教学的精髓——即理论只有在被应用到具体的历史背景或当前困境中时,才能真正被吸收和理解。我期待它能带领我穿梭于不同的经济周期,观察利率决策、财政扩张如何影响失业率和通胀,而不是仅仅停留在黑板上的抽象推演。如果它能成功地做到这一点,那么这本书的价值将远超普通教材,成为我们理解全球经济脉络的绝佳向导。
评分最后,谈谈这本书在作为“案例工具”的适用性和持久性。在快速变化的宏观经济学领域,知识的更新速度令人咋舌。我希望能找到一本既能打下坚实基础,又不会因为时效性太强而迅速过时的书籍。从目前的观察来看,这本书的案例似乎更侧重于那些具有经典意义的经济事件和结构性问题,比如特定时期的滞胀现象、货币政策的长期效应等,这些核心议题的分析框架是具有跨越时代的价值的。这意味着,即使五年后新的数据出现,我们用来分析这些“老问题”所建立的思维模型,依然是有效的。它似乎更像是一本武功秘籍的“心法篇”,而非仅仅是记录某一次具体战斗的战报,这种对基础方法论的强调,是我认为任何一本优秀的经济学参考书必须具备的特质。
评分这本书的封面设计和装帧质量给我留下了深刻的印象,那种经典的教科书风格,让人一眼就能感受到其内容的严谨与专业性。我记得当时在书店里翻阅的时候,厚实的纸张和清晰的印刷字体就让我对阅读体验充满了期待。整体来看,它给人的感觉是非常“可靠”的,就像一本值得信赖的工具书,而不是那种花里胡哨、内容轻浮的读物。尤其是侧边书脊的处理,在大量翻阅后依然能保持平整,这对于经常需要查阅资料的学生来说,是一个非常实用的优点。虽然我还没深入研究具体章节,但仅凭外在的质感,我就能预感到这是一部能够经受住时间考验的学术材料。它没有采用时下流行的那种轻薄、追求视觉冲击力的设计,反而坚守了学术书籍应有的沉稳和内敛,这种对传统的尊重,恰恰是衡量一部专业参考书价值的重要标准之一。它似乎在无声地向读者宣告:“我不是用来快速浏览的,我是用来深入学习和反复研讨的。”
评分翻开内页,阅读的流畅度成为了一个关键的衡量指标。很多专业书籍的排版往往过于拥挤,术语和图表挤在一起,让人读起来心生畏惧。然而,这本书的版面设计明显考虑到了读者的“阅读疲劳”问题。每页的留白适中,段落之间的间距也处理得当,使得即便是面对大段的经济学论述,眼睛也不会那么快感到酸涩。特别是那些需要仔细推敲的图表部分,它们的清晰度和标注的详尽程度,让我感到非常满意。这表明编者在将原本复杂的图示转化为易于理解的视觉信息时,投入了大量的精力。对于需要反复对照文字和图表进行逻辑梳理的读者而言,这种细致入微的排版设计,实际上极大地提升了学习效率,让复杂的概念不再显得那么高不可攀,而是变得触手可及。
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