عنوان

Learning macroeconomic principles using MAPLE

(Number (ISBN

1606495305

(Number (ISBN

9781606495308

Number

b580574

Title Proper

Learning macroeconomic principles using MAPLE

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Hal W. Snarr.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Business Expert Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series Title

Economics collection.

Text of Note

1. How to Use MAPLE --; 2. Foundations of macroeconomics --; 3. Aggregate expenditure --; 4. The aggregate market model --; 5. Fiscal policy --; 6. Monetary policy --; 7. What have we learned? --; About the author --; References --; Index.

Text of Note

Economics has been dubbed the "dismal science" since Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase in 1849. The 2008 presidential candidate who said, "Economics is something that I've really never understood," probably sides with this view. So, why is economics so dismal to so many? Is it because it has become too mathematical? Is it because traditional textbooks fail to connect topics and models in a concise, cohesive, and meaningful way? Is it because the computer simulations that are used to teach economic principles "stifle students' imagination, contribute to a dependent learning style, and fail to stimulate interest in the subject matter" (Wetzstein 1988)? Or, is it because economists from different schools of economic thought rarely agree on anything? This book uses MAPLE and the simulation models that I developed in Learning Basic Macroeconomics (2014) to make teaching or learning economics not so dismal. MAPLE is ideally suited for this because it allows users to assemble and systematically combine the various models that form the aggregate market model, frees users from doing tedious calculations and algebraic manipulations, and is as easy to use as Microsoft Word. Building and analyzing the macroeconomic model using MAPLE is a fun way to learn the dismal science.

Macroeconomics -- Computer simulation.

Maple (Computer file)

Hal W. Snarr.

Hal W Snarr

Electronic name

[Book]

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