Advanced macroeconomics
by David Romer · first published 1996
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Revised topics in this textbook cover immigrants' wages, geography affecting income, cyclical income changes, credit limits and borrowing. Dozens of models help to illustrate numerous disagreements over answers to research questions.
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Having read threads here on economics I can confidently say, don't start by asking a technology forum. That said, Romer's Advanced Macroeconomics, Acemoğlu's Intro to Modern Economic Growth and Ljungqvist and Sargent's Recursive Macro Theory are good books. But if you want to be a good investor, just put your money into index funds. You'll easily…
on “Ask HN: How can I learn macroeconomics properly?” ↗You might want to try David Romer's Advanced Macroeconomics (a higher level undergrad text) or Acemoglu's Introduction to Modern Economic Growth (lower level grad text). From http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-452Spring-2007/Syllab... : Macroeconomics is…
on “Ask HN: Getting a grip on economics” ↗Re your question on economics books, I think Advanced Macroeconomics by David Romer could fit your bill. It goes a lot into why the math is the way it is (arguably more interesting, like another poster said). Modern macroeconomics is also built on microeconomics, and to…
on “Mathematical Introduction to Deep Learning: Methods, Implementations, and Theory” ↗Reading: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by Keynes. Studying: The Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts et al and Advanced Macroeconomics by Romer.
on “Ask HN: What are you learning?” ↗