Introduction to modern economic growth
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Daron Acemoglu gives graduate students not only the tools to analyze growth & related macroeconomic problems, but also the broad perspective necessary to apply those tools to the big-picture questions of growth & divergence. He also introduces the economic & mathematical foundations of modern growth theory & macroeconomics.
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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 a rapidly changing field. To get a sense of the geography, you might find it useful…
on “Ask HN: Getting a grip on economics” ↗…way some place like Penguin Random House is going to even look at that manuscript. The same author may approach different publishers depending on their intended audience. e.g. Daron Acemoglu published "Introduction to Modern Economic Growth" with Princeton but "Why Nations Fail" with Crown (a division of Penguin RandomHouse).
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