Biographical note: BarroRobert: Robert J. Barro is Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and has written widely on macroeconomic and monetary economics. He is the author of Macroeconomics and the editor of Modern Business Cycle Theory.

"Setting macroeconomic policy is especially difficult in fragile states. Macroeconomic Policy in Fragile States addresses the many issues involved and considers ways to improve the effectiveness of macroeconomic management in the face of these constraints."

Introduction: Time and Economic Policy -- Intertemporal Choices, Information, and Opportunity Sets: The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy -- Thinking Outside the Box: Giancarlo Marini, A Rigorous Eclectic Economist -- Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Debt Dynamics: (Re-)Assessing the Intertemporal...