This book is primarily a critical survey of small-case, theoretical macro models that attempts to analyze the cyclical behavior of modern economies. The authors emphasize the role of the labor market, which is treated very differently in such models. They show how the development of business...

This book is based on three themes: the business cycle, re- gime switching and wages. Each term is linked to the other in a simple and direct way. The business cycle is the main topic, regime switching is a device to generate cycles, and wages is the point of view from which the analysis is...

Few periods in history compare to the Great Depression. Stock market crashes, bread lines, bank runs, and wild currency speculation were worldwide phenomena--all occurring with war looming in the background. This period has provided economists with a marvelous laboratory for studying the links...