"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."

This book examines economic policies utilized within Southeast Europe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering countries both within and outside the European Union, the human and economic cost of the pandemic is calculated using macroeconomic models from a short and longer term...

The impacts of the 2008 financial crisis on China / John Whalley -- How can the G20 better support global governance? A Chinese perspective / Yuyan Zhang and Huifang Tian -- The Chinese savings rate: causes and implications for imbalances / Yuezhou Cai and Tongsan Wang -- Labour market reform,...

As we tour the 400 year history of capitalism through its various phases of development, financial system instability is always there lurking in the shadows. The historical record attests that the processes of aggregating capital for real investment are inescapably vulnerable to risk, manic...

Introduction -- Emerging markets perspectives on G-20 led financial reforms -- Global Finance Ten Years after the Global Financial Crisis -- Where is the US trade policy headed under the Trump Administration? -- Trade, Investment, and the Multilateral Trading System -- Technological Change and...

Contents: Introduction -- 1. Several Central Debates in Development Macroeconomics -- 2. Key Principles of Macroeconomics -- 3. Giving Space to the Public Sector -- 4. The Domestic Economy and the Rest of the World -- 5. A Reform to Remove the External Constraint -- 6. Macroeconomic Strategies...