Description: The globalized world economy is more important than ever before. This book provides a clear and up-to-date look at the economic foundations of international economics. Through accessible language and attractive presentation with abundant full-colour diagrams and graphs incorporating contemporary trade data, the authors explain the principal concepts in an engaging manner open to students from any discipline. Throughout, economic models are discussed in the context of recent and current international trade issues to ensure students gain a concrete understanding and see how the field impacts the real world. Written for upper undergraduate courses, the book includes feature boxes that marry theory and economics in practice to show models applied, a featured real-world application for every chapter, and over 240 end of chapter questions help students fully engage with and consolidate their learning. Online resources for instructors include a solutions manual, lecture slides and the book figures as jpgs.
Brief description: Menzie Chinn is Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a co-editor of the Journal of International Money and Finance, a Research Associate in the International Finance and Macroeconomics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal Reserve Board, the European Central Bank, and the Banque de France. He served as Senior Staff Economist for International Finance on the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2000-01). He is coauthor with Jeffry Frieden of Lost Decades: The Making of America's Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery (2011, W. W. Norton), and contributor to Econbrowser, a weblog devoted to current macroeconomic issues.
Review Quotes: 'At a time when globalization is under threat everywhere, a clear and simple analysis of the effects of international trade and finance - who gains, who loses, what risks are created and reduced, and what policies are best on balance - grounded in good theory, and supported by data relevant to today's world, is essential. Chinn and Irwin provide that in this outstanding new textbook. I wish it was required reading for the general public, not just for classroom use.' Avinash Dixit, Princeton University