Champ B., Freeman S., Haslag J. Modeling Monetary Economies

Cambridge University Press, 2011. – 358 p. – 3rd ed. – ISBN: 1107003490, 9781107003491The approach of this text is to teach monetary economics using the classical paradigm of rational agents in a market setting. Too often monetary economics has been taught as a collection of facts about existing institutions for students to memorize. By teaching from first principles instead, the authors aim to instruct students not only in the monetary policies and institutions that exist today in the United States and Canada, but also in what policies and institutions may or should exist tomorrow and elsewhere. The text builds on a simple, clear monetary model and applies this framework consistently to a wide variety of monetary questions. The authors have added in this third edition new material on money as a means of replacing imperfect social record keeping, the role of currency in banking panics, and a description of the policies implemented to deal with the banking crises that began in 2007.Money:
A simple model of money
Barter and commodity money
Inflation
International monetary systems
Price surprises
Banking:
Capital
Liquidity and financial intermediation
Central banking and the money supply
Money stock fluctuations
Fully backed central bank money
The payments system
Bank risk
Liquidity risk and bank panics
Government Debt:
Deficits and the national debt
Savings and investment
The effect of the national debt on capital and savings
The temptation of inflation.