Modern Financial Macroeconomics takes a non-technical approach in examining the role that financial markets and institutions play in shaping outcomes in the modern macro economy.

• Reviews historical and contemporary macroeconomic theory
  
• Examines governmental influence on moderating (or exacerbating) economic fluctuations
  
• Discusses both empirical and theoretical links between financial systems and economic performance, as well as case studies detailing the role of finance in specific business cycle episodes