"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Firms as market participants -- Households as market participants -- Summarizing the behavior and constraints of firms and households -- The simple neoclassical macroeconomic model (without government or depository institutions) -- Empirical macroeconomics: traditional approaches and time series models -- The neoclassical model -- The "Keynesian model" with fixed money wage: modifying the neoclassical model -- The Lucas model.