Books written by John F. McDonald

  • Urban Economics and Real Estate: Theory and Policy

    It is generally agreed that both the development and the adoption of new technology depends upon: John Kenneth Galbraith, the most popular interpreter of the U.S. economy of the 1950s, also wrote that oligopoly would foster technical ...

  • Urban America

    Levitt, Steven, and Stephen Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores ... Black-White Income Differentials: Empirical Studies and Policy Implications. New York: Academic Press, 1975. Mayer, Susan. “How Much Does a High School's ...

  • Postwar Urban America: Demography, Economics, and Social Policies

    Levitt, Steven, and Stephen Dubner. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden ... Mayer, Susan.®How Much Does aHigh School«s Racial and SocioeconomicMix Affect Graduationand TeenageFertility Rates? ̄ InThe Urban Underclass, ...

  • Rethinking Macroeconomics: An introduction

    An introduction John F. McDonald. (last but not least) ... Our next example is Maury Harris, a very experienced forecaster who has just published an excellent book (2015) on how to make and use forecasts. He earned the PhD in economics ...

  • Rethinking Macroeconomics: An introduction

    The Hicks–Hansen version of Keynesian theory John R. Hicks (1937) read the General Theory carefully, and invented the graphical presentation that has been used to teach students ever since then. This section presents this more advanced ...

  • Postwar Urban America: Demography, Economics, and Social Policies

    Perhaps the most influential single study of that time was an article by John F. Kain (1968) titled “Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization.” Kain introduced his study with the following: This paper ...

  • Chicago: An economic history

    An economic history John F. McDonald ... Meyer, Kain, and Wohl (1965) included some discussion of race, housing, employment, and transportation, but it was Kain (1968) who wrote the most influential study that succeeds in bringing ...

  • Staying Strong

    Staying Strong

  • Rethinking Macroeconomics: A History of Economic Thought Perspective

    This is the ideal complement to any introductory macroeconomics textbook and is ideally suited for undergraduate students who have completed a principles of economics course.

  • Urban Economics and Real Estate: Theory and Policy

    Given the rapidly changing empirical side of urban demography, the text is accompanied by a website with new examples added annually and various discussions/tips about the latest data sets that become available.

  • The Science of Genetics

    This first-edition text clearly presents the fundamental principles of genetics, with an emphasis on the problem-solving skills crucial to understanding the complexity of genetics.

  • Fundamentals of Urban Economics

    For Urban and Regional Economics courses. This is the first modern text in urban economics that emphasizes urban economic growth. It approaches the various aspects of urban economics as part...

  • Economic Analysis of an Urban Housing Market

    Economic Analysis of an Urban Housing Market