Download or read book Contemporary Economic Issues: Macroeconomics and finance written by International Economic Association. World Congress and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first sight, this volume, which contains chapters covering topics ranging from economic methodology through central bank independence to pension systems, might be viewed as a potpourri of largely unrelated issues. Yet these chapters, written by leading researchers in their respective fields, dispel this notion, illustrating the ongoing merger process between hitherto quite separate economic sub-disciplines.