The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets set the standard for money and banking courses when it published in its first edition, and it continues to be the worldwide market leader. By applying a unified analytical framework to the models, Mishkin makes theory intuitive for students, and the rich array of current, real-world events keeps students motivated. Authoritative, comprehensive, and flexible, the text is easy to integrate into a wide variety of syllabi, and its ancillaries provide complete support when teaching the course. This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States. The editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the globe to include: This edition continues to expand on the discussion of the current financial crisis.
Frederic Stanley "Rick" Mishkin is an American economist and professor at the Columbia Business School. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2006 to 2008.
Mishkin's research focuses on monetary policy and its impact on financial markets and the aggregate economy.
Almost broke my skull reading this, but it is probably one of the most useful economics textbooks out there.
I never thought I'd enjoy this course, but it has become my favorite this semester. Recommended for all who are interested in investment banking or economics in general.
The best economics book that I have read up to now. It was our assigned book for the course (ECON305: Money and Banking). We did not cover the whole book in the course, but after finishing the course I got enthusiastic about reading it fully. I really loved the topics of money and its role in the economy. Probably I will allocate some time to read it again :) I strongly recommend it for those who are interested in economics and finance, provided you have read books of principles of economics.
I really loved this book and class. I found out that I would really enjoy investment banking. Plus, I also realized how much I like Economics. It has made me excited about getting my Master's. I am looking forward to some more Econ classes next semester.
It's decent as a technical introduction to the workings of the banking and financial system. But Mishkin seems literally incapable of imagining any alternative institutional arrangements aside from the ones we have. He starts out by restating, uncritically, the base assumption behind what Schumpeter called "money theories of credit": that credit must be issued "against" some pre-existing stockpile of wealth, as opposed to simply coordinating different groups of producers advancing their production streams to one another, and that banks perform the necessary intermediary function of transforming "savings" into investment capital. Given this necessity, the Hamiltonian approach of the Paulson-Summers TARP (keeping investment assets from depreciating, so banks would lend against them) was also obviously necessary.
A good textbook overall. While a bit needlessly confusing in parts, this was a great companion to my macro class given by the author’s former colleague at the Fed. It’s quite pragmatic and fairly easy to understand when you have some background in the field.
This author seems to be very dissatisfied with China, and his real intention is to lead China down the same path as the Soviet Union. Once state-owned enterprises become privatized, it will give foreign capital an opportunity for control, which would have the same effect as Li Linfu in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he talks about per capita figures, looking at averages instead of modes, which is quite laughable. What the Chinese financial system needs is not reform, but to create a new system that is distinct from the Western one. However, this book serves as an excellent counterexample. After all, in strategy, it's crucial to know both yourself and your enemy, and this book provides a perspective on understanding the framework of Western economics. But this might be something they meticulously designed for other countries to see and thus mislead them. Their real thoughts are definitely not like this. China won't be foolish enough to let its thinking be led by the West; instead, it will turn the tables and use their own strategies against them.
I finished a course modeled around this book. It's a great primer towards building an understanding of how things are in the financial markets and the role of different stakeholders. But this book particularly shines at clearly illustrating and explaining the housing crisis, probably the best I've understood it. My only knock against the book is not following up with the proof & derivation of some formulas to see & intuitively process why they make sense.
A good textbook to understand the basic concepts in macroeconomics, the financial market and banking. While we read papers and general reading about money and macroeconomics, textbooks and review papers discipline our knowledge. It is a good textbook for understanding banking and money.
While this book is a good introduction for anyone interested in monetary economics, certain details regarding the theory are left out and can remove understanding behind the intuition of certain phenomena.
Read 12th Global edition (not in Goodreads). I read the chapters about interest rates, bonds and stocks. The explanations are very technical and the part about stocks is short.
The book is concise and easy to follow. It presents some fundamental theories and some striking (for me ) results. The beauty emerges when the theory and reality coincide.
If you are concerned about finance and investment, I think this is quite a useful source. It provided sufficient information yet with detailed analysis. In terms of economics, finance or investment matters, which I believe form the concern for a majority of audience, in my opinion, Mishkin compiled a comprehensive and qualified publication. I think you shall not hesitate to refer to it in order to sharpen comprehension of major economics and finance affairs, as well as the major drives towards influential phenomena occurring in any nation.
A great book for people in economics field. I have read this book when I studied in university. Its take a sense of knowledge in Banking, Financial markets. This book is very usefull. I have recommended this book for my friends and all of them like it ;) This book is the same as the macroeconomics or Microeconomics, which introduced to reader the based knowledge
Had read this book during my time at B-School.This is the most interesting and well prepared book on Economic sciences and Financial markets I ever read before. I have read about dozen of books so far in the area of Finance and macroeconomics but this textbook stands above all.