Download or read book Banks and Finance in Modern Macroeconomics written by Bruna Ingrao and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world financial crisis of 2007–2008 dramatically showed the importance of credit and financial relations for the efficient working of the economy. For a long time mainstream macroeconomics ignored these aspects and concentrated only on the real sector or just took into account the most elementary picture of the financial side of the economy. This book aims at explaining why this happened through an historical excursion of 20th century mainstream macroeconomic theory.