Leading world scholars analyze a range of specific departures from
general equilibrium theory which have significant implications for the
macroeconomic analysis of both developed and developing economies.
Jacques Drèze considers uncertainty and incomplete markets and Nobel
Laureate Robert Solow relates growth theory to the macroeconomic
framework. Other issues examined are the implications for macro-policy
of new research, including Joseph Stiglitz's warning on the misplaced
zeal for financial market liberalization which partly engendered the
East Asian and Russian crises.