Introduction to Modern Economic Growth

Too wordy and rigorous for my taste

This book is simply the best book available on Growth nowadays. In my Macroeconomics class we use both Acemoglu and Sargent's book Recursive Macroeconomic Theory. Sargent's is much simpler in exposition, skipping some important mathematical proofs and not going as deep as Acemoglu does in most of the fundamental techniques. Every time I need to understand the mathematics of Dynamic Programming (be it in discrete time, continuous time, finite of infinite horison, deterministic or stochastic), Acemoglu's is the book I look at.

i buy this book from the cheapest store listed on amazon to save several dollars, but the new book is not in perfect condition. there is some crease on hardcover. however it's still okay for reading. i buy it just because it's a growth theory book written by acemoglu, an amazing guy in this field.

The book is great and clear. The major problem is almost all of the numbered equations are two small to be readable. The only way to read the equation is to cut and paste then enlarge.

I love this book, it contains all modern economic growth models, but it also has the basic ones that gave birth to this new branch of models. A former student of D.Acemoglu taught me a Macro course based on this book and it was amazing. I also recommend it for self study because explanations are very clear. Math requeriments are standard, but it also has some appendixes where he explains all math needed to understand advanced economics.

This book, by one of the most respected contributors to macro, is a one stop shop for economic growth. It is a great book for understanding the fundamentals of macro theory as well as the progression of the theoretical and empirical work in every sub field of growth. It is a must for all graduate students, and I am sure it will be great addition to any researchers collection.

Probably the best introduction (if the the book can be called introduction given the level of the technicality!) into growth. Still unmatched.

it came all right after the first missing round!It had a good package and it arrieved just right. good!

Good read according to my brother.

Excellent survey, as far as I can tell. (I didn't know much about growth theory before getting this book.) But a bit of work required - one should be prepared to go through at least some of the maths behind the models.

The book is really advanced, which was a good surprise for me. The ones who really want a introduction to the topic should look anywhere else, like Barro's book. Acemoglu starts from the basics but lack of examples and has very deep treatment of mathematics for being a macroeconomics book. I would never suggest this to someone who is beginning to study growth or lacks a mathematical basics, is definitively for Macroeconomics I of a research program, someone who already knows the basics and needs to strong its theoretical background about the topic.

The book is really well written. It is perfect to start studying dynamic macro at the advanced level.The problem this book has is that many crucial parts are not derived, instead, the resolution is left to the reader in the exercises at the end of the chapter.

Good item....