This is an excellent high school level introduction to economics. It's an extremely easy read and does not tax the reader whatsoever. Speaking of taxes, behind the author's breezy prose is a very anti-government and anti-tax view, which works well in today's environment. There's not a single example of government doing anything right in this text. No "Harvard liberal" line here. It's hard to imagine using this book as a springboard to more substantive books, but one has to start somewhere. Excellent for what it is.

I don't normally bother reviewing textbooks, but this one was so good I felt compelled to. I had absolutely no background in economics, but this book explained the concepts and the principles underlying them so clearly that I picked the topic up very easily. Not only is it very clear, but it's very well-written and presents its information in a creative and sometimes even entertaining way.

Even though I'm not going to be taking Macroeconomics in college at all, I'm still planning to buys Mankiw's Macroeconomics book, too. His microeconomics book has made me want to learn more about a topic I previously had no interest in!