1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:
When did textbooks become so interesting?Monday, October 04, 2004
I concur with the other reviewers...this is one textbook that is worth every dollar. The authors use color and layout so well in their instruction...a wonderful feature since economics, even with all its fancy graphs, can be very boring. The text is even engaging. It's a bookshelf staple for anyone who is interested in economics, student or not.
6 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Economics primer with a right-wing biasWednesday, July 07, 2004
As others have written, this text is reasonably well-written and organized. However, it has a clear bias, presenting and defending a right-wing agenda. For example:
*Taxes, unions, environmental protection, transfer payments are bad.
*School vouchers, social security reform to presonal retirement accounts, medical savings accounts are good ideas.
Of course I oversimplify (slightly), but whatever side of these and other issues one might fall, it's pretty clear that the other side is given short shrift.
A minor beef I had with this text is that too many of its examples cater to the college student.
4 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Very well writtenMonday, April 07, 2003
This book will make you love economics. It covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics. It also explains how monetary policy and fiscal policy affects the economy. Some of the reasonings are counter intuitive however the authors provide very good examples to illustrate their point. I gained a very good understanding of aggregate demand and supply and how they get affected because of fiscal and monetary policy, employment, economic growth, taxes, trade tariffs, exports, imports, and other factors.
3 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
it makes you LOVE economicsMonday, December 30, 2002
This is the book that makes you really love economics. includes macro and micro economics. clear, interesting, illustrated with perfect examples. you will love it. Perfect for AP (this text is adopted at Pine Crest School in Florida as their AP Economics Text)
it worth the 100 bucks you payed.
9 out of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Well written and interestingThursday, July 06, 2000
If you are interested in economics, you should add this book to your personal library.
This book is very well written (almost lively). It covers macro, micro and international economics in a very interesting way. A very good introductory economics book that will also refresh even the advanced readers.