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Simple, to the point........2007-03-23
A lot of economics texts you will come across will be filled with a plethora of pointless information. This text gets to the point and helps you understand the basic concepts of economics. It also showcases stories at the beginning of each chapter to put the concepts in real world perspective. Its very simple, to the point with just enough graphs, tables, and real world applications to make it a fun, quick, and highly informative read.
Effective and engaging.......2002-05-18
Has a real knack for conveying complex economic concepts quickly and systematically with little effort. E.g., only a few minutes after reading the Keynesian perspective on fiscal policy I was able to graph and explain how equilibrium changes are affected by government spending. Not having an economics background I find this book remarkable!
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Straightforward and engaging, MACROECONOMICS FOR TODAY, 5E uses a unique textual and visual learning system to present, reinforce and test your comprehension while teaching the basic concepts of economic principles and giving you the context to apply them in their everyday lives. This concise text focuses on core concepts, providing an extremely student friendly text that includes unparalleled pedagogy and teaching support. The new edition also includes ThomsonNOW, a powerhouse of online resources including custom designed learning paths, lively videos, interactive assessments, testing tools, and much more. Engaging and easy to use, this book's fast-paced, action-packed approach explains all the essential concepts without being encyclopedic as it teaches you to apply basic economic principles to real-world issues.
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new book with NO ACCESS CODE.......2007-02-24
I ordered this book because it was cheaper then on other sites. I bought it new for the purpose of not having to buy an additional access code for my online class. Since when bought new the access code to WebCT should come in the new book. I received the book with no CD. So after all that, I still had to pay an additional fee for a code when it should have came with the book. A very big hassle. I called customer service and all they said they could do was send me another book if I returned the book I had purchased to them. That would be an 8 week turn around, and by that time I would have been half way through my class. So instead I had to purchases the code on my own. I will not buy books from Amazon again. There are other text book web sites that understand the demands of buying books for schools.
Econ Text book.......2007-02-09
I found the text to be well written. Mr. Tucker is very thorough and yet concise in his layout of the chapters and it is very easy to read. The charts and graphs really illustrate what is being discussed and each section has a review section to reinforce what you have just read.
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Brad Schiller's text, The Macroeconomy Today, 10/e, is noted for three great strengths: readability, policy orientation, and pedagogy. His accessible writing style engages students and brings some of the excitement of domestic and global economic news into the classroom. Schiller emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This strategic choice is highlighted throughout the full range of micro, macro, and international issues. Every chapter ends with a policy issue that emphasizes the markets vs. government dilemma. And Schiller packs his chapters with the facts of economic life—real stories and applications, not fables. This is a book that teaches economics in a relevant context with careful pedagogy. It is also the only principles text that presents all macro theory in the single consistent context of the AS/AD framework. Schiller 10e is for students motivated by real-world policy issues who want to become economically literate. This is a book students actually READ. Schiller is also known for its cutting-edge and current coverage of today’s issues.
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Terrible Quality.......2007-03-06
I've just started to try and read this book as part of my MBA, however the book is of terrible production quality. The pages are all out of order, and some are falling out as I turn over the pages. If you have this book mandated as part of a course as I did, you'll just have to live with it, otherwise choose another book that you don't have to hop around in just to get the pages in order.
Great place to order books online!.......2007-02-28
I received my book very quickly and it was in great condition.
Not much glue.......2006-07-22
Although the concepts are presented in a fairly understandable way, they are not tied together well for someone new to macroeconomics. Particularly annoying are the missing variable definitions for formulas. With Barron's as a supplement, it makes more sense.
Macroeconomy Today.......2000-04-14
This textbook is quite a comprehensive of introductory macroeconomics. Great graphs, well-explained, carefully thought out. The one downside is that it is quite idealistic, as one would expect of a neo-classical economist. The author does not recognize flaws in the theories nor does he acknowledge that the real world is not so cut-and-dry and ordered as we would be led to believe. However, as stated before, this is a wonderful introductory text for anyone who wants to understand the economy today.
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Professor Thurow once again demonstrates his insights into the global economy and a genius for pithy explanation in this masterful analysis of how the falling of Communism is leading, as inexorably as Continental Drift, to a new form of Capitalism. He identifies the challenges -- and opportunities -- in the shape-shifting of the world economy. His analyses of the rise of the capital of brainpower over traditional physical capital will be of especial interest to Internet users such as yourself. But the entire book is essential reading to anyone interested in our socioeconomic future. Highly recommended!
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Recognized around the world for his views and analysis of the global economy, Lester Thurow presents a provocative look at the future of capitalism. In this New York Times Bestseller, he identifies the many factors responsible for the enormous changes occurring around the globe: the rise of man-made brain-power industries, changing demographics, the impact of a global economy, the lack of a dominant world leader, and the conversion of the communist world to capitalism. With this knowledge, and asserting that the future holds great opportunity for those equipped to weather the storm of change, Thurow helps to chart a course for survival and success in the 21st century.
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Amazing and Fascinating Book !!.......2007-07-22
read capter 11 " economic Instability " , you would have escaped from being hit badly by 1997 " Asian Financial Crisis ".....
Provocative insights into the past and future of capitalism.......2007-05-08
Lester C. Thurow in his book The Future of Capitalism provides a number of provocative insights into the past and future of capitalism. Thurow offers explanations about many factors that are causing global political and economic change. These include the shift to knowledge-based industries, large shifts in demographics resulting from immigration, the end of communism, the global economy, and the lack of a dominant economic, political or military power. Global change is occurring at a rapid pace. Thurow's insights help provide a viewpoint of the potential course for capitalism during the next century.
Thurow recognizes that an emerging world economy is being driven by a shift to knowledge workers or "man-made brainpower industries", decreasing transportation costs, and a rapidly improving communications network. This enables work to flow wherever it can be done at the lowest cost. Second and third world workers perform low-skilled tasks at a fraction of the cost of low-skilled workers in developed parts of the world. Knowledge workers readily travel and communicate to manage work regardless of where it is done. Geographic boundaries are breaking down and David Ricardo's theories about comparative advantage are taking on added meaning. National governments struggle to control what are now global enterprises that can readily set up shop wherever the political and regulatory climate is most favorable to their business. What is less clear is Thurow's analysis of the trade deficit in relation to his view on the global economy. He thinks that the U.S. trade deficit is a problem and that we cannot continue to run a trade deficit, which seems true. Thurow proposes, as a solution, some form of ration coupon with Japan, which appears to be protectionism for the U.S. economy. Thurow's view of a global economy seems conflicted by his concern over maintaining national economies through protectionism.
Thurow also provides an intriguing view of the future where no dominant economic, political, or military power is able to regulate economic actions. Who will be able to regulate corporate activities and provide for fair competition in the future? Who will be able to deal with externalities? Will we end up with mammoth international monopolies and oligopolies? These are just some of the questions that arise when considering Thurow's view of the future. Thurow provides few answers to these questions. Instead, he paints bleak pictures of a depressing return to the Dark Ages.
Thurow offers several other interesting and controversial insights. He declares that inflation is a "distinct volcano" and that Greenspan (note that Thurow's book was published in 1996) should not be overly preoccupied with controlling it. He claims that capitalism has no mechanism to ensure research and investment for the long-term, which could lead to stagnation without government involvement. He offers interesting views on the aging demographic and our ability to absorb the associated social costs by what amounts to a transfer of wealth to an elderly population. Thurow foreshadows a rise in religious fundamentalism driven by uncertainty in economic and social systems.
The Future of Capitalism is more relevant today than when it was published in 1996. Globalization has increased driven by political changes and technological advances. Many of the issues and insights raised by Thurow around demographics, immigration, falling wages, and the trade deficit are a more disruptive and destabilizing force in the current world economy. A big question remains. Will capitalism prevail because there is no other "ism" out there as an alternate social construct; or, will capitalism ultimately be replaced by another social construct as the invisible hand of capitalism fails on a global scale?
Good, but has some absurds and is a little outdated.......2006-06-28
I read this book here in Brazil.This book has many good facts and is good to read.About Cingapore's pension sistem, the author is 100% agree.About old times Bismark's sistem(used in Brazil, USA,etc.) the author tells us that, these sistems are doomed to be a failure in the future.
This book also has some absurds.On chapter 7, the author claims that, any other country in world's history was so powerfull as USA, in 1990 decade.Nonsense.Between 1945 and 1949, USA had atomic monopoly and his GDP was bigger than all rest of the world together.Again, also on chapter 7, this book claims that after the end of USSR, the oil from the gulf now isn't essential.Nonsense.Persian Gulf has about 65% of oil in the world.And we must know that there's a link between oil price in the world.If the oil's price exported by Brazil rises, than the oil's price from Algeria, Angola and Iran will, also rises too.
Another reviewer of this book claims that this book is USSR's friend.Nonsense.Even forgeting the genocide of about 70,000,000 people made by eugenicists/communists such as Lenin, Trotsky, Lazar Kaganovich,etc. ,this book never claims that socialism is a way to help any country, in his development.Also I must tell you, that this book, also is a little outdated today.
Be wary of an author scorned........2004-06-08
It is so sad how wrong someone can be proven over and over again and still, he/she is rewarded, called a genius and is allowed to teach our youth. Here is a quote from the author: "Can economic command significantly... accelerate the growth process? The remarkable performance of the Soviet Union suggests that it can... Today the Soviet Union is a country whose economic achievements bear comparison with those of the United States." This was in 1989, just shortly before the Societ Union collapsed. Unfortunately, being this wrong in economics gives one awards and allows you to teach college students while being described a genius. Sad. Mr. Thurow may be a 'genius', but geniuses can be wrong too.
Packed With Knowledge!.......2004-05-06
This is a particularly important book for two types of people to read: those who believe economic instability and inequality will lead capitalism to implode (they're wrong); and those who believe the economic engine of capitalism is running just fine, especially in the United States, and simply needs to be left alone by meddling do-gooders, thank you (they are wrong too). Neither view is realistic. Lester C. Thurow is quite well suited to explain why. He is practically a brand name on national television, known for making more sense of the economy than anyone could possibly expect from a dean at MIT. Although Thurow wrote this book in 1996, the trade deficit, the skewed distribution of revenue and the disparity between rich and poor continue to demonstrate the validity of his conclusion that fewer and fewer can get more and more for only so long. We highly recommend his insightful analysis, wishing only that Thurow proposed deeper solutions for the problems he so ably diagnosed.
Customer Reviews:
Great book to learn the issues..........2001-09-12
I used many of Dr. Carson's books in college, and found them to be great for getting a good understanding of the issues. He usually had an overview the issues and both sides of the argument explained. I threw out alot of my college textbooks but kept all of his books. Only issue is the argments in the book may become dated so try to get the latest editions.
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