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These two highly-respected authors have revised this best-selling book to include more current, modern subject matter and events, while maintaining those features that have contributed to its great success. It continues to use stories, graphs, and equations and a unified and logical organization that make economic concepts easy-to-understand and relevant to all readers. Users of this book see the connection between growth, trade, comparative advantage the production possibilities frontier. Recent changes in the economy are highlighted so that readers can understand how these events actually affect investment decisions and policy. The 90s boom and the recent bust are examined.
New issues such as the movements for and against globalization, trade agreements and barriers, the World Trade Organization, the enviroment, child labor, sovereignty, the impact of AIDs on developing economics are all explored in this new edition. This book continues to provide an excellent foundation in the scope and method of economics; demand, supply, and market equilibrium; measuring national output and national income; long-run and short-run concerns; aggregate expenditure and equilibrium output; the government and fiscal policy; the money supply and the Federal Reserve system; interest rates and output; inflation; the labor market and unemployment; macroeconomic issues and policy; the stock market and the economy; long-run growth; and open-economy macroeconomics.
An excellent reference resource for those involved in fiscal decision-making policies, whether in government or in large, international firms.
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ok.......2005-10-02
it was in good condition but should have been cheaper compared ot the condition
not a well writen book.......2004-07-08
The authors don't know how to explain the theories in a easier way, on the contrary, they try to confuse you as much as they can. They also have all sorts of stupid examples which have nothing to do with reality. They are theorists, not good writers!
There are also many mistakes in the book. not too professional.
If your university requires this book, you do not have a chooose, but it is not a good one.
Principles of Macroeconomics.......2003-06-25
The book was pretty much cleaner than I expected!! All the deals went very smoothly, and I really like purchasing through Amazon.com already! Thanks for all the good deal!
Review of Macroeconomics by Case/Fair.......2001-08-24
The authors provide an understandable presentation of the dynamics of demand/supply, the price structure, equilibrium and concepts of elasticity. The data employed is current & this version is supported by the publisher in various prior versions , as well as, this successive version. The work has considerable technological support in the form of the CD Rom and various instructional materials.The authors provide a useful "News Analysis" to integrate current events into the text. This is very useful in providing background information for students. The problem sets are topical and challenging. There is a considerable discussion of international economics and transitional economies. Overall, the text can satisfy a wide range of student interests. i.e. Those students having a quantitative orientation will appreciate the considerable graphs throughout the text. Students having a more visual learning experience will enjoy the various news items throughout the text & the extensive discussion of basic definitions. The chapter summaries and WEB exercises are helpful in integrating the material & applying the various concepts using current technologies. This text should be employed for intensive renditions of introductory economics at the collegiate level.There is an appropriate amount of microeconomic coverage in the Principles of Macroeconomics, as well as, the more comprehensive Principles of Economics work. After having read this book, students should have a firm grasp of economics and the various data employed by industry. In addition, students will become more knowledgable on current events applicable to studies in this field. This work would provide very helpful background for further studies in Price Analysis and Econometrics (Mathematical Economics).
excellent economics text for beginners.......1999-02-12
I am teaching an Economics class at the beginning college level at a private business college. This book is one of the better business textbooks I have encountered. It provides real-life and simplistic examples to help students understand complex issues. I recommend it.
C. Le Fevre
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This innovative Study Guide uses reviews, practice exams, and problem sets to reinforce the major ideas of each chapter. Unique problem-solving sections called "Doing Economics" give students the opportunity to apply what they have learned. Each section contains a series of "Tool-kits," which walk students through a specific problem-solving technique, several worked problems, and practice problems that apply the relevant technique.
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Errors abound.......2007-05-21
The study guide was kind of useful, but it often asked pointless questions about details with which we were completely unconcerned in my Intro Microeconomics class. Also, it often gave the wrong answers for multiple choice questions, resulting in such inaccurate assertions as "The statement that firms in competitive markets are price takers means that average cost equals marginal cost at the minimum of average cost." It contradicted the book as well, defining the long run average cost curve as the straight line running along the bottom of the short-run curves when in actuality such a curve is the minimum average cost curve, and it bizarrely defined the real product wage as the marginal product divided by the product price. This last error wasn't exactly a typo, because it appeared twice. I can only imagine how many microeconomics students this study guide has misled and confused.
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Your tools for success in your macroeconomics course are in the the Study Guide for MACROECONOMICS: PRINCIPLES AND POLICY. It provides learning objectives, quizzes, multiple-tests, and study questions--ideal for test prep. An Economics in Action section uses current news articles to illustrate economic concepts and Economics Online exercises outline sources for economic data and interaction.
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David R. Hakes (University of Northern Iowa) has prepared a study guide that will enhance student success. Each chapter of the study guide includes learning objectives, a description of the chapter's context and purpose, a chapter review, key terms and definitions, advanced critical thinking questions, and helpful hints for understanding difficult concepts. Students can develop their understanding by doing the practice problems and short answer question, then assess their mastery of the key concepts with the self-test, which includes true/false and multiple choice questions.
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- Solid introductory text for students and general readers
- Simply put, the best economics textbook on the market
- Does a good job for its objective
- Don't look at those lib'ruls, children -- move along now
- Some good, some poor
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Brief Principles of Macroeconomics- Study Guide
N Gregory Mankiw
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Study Guide for Mankiw's Principles of Macroeconomics, 4th
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David R. Hakes (University of Northern Iowa) has prepared a study guide that will enhance student success. Each chapter of the study guide includes learning objectives, a description of the chapter's context and purpose, a chapter review, key terms and definitions, advanced critical thinking questions, and helpful hints for understanding difficult concepts. Students can develop their understanding by doing the practice problems and short answer question, then assess their mastery of the key concepts with the self-test, which includes true/false and multiple choice questions.
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Solid introductory text for students and general readers.......2004-08-23
This very readable book is a subset of the chapters included in Prof. Mankiw's "Principles of Economics". That book has thirty-six chapters in thirteen parts. This has eighteen chapters in eight parts. Parts one and two are common to both editions. This one excludes the discussion of microeconomics in parts three through seven, but has the rest of the chapters in parts eight through fifteen.
It is much more manageable for a one term introductory course in macroeconomics. However, do not confuse this introductory text with the more mathematically rigorous book Macroeconomics that is also authored by Mankiw. However, if you want to be an econometrician, neither text is probably enough to get you where you need to be to launch into those studies.
This book has a lot of strengths for those who want to develop some intuitions about economic thought and who may not have the mathematics necessary for a more rigorous treatment of the subject. However, the foundation it will give you will be sound and ecumenical enough to allow you to take on further studies in various branches of macroeconomics that have a more defined theology on the role of government in the economy.
Simply put, the best economics textbook on the market.......2004-08-09
"Brief Principles of Macroeconomics" is identical to Mankiw's "Principles of Macroeconomics," except that 5 chapters on mainly microeconomic topics have been deleted. These five chapters cover elasticity, price controls, consumer & producer surplus, taxation, and international trade. Most college macro courses do not cover these topics, so students can save a few bucks by purchasing this "Brief" version.
For 10 years, I have taught intro-level economics courses at a university. I have used a variety of books, and read many others (to steal their best ideas and examples for my teaching!). Mankiw is the one I like best.
More importantly, Mankiw is the one my students consistently like best. I often survey students near the end of the semester about their satisfaction with different aspects of the textbook, including: clarity, brevity, real-world relevance, effective layout & use of color, quality of the diagrams, and so forth. I tell my students not to sign their survey - I want their responses to be anonymous and completely candid. I tell students "If this book doesn't work for you, PLEASE tell me so that I can use a better one for my next batch of students."
More than any other textbook I've used, Mankiw's Economics textbook gets the highest student ratings in every category.
It might also be helpful for you to know about the difficulty level of Mankiw. I would describe it as average. For comparison, I would describe the following as above average difficulty level: Stockman, Stiglitz, Baumol/Blinder, Case/Fair, and Parkin. I would describe these books as below average difficulty level: Tucker, Miller, Bade/Parkin, Boyes/Melvin, and O'Sullivan/Sheffrin. I think the difficulty level of Mankiw is roughly comparable to that of Schiller, Colander, McConnell/Brue, and McEachern.
Despite that Mankiw is merely "average" difficulty level, it maintains a fairly good degree of analytical rigor.
Also, the writing style is student-friendly (but definitely not too informal), and, unlike other textbooks, Mankiw avoids introducing a lot of terms that won't be important for anything later in the book. The layout is attractive, yet clean and uncluttered, with lots of space in the margins for students to jot notes if they wish. Students find the end-of-chapter exercises very helpful.
The most distinguishing characteristic of the macroeconomics chapters is Mankiw's innovative approach. He first covers long-run topics: What determines a country's standard of living in the long run? What is the cause of the long-run upward trend in the cost of living? Why is there unemployment when things are "normal" (i.e. not a recession)? And many others (including saving, investment, the government budget deficit, the trade balance - all things you hear about on the evening news every day).
Then, he turns to short-run issues, such as recessions and booms.
Why treat the long run first? Because it's easier to learn the short-run analysis after students have learned the long-run equilibrium around which the economy fluctuates. (Also, there is much more agreement in the profession about the long-run analysis, whereas there's a fair amount of controversy over some of the details of the short-run analysis.)
How is this approach received? Very well, as evidenced by the fact that many other textbooks have copied it AFTER Mankiw first popularized it with the first edition of his Principles book, and before that, the first edition of his excellent intermediate macroeconomics textbook.
Mankiw is a superstar in the profession - and outside of it, as well. President Bush tapped him to be the Chairperson of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, and Mankiw briefs the President once or twice every week (in addition to many other important responsibilities.)
Despite working for a Republican Administration, Mankiw presents a very balanced treatment of economics in his textbooks (and I am telling you this as a Democrat). In fact, Mankiw prefers GOOD ideas, whether Republican or Democrat. For example, he recently argued for a gas tax increase to encourage conservation, and suggested the revenue be given back to consumers in the form of an income tax cut. Mankiw clearly does not just "push the Party line." This is integrity.
The company that publishes Mankiw's Principles of Economics textbooks, Thomson/South-Western, invests a lot of resources into continually improving this book. Compared to any other textbook publisher I know, they hire more student and teacher reviewers and devote more time and effort and money into obtaining, processing, and incorporating critical user feedback so that each edition, and accompanying supplements, are the very best they can be.
All in all, I readily recommend Mankiw's Brief Principles of Macroeconomics textbook.
Does a good job for its objective.......2004-07-13
The book attempts to teach a reasonable mainstream core of macroeconomics and its basic models. The writing style is very good. For those who are looking for a broad discussion of policy issues, this may not be the book for them. However, the book is intended for first year college economics students and the need for them to understand a few consensus macroeconomic concepts and models so that they can apply those models and concepts to policy issues after they leave the course. A good example of putting the cart before the horse is the comment by a reviewer who thought the book had a liberal bent. Of course, we all now know that N. Gregory Mankiw is the head of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers (not exactly a recommendation for becoming a card carrying liberal). And that's the danger of reviewing introductory economics textbooks on the basis of an illusory political intent. The books most often ought to be rated on their objective--presenting a few models and techiniques to the student who will most often not take another formal economics course. Don't dismiss the book because it isn't steeped in political pronouncements. Check it out for technical useability and its writing clarity. You might like it.
Don't look at those lib'ruls, children -- move along now.......2003-12-26
A nice intro, but as noted by another reviewer, very short shrift given to other schools of economic thought. A recommended reading list gives plenty of well-respected conservative writers, with Milton Friedman topping the list, but only Paul Krugman appears representing other thoughts, and he's singled out as a "liberal economist". I think there are somewhat more honest introductions to the subject.
Some good, some poor.......2002-06-24
Mankiw's book has a good organization -- for what it has. He spends a lot of time laying out some key fundamental topics, such as unemployment, GDP, CPI, DJIA, and so forth.
However, his book is entirely mum on the fact that there are different schools of thought, e.g., Keynesians, Classicals, Monetarists, Austrians, etc. A reader comes away thinking that all economists agree with Mankiw, and that simply is not true. Many other principles-level economics books have specific chapters devoted to these schools of thought.
In my Macro classes, I put Mankiw on "reserve" in the library and suggest that students read the 5 chapters dealing with "The Data of Macroeconomics" and "The Real Economy in the Long Run." However, I use other text books for the rest of the course, since they explain why economists disagree, give better information about actual public policy issues, and help a student understand, e.g., what the federal reserve is doing, or why some politicians like deficit spending and others dislike it, or whether the trade deficit is important or not.
For a reader who merely wants to understand the core issues mentioned above, Mankiw is a good book which I highly recommend. For a reader who wants to understand the nature of the public policy debates over these core issues, Mankiw is a horrible book which I suggest that you avoid like the plague.
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Best Study Guide.......2003-09-04
NOTE: My class is using the third edition of the "Principles of Microeconomics" by Mankiw, but the second edition study guide is completely useable with the 3rd edition of the book.
This study guide is comprehensive. It gives the reader a chapter review, hints that really are helpful, matching terms to definitions, problems and short answer questions, an abundance of True/False and multiple choice questions, and finally, "advanced critical thinking". This is exactly what a study guide should be.
very helpful.......2001-12-07
i found this study guide extremely helpful. in fact, i used it much more than i used the textbook.
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- A funny, funny book
- Blistering Parody Of Capitol Hill And Political Campaigns
- Out of the Mainstream Funny!
- Hilarious Send-Up Of Political Pretense
- Biting Political Satire Full Of Laughs
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Potomac Beach is an uproarious insider's view of what really goes on behind the scenes on Capitol Hill and in political campaigns. Follow with prurient fascination as our hero, Congressman Charles Lattan, fights for his political life in a hotly contested political race, stumbling through a hilarious series of televised gaffes, campaign rally flubs and strategic blunders that threaten his career. Lattan, a former plumber, knows he's in over his head on Capitol Hill. But can his staff keep the campaign—and the candidate—together long enough to save the congressman from himself?
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A funny, funny book.......2007-08-29
A laugh a minute. Let's hope protagonist Charles Lattan makes an appearance in a sequel a la Kucinich, Keyes and Paul with the same deserved outcome as those 3 are going to have.
Blistering Parody Of Capitol Hill And Political Campaigns.......2005-07-29
As a former Congressional staffer, this book rings true. The author successfully captures the telling details of Capitol Hill and political campaigns with a flair for the farcical. The fictional protagonist, I suspect, would remind a lot of Congressional aides of their own bosses -- neurotic, self-absorbed, and convinced the media are out to get him. Great summer beach reading with lots of guffaws.
Out of the Mainstream Funny!.......2005-07-08
A rollicking romp through the center of Washington DC's arrogance and conceit! You can tell Shosteck kept his eyes open - - and his sense of humor intact - - during his tenure on Capitol Hill as Press Secretary for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. And the characters Shosteck creates deliver a hilarious performance on the national political stage.
If you ever find yourself temped to laugh out loud at the posturing of Congressional pols on the evening news, you must read this book. In fact, "Potomac Beach" affords the priceless opportunity to witness the foibles of political ambition without suffering higher taxes as a result.
If you enjoyed "Bonfire of the Vanities," you'll love "Potomac Beach." What Tom Wolfe did to the Masters of the Universe, Eron Shosteck does to the Masters of the Conference Committee Report - - with equal satiric effect.
Hilarious Send-Up Of Political Pretense.......2005-07-06
"Potomac Beach" is a laugh-out-loud funny spoof of Washington politics that is a welcome respite to the partisan rancor coming from the city on the banks of the Potomac River (hence the title). Although the protagonist is partisan to the core, the author handles his material deftly enough that the effect is not preachyness but high comedy.
You can't take the Congressman, his aides, or any of the plotlines seriously, and that is indeed the point. Unlike other political books, which attempt to be high-minded thrillers or suspense novels, this is just pure comedy. It's the perfect tonic for people fed up with politicians and media who take themselves too earnestly.
Biting Political Satire Full Of Laughs.......2005-07-05
"Potomac Beach" is that rare combination of mordant satire and political farce. Fictional Congressman Charles Lattan (a charlatan, get it?) is an insecure, self-absorbed bundle of neuroses. A former plumber, he is beset by self-doubts making him feel as though he is perceived as the polyester-clad parvenu crashing that most exclusive of clubs, the U.S. Congress.
Among other things, he wages a personal war against a proposed french fry tax, runs a ludicrous long-shot campaign for president, and blames his staff whenever things go wrong (which happens on almost every page).
This is the perfect book for fans of Tom Wolfe, Christopher Buckley and Joseph Heller.
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