Economics and Public Policy: An Analytical Approach

by James R. Kearl

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0536821046
• ISBN13: 9780536821041
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Pearson Custom
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

AMAZING book

I know this may seem cheesy but I can honestly say that this book has changed many aspects of my life. It has changed the way I view public policy. It has changed the way I decide who to vote for. It has changed the way I handle business ventures. It has changed the way I view of government programs. Etc and so forth. I had the honor of taking a class from Professor Kearl at BYU and must say that the biggest travesty is that he has never created a video lecture series like other professors at that university. This man is brilliant and truly understands everything that he preaches both in his book and in his lectures. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to understand basic economics, but like the other poster stated, "It's not light reading."

Great book

I am taking this course from the text's author with BYU Independent Study, and this is the main text we are using. Dr. Kearl has written a surprisingly readable (with concentration) economics textboook. He backs up everything he writes with examples, and the book is organized in an interesting format: the first part of the book talks about mostly microeconomics and laissez-faire government policies, and the second part advocates governmental intervention in markets to prevent market problems. A note of warning: this is NOT LIGHT READING. You have to be serious about studying economics. There are no pictures of dead economists; in fact, there are no pictures at all because this book is in black-and-white. However, there are lots of graphs, tables, and charts, which Dr. Kearl uses to explain economic principles. Again: this is NOT a fluff textbook, but a good one.