Experiments with Economic Principles

by John H. Miller and Theodore C. Bergstrom

Book Overview

This workbook aims to get students involved with and excited about economic concepts. Based on the interactive classroom trend in economics education, the text includes 13 experiments, each designed to teach a major topic by encouraging active student participation. Each experiment involves the student in reading an introduction, collecting data and filling out a laboratory report, discussing findings, and completing coursework designed to reinforce...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070059527
• ISBN13: 9780070059528
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Engaging approach

I took a course that used this book (taught by one of the authors) to fulfill an economics core requirement. Since then, I have studied economics on my own and know that I have retained a lot of the information that I learned in that first introductory class. In contrast, I've forgotten much of what I learned in standard lecture-style courses. I disagree with the previous reviewer in that I think this book is great for a beginner. You may not learn all of the mainstream technical terms and how to do economic busywork, but it does a really good job of teaching key concepts: supply and demand, market vs. regulated prices, etc... Conceptual understanding is extremely important in any field, and encourages the student to think creatively. Most importantly, this book encourages learning and instills an interest in economics.