Microeconomics

by Michael Parkin

Book Overview

For two-semester principles of economics courses. An intuitive and grounded approach to economics Get students to think like economists using the latest policy and data while incorporating global... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321592875
• ISBN13: 9780321592873
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

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the book that my college recommends for this class costs over $100 I got this book in great condition and works perfectly for my class. the one problem is that there are not answers in the back of the book so dont plan on doing the practice problems.

Really Good.

The book was in pretty good condition: a few highlighter marks but not much. The seller was even careful to make sure I was satisfied with the product (because the CDs were missing). I think it's great that they did that; I think it proves that they are really trust worthy.

The book is pretty good.

What I am trying to say here is you sit down and read it with your head. I don't understand why it is hard to understand the stuff in this book. I skipped 95% of the lectures. I missed one major exam(not counted in the end). But the final carried too much weight and it was really tough. I read this book only and I got a B.

First-time micro students NEED an understandable text!

I have used Parkin as an auxilliary source for my micro 102 classes for years. His examples are products that can be related to by 19-year-olds, AND he does not use wheat or other perfectly competitive products to exemplify a downward sloping demand curve! Many other do, which causes great confusion among the students. What is wrong with careful, thoughtful, comprehensive explanations of concepts that are difficult for first time micro students? He covers several complicated topics that are left out of the more highly rated texts by Mankiw and others. I am wondering if we are even rating the same book...I give it the maximum rating!

the book was very informative and easy to understand

the book was easy to understand and it had some great examples that made understanding the concepts of economics simple. He did a great job explaining all the concepts and i would recommend this book to all econ students