Price Theory and Applications (with Economic Applications, Infotrac 2-Semester Printed Access Card)

by Steven E. Landsburg

Book Overview

Written in the same humorous, reader-friendly style as Professor Landsburg's widely popular trade book, The Armchair Economist, the lively ninth edition of PRICE THEORY AND APPLICATIONS adopts an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0538746459
• ISBN13: 9780538746458
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 3.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.4" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

excellent book!

I got this book for my online microeconomics class, and was very impressed by it, so much that it made me leave a review here which I've never done before. I don't particularly enjoy reading much, let alone reading a textbook, but this book was a page turner! I really like the way the author writes. There are so many interesting stories that are relative to the topics the author's discussing in each chapter that not only help you get through the book without your mind wandering off every 5 second, but they help you understand the difficult concepts with ease. I had no prior knowledge at all in economics but it didn't matter. My class doesn't have any lectures, so it is basically like study on my own, but I feel like this book alone has taught me so much. Now I'm going to go and search for whatever Landsburg has written. He's really good!

Excellent book for beginners

This is one of the best books I have ever read. Anyone who is just beginning with microeconomics, should start with this book. It is very simple and goes right to the point.

Very readable and challenging textbook

This is an excellent textbook for any intermediate level price theory or microeconomics course. The author is right when he says beginning students should find it easy to grasp and advanced students will find the material challenging and thought provoking. The portion devoted to a review of elementary topics is small, and I would not recommend this book as an introduction to economics. Any undergraduate who encounters this book should breathe a sigh of relief - it is definitely one of the better texts in the subject. Instructors looking for a good textbook would do well to choose this one.The "study guide" that is sometimes packaged with the textbook is not entirely useful; the number of problems actually in the textbook should be more than sufficient. Overall, this is a great survey of price theory with Landsburg's signature examples and interesting applications.

Excellent text

I have only read two textbooks in my life that I would recommend to the public in general. This is one. If you have never studied economics, start here. Extremely readable. Note in particular the discussion on whether college should be outlawed (Chapter 9, "Knowledge and Information"), the tragic story of Treasury Bill #GS7-2-179-46-6606-1 (Chapter 17, "Allocating Goods over Time") and the Pigs-in-the-Box problem (Chapter 12, "Game Theory"). Don't succumb to the Nash equilibrium! Read Price Theory.

great!!

One of the best books on Price Theory. He really elucidates the subject matter. The questions given at the end of the chapters challenge you to the limit.