The Micro Economy Today

by Karen Gebhardt, Bradley R. Schiller, Cynthia Hill

Book Overview

The Economy Today is noted for three great strengths: readability, policy orientation, and pedagogy. The accessible writing style engages students and brings some of the excitement of domestic and global economic news into the classroom. Schiller emphasizes how policymakers must choose between government intervention and market reliance to resolve the core issues of what, how, and for whom to produce. This strategic choice is highlighted throughout...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1259291812
• ISBN13: 9781259291814
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Good for conservative basics

The book is easy to read. Many useful clippings for examples from the media. Although, it needs better explanation or grinding of the concepts of "marginal". The "marginal use" was explained perfectly, however it would help expand or better explain the "marginal cost, profit". It is especially empirical for the students from Eastern Europe, former Soviet area, and Asian countries. In many of those countries the concept of "micro" economy never existed. Yet, after some years of the free market economy, explanations of concepts of "marginal product" and other marginals would come in handy. Besides, this edition needs to get closer to reality of now-a-days and prepare students for the new way of thinking and merging into the concepts of "social benefits", "environmental resources", "social responsibilities", and "facing globalization". In this sense, book is behind.

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Great Buy

Buying the last year's edition is always a little nerve racking as to what condition the book will be in but it is in excellent condition. Thank you very much.

Totally updated and relevent.

This book was a great addition to my on-line microeconomics course. They use really current business information and real-life examples to make is easier to understand. The problems are challenging. You should have a basic understanding of charts and graphs before economics though.

Macroeconomy Today

This textbook is quite a comprehensive of introductory macroeconomics. Great graphs, well-explained, carefully thought out. The one downside is that it is quite idealistic, as one would expect of a neo-classical economist. The author does not recognize flaws in the theories nor does he acknowledge that the real world is not so cut-and-dry and ordered as we would be led to believe. However, as stated before, this is a wonderful introductory text for anyone who wants to understand the economy today.